Bournemouth continue their push for European qualification against Manchester United in a Premier League encounter.
Victory will lift Bournemouth up to eighth in the table, whilst Man Utd will stay third and move to within four points of second-placed Manchester City.
Team News
Bournemouth have no fresh injury concerns to report following their goalless draw at Burnley last weekend.
Tyler Adams, Julio Soler (both unspecified), Lewis Cook (hamstring) and Justin Kluivert (knee) remain absent.
Man Utd could have Noussair Mazraoui back in contention after he missed their 3-1 win against Aston Villa, due to illness.
Lisandro Martinez (calf), Patrick Dorgu (hamstring) and Matthijs De Ligt (back) are still ruled out.
When is Kick-Off?
Bournemouth host Man Utd at Vitality Stadium on Friday 20 March at 8pm GMT, live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Bournemouth are unbeaten in their last five meetings against Man Utd (W2, D3).
- Man Utd have avoided defeat in six of their eight previous Premier League visits to Bournemouth (W4, D2, L2).
- Bournemouth have kept two clean sheets in their last five meetings against Man Utd.
- Andoni Iraola’s Cherries have drawn each of their last four matches (D4), of which three of those draws ended in 0-0 results except for their 1-1 draw at home to Sunderland in late February.
- Man Utd have scored in each of their last 18 league matches (W10, D6, L2).
Prediction
Although wins have dried up in their last four matches, Bournemouth have done well to grind out draws but will be frustrated at their wasteful end product at Burnley where they were dominant, especially as they could easily be sat seventh if had won two of those four games.
Man Utd meanwhile clinically dispatched Villa in their last outing and now have a chance to close in on their local rivals if can win here, so it is a case of continuing to play as confidently as they’ve done but avoid the sloppiness of their last away trip at Newcastle earlier this month.
Bournemouth though are no pushovers as we saw at Old Trafford earlier this season so I expect another tough game but Utd are much improved now so they should edge this.
Prediction: Bournemouth 1-2 Man Utd
Result: Bournemouth 2-2 Man Utd
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