In the Monday evening clash of the Premier League Fulham are travelling to the south coast of England to square off with Bournemouth. Both clubs are in the middle of the Premier League standings. Fulham are k fire with three wins in their last five PL fixtures.
Bournemouth has not won in their last six Premier League games and what is even worse is the fact that they have lost four straight games at home at the Vitality Stadium (Ipswich Town, Manchester City, Wolverhampton and Liverpool). The Cherries have not lost five straight at home since 2005.
The manager Andoni Iraola out of the Basque Country in Spain is not happy with that at all. Bournemouth needs the win at home tonight to regain some of the momentum they have lost as of late. A couple of weeks ago Bournemouth were close to the Champions League but have fallen down the table recently. They sit at the 10th position in the standings right now. Two spots and three points behind Fulham.
The Cherries squared off with West Ham in their previous Premier League fixture. It ended two all after Evanilson scored both goals for Bournemouth. The gifted striker from Brazil has scored a total of nine goals this season. Second on the team after the Dutchman Justin Kluivert (currently injured) with 12 goals. Bournemouth has collected 45 points in 31 matches. Both Fulham and Bournemouth have an outside opportunity, still, to finish top seven and qualify for Europe next season. With only two points collected in their last six Premier League fixtures it’s about time for Bournemouth to step up. The Cherries visited Craven Cottage in December and that game finished two all.
The East Londoners got the better of Liverpool in their prior Premier League game. Fulham won 3-2 after going down 0-1. Sessegnon, Iwobi and Muniz scored the goals. That was the first away loss for the season for Liverpool. Fulham are on fire right now with five wins in their last eight and three in their last five. They sit at the 8th spot in the PL standings with 48 points. Raul Jimenez is their best scorer of the club with ten goals to his name. Muniz and Iwobi have scored eight goals each at this point of the season. Fulham is coached by Mauro Silva.
Ryan Christie is out for the season as far as Bournemiuth goes. Justin Kluivert could possibly play and Enes Unal is out for the long term. Tavernier and Sinisterra will likely miss the game for The Cherries. Harry Wilson is doubtful and Reiss Nelson is out for the season.
PROBABLE LINEUPS: B’MOUTH: Kepa; Smith, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Adams, Cook; Semenyo, Kluivert, Ouattara; Evanilson FULHAM: Leno; Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson; Berge, Lukic; Sessegnon, Pereira, Iwobi; Muniz
