The Stamford Bridge giants under Maresca have managed to rise to fourth place in the Premier League, having first won the Conference League and then the Club World Cup. The team is currently performing well, though occasional setbacks occur. Still, they have already secured ten points in the Champions League and have reached the League Cup semi-finals. Now, the main priority is the Premier League, where they are striving to hold onto fourth place. However, in the previous round, they lost 1-2 at home to direct rivals Aston Villa.
Iraola has shown consistent results and even progress in England. Last spring, the team finished ninth with 56 points. It seemed that even after selling several key defenders, they managed at least to maintain their position. But since November, they have seemingly forgotten how to win. They even lost 1-4 to Brentford.
Maresca’s side averages 1.67 goals scored and 1.06 goals conceded per game. Bournemouth, meanwhile, scores about 1.5 goals on average but concedes noticeably more—1.83 per game.
Chelsea have not won two games in a row
56% of Chelsea’s matches end with goals from both teams and the average total goals per match is 2.72
Bournemouth have not won in seven consecutive matches
61% of Bournemouth’s matches end with goals from both teams and the average total goals per match is 3.33.
Chelsea (probable line-up): Sanchez – Cucurella, Chalobah, Fofana, Gusto – James, Fernandez, Garnacho, Palmer, Neto – Delap.
Bournemouth (probable line-up): Petrovic – Truffer, Senesi, Diakite, Smith – Tavernier, Scott, Semenyo, Kluivert, Jimenez – Evanilson.
