AFC Bournemouth and Crystal Palace will take on on Saturday the 31st of December at 3:00 pm in the 18th week of the Premier League. The match will take place in Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by Andre Marriner.
AFC Bournemouth sits in the 14th place in the league with 16 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Chelsea in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 4 times, draw 4 times, and lost 8 times.
Crystal Palace is in the 11th place in the standings with 19 points. It comes from a 0-3 loss against Fulham in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 5 times, draw 4 times, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
AFC Bournemouth
AFC Bournemouth has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-4-2 and 4-2-3-1 (5 times or 31.25% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (5 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 5-3-2 (once), 3-5-1-1 (once) and 3-1-4-2 (once).
Gary O\’Neil is expected to play against Crystal Palace with the following players: M. Travers, J. Zemura, M. Senesi, J. Stephens, A. Smith, P. Billing, J. Lerma Solís, L. Cook, J. Anthony, K. Moore and D. Solanke.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of AFC Bournemouth would be 26.40.
Gary O\’Neil will probably not be able to employ R. Fredericks because of injury.
D. Brooks will definitely miss the match.
Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 46.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times) and 5-4-1 (2 times).
Patrick Vieira is expected to play against AFC Bournemouth with the following players: V. Guaita Panadero, J. Ward, J. Andersen, M. Guehi, N. Clyne, J. Schlupp, M. Olise, C. Doucoure, E. Eze, J. Ayew and W. Zaha.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Crystal Palace would be 27.73.
N. Ferguson and J. McArthur will definitely miss the match.
Patrick Vieira will not be able to have the presence of T. Mitchell and J. Tomkins who are both suspended.
