Bournemouth vs Chelsea Preview

October 27, 2017
By: Deke Hardman

Saturday’s Premier League action concludes at the Vitality Stadium where Bournemouth take on Chelsea.

The hosts go into the weekend in nineteenth place but just one point from safety after beating Stoke City at the Bet 365 Stadium a week ago – only their second away win in the league this calendar year while they also beat Middlesbrough in the EFL Cup on Tuesday evening.

They haven’t won three games in a row in over eighteen months, though if they manage to complete that feat here they could rise to as high as thirteenth place should other results fall in their favour.

Jermaine Defoe is set to return after missing those back to back triumphs though both Josh King and Ryan Fraser could miss out.

Defoe is priced at 7.5 (13/2) to get the first goal of the game with Betfred while Jordon Ibe is a 21.0 (20/1) chance with Bet 365.

The home win is widely available at 6.0 (5/1) with the hosts favourites at 1.62 (8/13) with most firms. The draw can be backed at 4.33 (10/3) with Paddy Power.

Antonio Conte’s side are also looking for a third straight win after bouncing back from a three game winless run with victories over Watford in the league and Everton in the EFL Cup.

The champions had to come from behind to take all three points against the Hornets with the result taking them back into the top four, nine points behind leaders Manchester City.

N’Golo Kante and Victor Moses remain out with hamstring problems while Danny Drinkwater is unlikely to start despite making his debut midweek.

Michy Batshuyai, who scored came off the bench to score twice last weekend is favourite to open the scoring here at 4.75 (15/4) with Unibet with Alvaro Morata a 5.0 (4/1) chance with Sky Bet.

Chelsea won both of last season’s meetings between the sides scoring three both on the south coast back in April and at Stamford Bridge on Boxing Day and you can back the Blues to score three this time around at a price of 2.8 (9/5) with Coral.

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