Bournemouth vs Chelsea: Bournemouth continue their pre-season set of matches with a clash against Chelsea at the Vitality Stadium on Wednesday.
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Match Details:
Teams: Bournemouth vs Chelsea
Date: Wednesday 28th July, 2021
Time: 12:15 AM IST
Venue: Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth
MATCH PREVIEW:
Chelsea begin their pre-season friendlies with a trip to the Vitality Stadium as they face Bournemouth on Wednesday to aim to begin their season on a high.
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The Blues ended last season with silverware as they beat Manchester City to lift the UEFA Champions League title.
Prior to this, they even secured a top 4 spot which was redundant once they won the European title.
Chelsea finished as runners-up in the FA Cup as well which gave a successful start to Thomas Tuchel.
The top-tier English side had a number of their players in the Euro 2020 like Mount, James and Chilwell.
Tuchel’s men will look to begin on the right note as they aim to improve their performances domestically and hopefully regain their European title as well.
On the other hand, Bournemouth lost their last match against Grenada 2-1 in a friendly clash.
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Soro and Solanke cancelled out each other’s strikes before Suarez net the winner for Grenada in the second half.
Bournemouth recently saw the arrival of Scott Parker as their new boss and will look to regroup ahead of the championship season beginning early next month.
Chelsea and Bournemouth have recently seen matches go down to the wire with the Blues having a slight advantage in the last 12 matches.
Both sides last met in a 2-2 draw at Bournemouth in the Premier League on 29th February, 2020.
Line-ups
Bournemouth:
Travers, Zemura, Mepham, Cook, Rico, Cook, Lerma, Brooks, Marcondes, Billing and Anthony
Chelsea:
Cumming, Sarr, Miazga, Christensen, Rehman, Drinkwater, Barkley, Zappacosta, Ziyech, Hudson-Odoi and Abraham.
Prediction: Bournemouth 0-2 Chelsea
The Blues are expected to win this one even without the big players present in the squad. It will be a good number of minutes for either sides as they look to get into the grove ahead of the next season.
Chelsea has the players, quality coupled with the UCL title confidence on their back, which makes them worthy favourites for this one.
