Bournemouth will be looking continue in their winning ways when they visit the bet365 Stadium to take on Stoke City on Tuesday with kickoff at 21:45.
The hosts have made a strong start to their campaign, posting six wins, three draws and three defeats in their opening 12 matches to collect 21 points that have left them in the fifth spot in the standings with only one point above Huddersfield Town in the final playoff spot.
Stoke head into the match on the back of a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Sheffield United with City throwing away their one-goal lead. The defeat denied Michael O’Neill’s side their second win on the bounce having edged West Bromwich with a 1-0 win, a win that had extended their unbeaten run to four matches.
Now O’Neill’s side will be looking to bounce back in their Tuesday’s match as they look to stay in the playoff positions.
Meanwhile the visitors Bournemouth have made a solid start to their campaign and are the only side that remains unbeaten in the Championship this season, recording eight wins and four draws in the process.
With 28 points from 12 outings, Bournemouth are now three points clear at the top spot in the Championship standings. They head into the match on the back of back-to-back wins and considering they current brilliant form Scott Parker’s side will be looking to keep the ball rolling as their aim to maintain their top spot.
Stoke vs Bournemouth head to head
Both sides have met in nine encounters since 2003 and both sides have claimed four victories while there have been one draw. take a look at their previous encounters;
- Bournemouth 0-2 Stoke 08/05/21
- Stoke 0-1 Bournemouth 02/01/21
- Bournemouth 2-1 Stoke 03/02/18
- Stoke 1-2 Bournemouth 21/10/17
- Bournemouth 2-2 Stoke 06/05/17
Home
- Sheffield 2-1 Stoke
- Stoke 1-0 West Brom
- Preston 1-1 Stoke
- Stoke 2-0 Hull
- Watford 1-3 Stoke
Away
- Bristol City 0-2 Bournemouth
- Bournemouth 2-1 Sheffield
- Peterborough 0-0 Bournemouth
- Bournemouth 2-1 Luton
- Cardiff City 0-1 Bournemouth
Stoke City team news
The hosts will be without Tyrese Campbell, Abdallah Sima, Morgan Fox and Alfie Doughty due to injuries.
Bournemouth team news
Bournemouth will be without Lewis Cook and Junior Stanilas due to injuries while David Brooks makes the doubt list.
Prediction and odds
- Double chance
- Draw
- Both sides to score
