Bournemouth

Shearer, Merson, Lawro predictions for Bournemouth vs Chelsea- “Hardest game to call” in GW4

Chelsea’s first game after the international break sees them travel to the South Coast to take on Bournemouth this weekend- a late kickoff on Saturday night at the Vitality Stadium. CFC will be wearing their 24/25 away kit against AFCB- the “guava ice” shirt from Nike.

Here is what the pundits have predicted for this clash, which will be refereed by Anthony Taylor, who was also in charge of Chelsea’s opening round defeat to Manchester City last month.

Paul Merson

Merson has called this the “hardest game” to predict this weekend. Says Chelsea “lack consistency” and they could win “3-0, 4-0” but “they could also lose”.

Has gone for a 1-1 draw.

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Video Solanke vs Raya Foul? Semenyo disallowed goal vs Arsenal 2024 VAR Incident

Solanke vs Raya Foul Incident VAR

This Semenyo disallowed goal against Arsenal (VIDEO BELOW) was a controversial moment from Bournemouth’s loss to the Gunners. Trailing 2-0 at that stage, Bournemouth got the ball into the back of the net through Antoine Semenyo but VAR and on-field referee David Coote felt that the Solanke Raya incident was a foul on the Arsenal goalkeeper from the Bournemouth forward, and disallowed the goal.

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xG Bournemouth vs Man Utd 2024 | Expected Goals Stats AFCB 2-2 MUFC

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Bournemouth vs Manchester United on 13 April, 2024. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

xG Bournemouth 1.57-1.09 Man Utd shots map (Actual score AFCB 2-2 MUFC)

1-0 Solanke goal vs Man Utd xG 0.10 (after a mistake from Kambwala)
2-0 Kluivert goal vs Man Utd xG 0.05
2-1 Fernandes first goal v Bournemouth xG 0.12
2-2 Fernandes penalty goal v Bournemouth xG 0.80

As you can see, Man Utd had just two shots on target and didn’t really create anything of note on xG apart from the two Fernandes goals. Bournemouth had several decent chances- Kerkez, Christie and Kluivert all went close.

xG Bournemouth vs Man Utd 2024

AFCB MUN 2-2 Match Stats for comparison

(BOU on left; MUFC on right)

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