Can Chelsea bounce back against struggling Bournemouth?

Bournemouth hosts Chelsea at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday afternoon as both sides seek to return to winning ways.

The Cherries fell to a narrow 1-0 home defeat to Everton on Tuesday night.

Chelsea also suffered a shocking 3-1 defeat at Leeds United on Wednesday night, slipping to fourth in the Premier League standings.

Match preview

Bournemouth are winless in their last seven Premier League games against Chelsea (D3 L4), having won three of their previous four against the Blues (L1).

Chelsea have lost just one of their eight Premier League away games against Bournemouth (W5 D2), going down 4-0 in January 2019 under Maurizio Sarri.

The Cherries have lost four of their last five Premier League games (D1), more than they had in their previous 17 (W8 D6 L3).

The Blues are on the longest current scoring streak of any side in the Premier League, netting in all 13 of their games since a goalless draw with Crystal Palace on the opening weekend.

Only Arsenal have conceded fewer home goals than Bournemouth (5) in the Premier League this season, though the Cherries suffered their first home defeat of the season against Everton last time out.

Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo has failed to score or assist a goal in any of his last six Premier League appearances.

No Chelsea player has either scored (5) or been involved in (7) more Premier League goals than Pedro Neto this season. The Portuguese has been involved in six goals in his last seven appearances in the competition (4 goals, 2 assists).

Team news

Bournemouth

Ryan Christie and Ben Gannon are sidelined due to injuries.

Lewis Cook and Tyler Adams are suspended, with the latter serving a one-match ban after accumulating five yellow cards.

Marcos Senesi and David Brooks are both back and available from one-match suspensions.

Chelsea

Cole Palmer returned in Leeds’ defeat after being sidelined since September.

Caicedo is suspended, serving his second of three match suspensions.

Levi Colwill, Dario Essugo and Romeo Lavia are unavailable due to injuries.

Predicted line-ups

Bournemouth: Djordje Petrovic, Álex Jiménez, Bafodé Diakité, Marcos Senesi, Adrien Truffert, Alex Scott, David Brooks, Antoine Semenyo, Justin Kluivert, Amine Adli, Eli Kroupi.

Chelsea: Robert Sánchez, Malo Gusto, Trevoh Chalobah, Wesley Fofana, Marc Cucurella, Enzo Fernández, Reece James, Pedro Neto, Cole Palmer, Estêvão, and João Pedro.