Midweek action at Selhurst sees Palace entertain Bournemouth in a match that both sides will be keen to take away all three points as the hectic December schedule takes hold.
MATCH INFORMATION
- 7.30pm – 6th December 2023
- Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London SE25 6PU
PREVIOUS MEETING
The Eagles took all three points off Bournemouth back in May courtesy of a brace from Eberechi Eze either side of the half time interval,
MAN OF THE MATCH – Eberechi Eze (8.7)
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Craig Pawson. Assistants: Marc Perry, Steve Meredith. Fourth official: Darren England. VAR: Michael Salisbury. Assistant VAR: Constantine Hatzidakis.
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Chieck Doucoure (achilles), Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (thigh), Rob Holding (ankle), Dean Henderson (thigh), and Eberechi Eze (ankle) will not feature but Jeffrey Schlupp is expected to return in some capacity.
BOURNEMOUTH – Tyler Adams (thigh), Max Aarons (thigh), Alex Scott (knee), Lloyd Kelly (thigh), Ryan Fredericks (calf), Eiliano Hansen (ankle), and Darren Randolph (illness) are all unavailable.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
RED CARDS – Lewis Cook (1)
YELLOW CARDS (4+) – Jordan Ayew (4)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 13/05/23 Palace 2-0 Bournemouth
- 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
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 03/12/23 West Ham 1-1 Palace
- 24/11/23 Luton 2-1 Palace
- 11/11/23 Palace 2-3 Everton
- 04/11/23 Burnley 0-2 Palace
- 27/10/23 Palace 1-2 Spurs
Last FIVE results for Bournemouth;
- 03/12/23 Bournemouth 2-2 Aston Villa
- 25/11/23 Sheffield United 1-3 Bournemouth
- 11/11/23 Bournemouth 2-0 Newcastle
- 04/11/23 Manchester City 6-1 Bournemouth
- 01/11/23 Bournemouth 1-2 Liverpool
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 12th in the Premier League with 16 points from 14 games played, while Bournemouth are 16th with 13 points from the same amount of games.
RECORD AGAINST BOURNEMOUTH
- Played 77
- Won 28
- Drawn 20
- Lost 29
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Eberechi Eze 7.40
- Joachim Andersen 7.15
- Marcus Tavernier 7.01
- Neto 6.81
ONE TO WATCH
MARCUS TAVERNIER
FORMER CLUBS – Newcastle United, Middlesbrough, MK Dons (loan)
The 24 year old midfielder has slotted in well since his move from Middlesbrough in July 2022, having already made over 30 appearances for the club and hitting the net on 7 occasions.
KEY CLASH
JOACHIM ANDERSEN v DOMINIC SOLANKE
The Danish international has this week seen his country matched with England at the Euros next summer and will expecting to be in good form leading into the tournament. He will be up against the in form Solanke who has scored 7 times already this season and on target to hit double figures for the season.
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Odsonne Edouard (6 – 10th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Jordan Ayew/ Jean-Philippe Mateta (3 – 15th in PL)
- PASSES – Joachim Andersen (898– 11th in PL)
- TACKLES – Cheick Doucoure (34– 10th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Joachim Andersen (1103 – 8th in PL)
- SHOTS – Odsonne Edouard (36 – 9th in PL)
- FOULS – Jordan Ayew (23 – 8th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Jordan Ayew (43 – 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Sam Johnstone (32 – 15th in PL)
- CLEARANCES – Joachim Andersen (79 – 2nd in PL)
- BIG CHANCES MISSED – Jordan Ayew/ Odsonne Edouard (3)
THE NUMBERS
Palace are on a 5-match winning run against Bournemouth in the Premier League. They have never beaten a team 6 times in a row in the top flight.
Bournemouth have gone 5 games without a goal versus Palace in all competitions since a 5-3 Premier League defeat at Selhurst Park in May 2019.
The Eagles have suffered back-to-back home defeats, having only lost 2 of their previous 14 league matches at Selhurst Park.
Palace are winless in all 14 Premier League home fixtures played on a Wednesday since beating Aston Villa on the first such occasion in February 1993 (D8, L6).
Palace’s tally of 5 points from their past 7 league games is the third lowest in the division, behind Burnley and Sheffield United.
Odsonne Edouard has 6 goals in 13 Premier League matches this season, compared to five in 35 in 2022-23 and six in 28 in 2021-22.
TEB PREDICTION
It is time for Palace to step up and grab a win from somewhere, the first since the beginning of November on the road to Burnley. The injury list had been easing but it has now gone in the opposite direction with key players missing but Hodgson should have enough available to him to grind out a win with the likelihood of both Olise and Edouard starring. No pressure.
FINAL SCORE: 2-0 to Palace
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