The Cherries make the trip to Lancashire to face Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday.
Sean Dyche’s Burnley will look to end a run of three successive Premier League losses, as AFC Bournemouth travel to Turf Moor on Saturday afternoon.
The Clarets defeat at the Bet365 Stadium last weekend followed defeats to Manchester City and a thumping away at West Bromwich Albion. During that time Dyche’s men have scored just once in 270 minutes of football.
Burnley’s Dean Marney clashes with Stoke City’s Jonathan Walters
In contrast, The Cherries are in ripe form having come from 3-1 down versus Liverpool last Sunday, to record a stunning victory over Jürgen Klopp’s Reds in stoppage time.
The form of Eddie Howe’s men continues to see-saw, with just two league wins from their last six outings.
In what could be a fascinating encounter, Burnley’s home form has been their sole saving grace, picking up 12 points from 8 home games in Lancashire. Adding fuel to the Lancashire hotpot, Bournemouth are yet to win away from home this term.
Bournemouth’s Nathan Ake celebrates scoring their fourth goal
The clash will be the first Premier League meeting between the two sides. The majority of both club’s previous meetings have taken place in League Division Two between 1993 and 2000, where the Clarets have five wins to Bournemouth’s three.
The last time they met during the 2013/14 campaign in The Championship, both sides shared the spoils in 1-1 draws.
Sean Dyche will again be without midfielder Johann Gudmundsson with a hamstring injury.
Goalkeeper Tom Heaton however has been passed fit from the calf injury that forced him to miss the games versus Manchester City and Stoke City. He is expected to replace veteran Paul Robinson in goal.
Here is how Burnley could lineup:
The Cherries are set to welcome back defender Charlie Daniels from a hip injury. Eddie Howe will be without midfielders Junior Stanislas and Andrew Surman who are ruled out with ankle and hamstring injuries respectively.
With Lewis Cook also out until January, the visitors could deploy on loan full-back Nathan Ake in a central defensive role, who has impressed scoring two goals in the last three games.
Following his cameo heroics on the South coast last weekend, Ryan Fraser is also pushing for a starting berth.
Here is how Bournemouth could lineup:
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