Here at SportsCasting, we have the Bournemouth vs Tottenham preview, prediction, latest team news, and confirmed lineups.
Bournemouth Vs Tottenham Preview
After losing back-to-back games either side of the November international break, Bournemouth got back to winning ways in stunning fashion on GW13.
The Cherries were in fine form as they brushed aside Wolves 4-2 at Molineux. Justin Kluivert was the hero as he became the first Premier League player to score a hat-trick of penalties in a single match.
Furthermore, record-signing Evanilson is also the first top-flight player since the league’s inauguration to win three spot kicks in the same game.
Andoni Iraola’s side have now beaten the Old Gold in three successive games away from home. The first time the south coast club can boast such a feat since they were first promoted in 2015.
Now, Iraola will lead his troops into battle once again on Thursday night at the Vitality Stadium. Another win could put Bournemouth up to the dizzy heights of seventh. If other results go their way, of course.
A Thursday night under the lights coming up ✨ pic.twitter.com/LpWX1M9BHx
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) December 3, 2024
You’ll do well to remember a club who has provided such topsy-turvy form than this season’s Tottenham Hotspur. Before the break, Ipswich Town claimed a surprise 2-1 win in north London.
Two weeks later, Ange Postecoglou’s side went to the Etihad and absolutely obliterated faltering Premier League champions Manchester City 4-0.
On Sunday, the Lilywhites failed to navigate their way past 10-man Fulham on home soil. It really does beg the question, what side will turn up on Thursday?
Being consistently inconsistent was not what Postecoglou and supporters had in mind. Some might say that recent form has been very ‘Spursy.’
Nonetheless, Postecoglou’s men sit in an admirable seventh place. Ahead of the clash, the best football betting sites in the UK price the Whites as slight 6/4 match favourites. Bournemouth are 7/4 with the draw 29/10.
Bournemouth Vs Tottenham Team News
Despite the weekend’s four-goal haul, star man Antoine Semenyo is expected to go straight back into the Bournemouth starting XI. The 24-year-old has this week been linked with a summer move to Liverpool.
The winger missed the Wolves victory after serving a one-match suspension. He’ll slot in on the right-hand side of the attack. However, Lewis Cook is a huge doubt.
He also missed the Wolves win. Therefore, Ryan Christie and Tyler Adams will likely play in the middle. Alex Scott, Julian Araujo and Luis Sinisterra are all still out.
Meanwhile, Tottenham will once again be without Guglielmo Vicario, Micky van de Ven, Richarlison, Wilson Odobert and Mikey Moore.
Rodrigo Bentancur misses the match owing to his suspension. Cristian Romero is a doubt owing to a toe injury. Summer signing Archie Gray will also need to be assessed.
The same can be said of former Cherries star Dominic Solanke. The England forward missed the 1-1 draw with Fulham through illness.
A trip to the south coast awaits ⏳
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— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) December 3, 2024
Bournemouth Vs Tottenham Confirmed Lineups
Bournemouth Confirmed Lineup:
Kepa; Smith, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Adams, Christie; Semenyo, Kluivert, Tavernier; Evanilson
Tottenham Confirmed Lineup:
Forster; Gray, Dragusin, Davies, Udogie; Sarr, Bissouma, Maddison; Kulusevski, Solanke, Johnson
Bournemouth Vs Tottenham Prediction
The final score could quite literally be anything at the Vitality Stadium on Thursday night. Both sides have goals in them as well as a vulnerable backline.
Expect an entertaining, end-to-end encounter with both goalkeepers kept busy all night. The general feeling is that Bournemouth and Tottenham will share the spoils on the south coast.
Prediction: Bournemouth 2-2 Tottenham
