Bournemouth vs Fulham Prediction: Team News and Lineups Preview
Bournemouth welcomes Fulham on Monday night in an encounter promised to provide entertainment. Andoni Iraola’s side has struggled recently, seeing them drop into 10th. Fulham’s impressive victory over Liverpool will provide confidence in their trip to the South Coast. Marco Silva’s side have lost their previous two matches here.
The home side are favourites despite earning two points from a possible 18. Only three sides have picked up more points than Fulham across the last ten matches. Let’s hope that this is an enjoyable 90 minutes.
Bournemouth vs Fulham Prediction: Monday Night Entertianment
England, Premier League, Monday, April 14th, 20:00 (UK)
It’s been a disappointing period for Bournemouth. Since their 5-0 thumping over Forest, Bournemouth has lost each of their previous four games at the Vitality. The recent three defeats arrived against Wolves, Brentford and Ipswich. Iraola’s side has conceded multiple times in five continuous outings. Improvement is a must if they want to end the season strongly. The hosts opened around 2.00 to win this clash. That figure has now increased to the 2.20 mark.
Marco Silva is a fantastic manager. Fulham are 8th after their win over Liverpool last weekend. The fight for European places is exciting with several teams still within a chance at this stage of the season. Rodrigo Muniz has performed brilliantly, the Brazilian bagged against Spurs, Arsenal and Liverpool in consecutive Premier League matches. The Cottagers are useful in finding the back of the net. They’ve scored in 27/31 matches which includes 14/15 away days. United prevented them from scoring on the opening weekend, the only side to do so when hosting Silva’s men.
Backing Bournemouth right now may seem a little brave. Despite their winless run, they haven’t struggled to create chances. In their previous five matches, they’ve racked up 1.5xG or greater winning the xG battle in four consecutive clashes. The Cherries are ranked the 6th best home side with a +0.62xGD/90. They’ve significantly underperformed in front of goal with just 19 goals from 27.0xG. The biggest difference in the entire division.
Fulham are a formidable opposition. Ranked as the 5th best away team behind Liverpool, Newcastle, Bournemouth and Arsenal. Their xG data is bang on, with 22 goals from 21.8xG and 19 goals against from 18.8xGA. I expect Fulham to come here and give a real good account of themselves. They’ll arrive confidently after turning over Liverpool and, of course, face a stuttering Bournemouth side. I expect they can score, but they’re just as likely to concede. Marco Silva’s men have managed five shutouts all term.
Evanilson has scored in five of his previous six matches in all competitions. Semenyo and Outtara have seven goals in the Premier League this term. Justin Kluivert may feature, which would be a boost. Muniz, Sessegnon and Iwobi all scored against Liverpool. The former is likely to lead the line ahead of Jimenez. Iwobi is having his best-ever campaign from a goals output, whilst homegrown talent Sessegnon has bagged in both Premier League starts.
Leaning towards a goal angle is my preferred approach. Both teams can inflict damage on either defence. A combined 11 clean sheets across 62 matches isn’t the most impressive stat, but it works in our favour. Each of the last five encounters has ended with three or more goals, with the reverse fixture in December ending 2-2.
- Bournemouth vs Fulham Prediction: Over 2.5 Goals (TRACKED BET)
- Best Odds: 1.75
- Bookmaker: bet365
- Stake: 5/10 (TRACKED BET)
Bournemouth vs Fulham Prediction odds via bet365 as at 09:00, April 9th, 2025. Odds may now differ.
Bournemouth vs Fulham Injuries, Team News and Possible Lineups Prediction: Kluivert’s Race To Recovery
Unai Iraola will hope that Justin Kluivert can make a return to the side. The Dutchman hasn’t featured in Bournemouth’s previous two Premier League matches. Luis Sinisterra and Marcus Tavernier are both unlikely to play a part here. The pair are suffering from hamstring and ankle injuries, respectively. Enes Unal’s season is over. The Turkish international played just 331 minutes this term.
Fulham has a relatively strong squad, but they have two notable injury concerns. Harry Wilson last featured in January and isn’t expected to return until later this month. Reiss Nelson’s last piece of action came against Brighton in early December. The man on loan from Arsenal has a hamstring injury, which will keep him out until next month.
Bournemouth possible starting lineup:
Kepa; Smith, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez, Adams, Cook, Outtara, Scott, Semenyo; Evanilson
Fulham possible starting lineup:
Leno; Castagne, Anderson, Bassey, Robinson, Berge, Lukic, Sessegnon, Iwobi, Pereira; Muniz
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