Chelsea are fifth but they are on a sticky run at the moment, with only one win in six league games. When they got their draw with 10 men against Arsenal at the end of November, I thought they were in the title race but they have completely fallen away. It is a concerning time for their manager Andoni Iraola because this might be Antoine Semenyo's last game for the Cherries.
Chelsea are fifth but they are on a sticky run at the moment, with only one win in six league games.
When they got their draw with 10 men against Arsenal at the end of November, I thought they were in the title race but they have completely fallen away.
However, Bournemouth's poor run of results goes back even further. After climbing to second place at the end of October, they haven't won any of their past nine matches.
It is a concerning time for their manager Andoni Iraola because this might be Antoine Semenyo's last game for the Cherries. Maybe losing three of their first-choice defenders in the summer - Dean Huijsen to Real Madrid, Milos Kerkez to Liverpool and Illia Zabarnyi to Paris St-Germain is catching up with them too.
I'm not sure what is going wrong for the Cherries because they are still so aggressive in the way they press and play, but they are conceding a lot of goals and Brentford played right through them in the first half at the weekend.
It is only because West Ham have been so rotten that Bournemouth are still nine points clear of the relegation zone. I still always think Iraola's side will score, but I'm backing Enzo Maresca's side to win the battle of two very patchy teams.
Sutton's prediction: 2-1
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