• Bournemouth have lost their last five home meetings with Chelsea in all competitions, since a 1-0 win in the second tier in September 1988.
• Chelsea have beaten Bournemouth twice already this season, winning 2-0 in the reverse league fixture and 1-0 in a League Cup match.
• Bournemouth’s only previous Premier League victory on a Wednesday was a 3-0 victory against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last season.
• Bournemouth are looking to secure back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time since October following their 2-0 win over West Ham last time out.
• Chelsea – who lost at Arsenal last time out – haven’t lost consecutive Premier League games since March 2018. The Blues haven’t scored more than twice in any of their last 12 Premier League matches, since beating Crystal Palace 3-1 in November.
• Only the Etihad (50) has seen more Premier League goals than Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium this season coming into this round of matches (38 – F21 A17).
• Chelsea are the only side whose Premier League games are yet to see a single red card this season, while Bournemouth have seen their opponent have a player sent off a league-high six times so far in 2018-19.
• Chelsea’s Eden Hazard has had a hand in eight goals in his last eight games against Bournemouth in all competitions (7 goals, 1 assist).
• Chelsea’s Eden Hazard has scored in six different games against Bournemouth in all competitions – he’s only scored in more against Liverpool in his club career (7).
• Callum Wilson has scored in each of his last two Premier League games for Bournemouth – he’s never scored in three in a row in the same season before.
• 10 of Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud’s last 13 Premier League goals have been as a substitute. He’s only found the net in one of his last 14 starts in the competition.

Liverpool v Leicester City

Liverpool are undefeated in their last 32 home matches and it is difficult to see that good run coming to an end here.

The Reds, though, have had a bit of an injury crisis in recent weeks and they are sweating on the fitness of star man and rock at the back Virgil van Dijk, who has been ill.

With or without him, Jurgen Klopp should be able to set his side up to grind out a hard-earned win over a Leicester side who caused them trouble at the King Power in the reverse fixture, no thanks to a rare error from Alisson.

The Foxes have lost four of their last five in all competitions, with the pressure piling on Claude Puel. Their defeats have been by small margins though and Liverpool have also had a lot of wins by fine margins this term, so the 5/4 on offer to back Leicester in a +2 handicap is a real temptation.

The Foxes have had some close battles with the Reds in recent years, losing by one goal in their last three encounters - and winning 2-0 in the match before that.

With the visitors getting a two-goal start against a more conservative title-chasing Liverpool side, this looks like a great option to get value out of a Liverpool victory - and if they suffer a shock upset then happy days.

Score prediction: Liverpool 2-1 Leicester ()

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