Bournemouth vs Burnley: Preview and Predictions

Bournemouth vs Burnley
English Premier League
Date: Saturday, 13th May 2017
Kick off at 15:00 UK/16:00 CET
Venue: Vitality Stadium.

Bournemouth hosts Burnley in a game with little importance for both teams. Bournemouth have already secured their place in the Premier League while Burnley are 6 points above the zone with a better goal difference.

The Cherries are in a decent form in recent weeks. The team is currently sitting on 11th place in the table with the possibility to move 2 places upwards with a victory on Saturday. The Cherries have lost just 2 games from their last 10 outings and are looking to further improve this stat.

Last round the team finished 2-2 at home against Stoke City here at Liberty Stadium. The team managed to get an equalizer twice in the game but the problems at the back were obvious. The team has one of the worst defensive records in the league and that’s something that needs to be improved before the new season.

Burnley have been picking their points predominantly at Turf Moor. On the road the team managed to pick the first win of the season in its last away game against Crystal Palace.

The recent success was followed by a 2-2 draw at home against struggling West Bromwich. Two goals from Sam Vokes helped the team to avoid the defeat. He opened the score after 56 minutes just for WBA to turn the game around to 1-2. Still in 86th minute Sam Vokes again found the net for the final 2-2. Burnley controlled most of the game but they looked shaky at the back. West Brom created some chances and could have probably scored more.

Bournemouth vs Burnley: Head to head

I’ll focus on the recent head to head clashes as the previous ones were in 2005 and 1999 and are not much relevant to today’s teams. The teams have played 3 times since 2013. The 2 games in the Championship finished both in a 1-1 draw while the previous game this season was an entertaining 3-2 victory for Burnley at Turf Moor.

Bournemouth vs Burnley: Prediction

Bournemouth should have the edge in this game. Burnley despite its recent win away from home us still far from confident playing on other stadium than Turf Moor. Bournemouth are on a decent home form and will try to get 3 points in search of top half finish.

Both defenses have been leaking goals lately. Both teams scoring looks to have some value. Also all of their 3 recent clashes finished with both teams finding the net.