Bournemouth vs Swansea City
English Premier League
Date: Saturday, 18th March 2017
Kick off at 17:30 UK / 18:30 CET
Venue: Vitality Stadium.
Both Bournemouth and Swansea will look to gain further daylight between themselves and the Premier League's bottom three on Saturday.
Paul Clement's Swansea go to the Vitality Stadium sitting three points clear of the drop zone with 10 games remaining, having won five of their last nine fixtures.
Bournemouth, meanwhile, gained a vital victory over West Ham last time out, putting an end to an eight-game winless run to sit six points clear of the drop.
Team news
Bournemouth will check on the fitness of midfielder Harry Arter (calf) and winger Junior Stanislas (groin).
Midfielder Andrew Surman returns following his one-match ban for receiving a red card at Manchester United, while French forward Lys Mousset (hamstring) is also expected to be available after coming off during the midweek U21 game against Sampdoria.
Defender Tyrone Mings serves the second part of his five-match suspension for a stamp on Zlatan Ibrahimovic, while forward Callum Wilson, goalkeeper Adam Federici and defender Rhoys Wiggins all continue their recoveries from knee injuries.
Martin Olsson misses Swansea's trip to the south coast after sustaining ankle damage at Hull last weekend.
Stephen Kingsley will deputise for Olsson at left-back and there will also be a change on the other flank as the fit-again Kyle Naughton replaces Angel Rangel, who is unlikely to play again this season after breaking his foot at Hull.
Top scorer Fernando Llorente has recovered from a dead leg as winger Jefferson Montero rejoins the squad after nearly three months out with hand and hamstring injuries.
AFC Bournemouth vs Swansea City: Head to head
AFC Bournemouth lead the head to head tie by two wins thanks to back-to-back victories over the Swans in 2016.
The Cherries scored three goals in each of the mentioned matches. Afobe, Fraser and King were on target in a demolishing 0-3 win for Eddie Howe’s side in the last day of 2016.
AFC Bournemouth vs Swansea City: Prediction
It will need a miracle to happen for this match to end with low number of goals. Both teams have plenty of holes to be exploited at the back and we do not doubt that this match will see both teams on the score-sheet.
The hosts are somewhat closer to claiming the victory, but we’d be nuts not to take advantage of the high-value 8/5 odds offered on the red-hot Joshua King to score anytime.
AFC Bournemouth vs Swansea City: Bet Tips
Over 2.5 goals & BTTS is the first pick offered at the odds of 20/21.
Joshua King is 8/5 to score anytime.
