In a weekend match in week 18, on Saturday Dec 31st, AFC Bournemouth hosts Crystal Palace in a Premier League match. Weather on match day is looking like a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 14th placed AFC Bournemouth is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Chelsea. Neither Chelsea nor AFC Bournemouth could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw, At the end of 90 a dissapointed AFC Bournemouth couldn’t manage to score, and Chelsea took the shutout win. AFC Bournemouth is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Crystal Palace recorded a 0-3 loss against Fulham. Bobby Reid scored the first goal for Fulham in the 31st minute, then Tim Ream added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Aleksandar Mitrović In the end, Crystal Palace was frustrated by Fulham’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Fulham ended the match with the shutout victory. Crystal Palace is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. AFC Bournemouth’s most prolific scorer has been Kieffer Moore. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches
Gary O’Neil’s AFC Bournemouth squad will be without Jefferson Lerma, Lloyd Kelly, David Brooks, Neto and Marcus Tavernier, while James McArthur, Nathan Ferguson, Sam Johnstone and Chris Richards are unavailable to play for Patrick Vieira’s team.