Three game left to play of what has seemed like a long old season with unprecedented breaks taking place, but we are almost over the line and hopefully the Eagles can end on a high with as many points as possible.
TIME/ DATE/ VENUE
- 3pm
- 13th May 2023
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
PREVIOUS MEETING
The Eagles have not hosted Bournemouth since December 2019 when an early red card for Mamadou Sakho made things rather difficult, but Palace found a way and Jeffrey Schlupp popped up with one his runs into the penalty area and slotted home to take all three points.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Martin Kelly (7.8)
OFFICIALS
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Referee: Michael Salisbury
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Assistants: Matthew Wilkes, Natalie Aspinall
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Fourth official: James Bell
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VAR: Andy Madley
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Assistant VAR: Harry Lennard
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – James McArthur, Nathan Ferguson and James Tomkins remain absentees.
BOURNEMOUTH – Hamed Traore, Marcus Tavernnier, Kieffer Moore, Ryan Fredericks and Junior Stanislas are ruled out of the trip to Selhurst.
DISCIPLINARY THIS SEASON
RED CARDS – Tyrick Mitchell (1), James Tomkins (1), Cheick Doucoure (1)
YELLOW CARDS (7+) – Adam Smith (10), Cheick Doucoure (9), Marc Guehi (8), Joachim Andersen (8), Jeffrey Schlupp (7), Chris Mepham (7)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 31/12/22 Bournemouth 0-2 Palace
- 15/09/20 Bournemouth 0-0 Palace
- 20/06/20 Bournemouth 0-2 Palace
- 03/12/19 Palace 1-0 Bournemouth
- 12/05/19 Palace 5-3 Bournemouth
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 06/05/23 Spurs 1-0 Palace
- 29/04/23 Palace 4-3 West Ham
- 25/04/23 Wolves 2-0 Palace
- 22/04/23 Palace 0-0 Everton
- 15/04/23 Southampton 0-2 Palace
Last FIVE results for Bournemouth;
- 06/05/23 Bournemouth 1-3 Chelsea
- 30/04/23 Bournemouth 4-1 Leeds
- 27/04/23 Southampton 0-1 Bournemouth
- 23/04/23 Bournemouth 0-4 West Ham
- 15/04/23 Spurs 2-3 Bournemouth
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace sit 12th in the Premier League with 40 points from 35 games played, while Bournemouth are 14th with 39 points from the same amount of games.
RECORD AGAINST BOURNEMOUTH
- Played 76
- Won 27
- Drawn 20
- Lost 29
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Eberechi Eze 6.96
- Marcus Tavernier 6.95
- Michael Olise 6.94
- Philip Billing 6.85
ONE TO WATCH
DANGO OUATTARA
FORMER CLUBS – Majestic FC, Lorient
The 21-year-old Burkino Faso international has certainly caught the eye after signing for Bournemouth in the January transfer window. His first goal for the club was the winner at Spurs last month.
KEY CLASH
JORDAN AYEW v MARCO SENESI
The Palace striker is expected to lead the line and looking for the back of the net once again after finding a run of form in front of goal. He will likely be up against the Argentinian defender who has impressed at the Vitality since arriving from Feyenoord in the summer.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
Having won just 1 of their first 7 Premier League meetings with Bournemouth (D4, L2), Palace have now won the last 4.
Bournemouth have won their past 3 Premier League away games – their longest such top-flight run – after having won only 2 of their first 14 in 2022-23 (D2 L10).
None of the Cherries’ past 13 league games have ended level (W7 L6) – it’s their longest such run since 2013 in League One.
After keeping a clean sheet in their first Premier League meeting with Palace (0-0 in December 2015), Bournemouth have conceded in their last 10 against the Eagles.
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Eberechi Eze (8)
- ASSISTS – Michael Olise (9 – 4th in PL)
- PASSES – Marc Guehi (1,947 – 11th in PL)
- TACKLES – Cheick Doucoure (74 – 11th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Marc Guehi (2,345 – 16th in PL)
- SHOTS – Wilfried Zaha (64)
- FOULS – Jeffrey Schlupp (51 – 5th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Wilfried Zaha (82 – 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (85 – 12th in PL)
TEB PREDICTION
With both teams safe for the season there could be goals in this one to entertain the crowd that will have faced trials and tribulations getting to Selhurst Park for kick off. We are expecting the Eagles to make up for the defeat at Spurs last week with all three points here in an entertaining performance.
FINAL SCORE: 3-1
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