Bournemouth vs Brighton preview

Team news, key stats and prediction ahead of Bournemouth vs Brighton in the Premier League on Tuesday (kick-off 7.30pm).

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Team news

Bournemouth will be without suspended defender Steve Cook, who was sent off against Norwich, when Graham Potter's Seagulls visit the Vitality Stadium.

Cherries boss Eddie Howe says full-back Lloyd Kelly, who has been out with a thigh problem, is "getting closer" to a top-flight debut following his summer switch from Bristol City.

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Bournemouth remain without a host of injured players, including Jack Stacey, Charlie Daniels, Chris Mepham, David Brooks, Arnaut Danjuma, Jordon Ibe and Joshua King.

Brighton have no fresh injury concerns to contend with and are set to have a full squad available apart from long-term absentees Dan Burn and Jose Izquierdo.

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• Bournemouth have won four of their last five home league meetings with Brighton (D1), winning both of their Premier League games against the Seagulls at the Vitality Stadium.
• Brighton are looking to complete the league double over Bournemouth for the first time since the 2007-08 campaign when the sides were competing in League One.
• Brighton have won only one of their 10 Premier League games against fellow south coast sides (D4 L5), though it was in their last such match - a 2-0 win against Bournemouth last month.
• Brighton have won just one of their eight Premier League games played on Tuesdays (D2 L5), losing each of the last four in a row. The Seagulls have lost all four of their away games on Tuesday in the competition.
• Bournemouth are winless in their last five Premier League home games (D1 L4) - they've never gone six without a home win in the competition, last doing so in October 2011 in League One.

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• After keeping a clean sheet in two of their first three away league games this season, Brighton have conceded in each of their last eight on the road (W1 D1 L6).
• Bournemouth have picked up just four points from their last 36 available in the Premier League (W1 D1 L10). The Cherries have also failed to score in seven of their last nine top-flight matches, including each of the last four in a row.
• Brighton have dropped 14 points from winning positions in the Premier League this season - more than they have in any of their three campaigns in the competition (13 in both 201718 and 2018-19).
• Bournemouth are averaging just 10 shots per game at home in the Premier League this season - since we have such stats from 2003-04, only Reading in 2012-13 have ever averaged fewer at home in a single Premier League campaign (9.7).
• Bournemouth's Callum Wilson is without a Premier League goal since September, failing to score with any of his last 21 shots in the competition.

Charlie Nicholas' prediction

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Oh my goodness! What is going on Eddie Howe? What will he do to turn it around? They were in an awkward situation with 10 men and conceding a penalty, but they looked as if they were pushing on. Are there positives? There were none in the end and Bournemouth remain in the bottom three. They need to revert to being completely attack-minded.Possession wise, Brighton are excellent, but all of a sudden, they are falling into the category of being good to watch, but being sucked into playing a differing game and not getting the results.

Bournemouth could close the gap here, especially with Aston Villa and Watford playing each other, and they have the chance to go at this one here. Howe knows he needs to force the attack more, force it from the likes of Ryan Fraser and Callum Wilson. Because of that, I think they will win in a five-goal thriller.

CHARLIE PREDICTS: 3-2 (33/1 with Sky Bet)

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