Burnley vs Bournemouth. Premier League.
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Saturday 10 December 2016 14:04, UK
Tom Heaton is in contention to return for Burnley when they face Bournemouth in the Premier League on Saturday.
The England goalkeeper has missed the Clarets' last two matches but could return to face the Cherries, who staged a remarkable comeback to beat Liverpool 4-3 in their last Premier League game.
Their boss, Eddie Howe, spent almost two years at Turf Moor in between spells at Bournemouth, eventually returning to the south coast for personal reasons.
Team news
While Heaton is available, winger Johann Berg Gudmundsson is out for Burnley with a hamstring injury, while Steven Defour and Sam Vokes could return to the XI.
Bournemouth will have left-back Charlie Daniels available for the trip following a hip problem.
Junior Stanislas has an ankle injury which is expected to sideline the midfielder for a few weeks.
Midfielder Andrew Surman, who has not featured since October, continues his rehabilitation from a hamstring problem.
Opta stats
Burnley have never lost at Turf Moor to Bournemouth in any competition (W7 D6 L0).
The Cherries are winless in their last six games in all competitions against Burnley (D3 L3), last beating them 5-0 in November 1998 when both sides were in the third tier.
Between his two spells as Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe was in charge at Burnley, winning 34 of his 87 league games with the Clarets (39 per cent).
This will be the first time the sides have met in the top-flight and will be the 822nd different matchup in Premier League history.
Bournemouth will be looking to record back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time since March - on each of the last five occasions that they have won a match in the competition, they have failed to win their next game.
Burnley are on a run of three successive defeats in the Premier League and they have conceded eight goals in these games, while only netting once themselves.
Burnley have allowed their opponents the highest number of shots on target in the Premier League this season (91) while attempting the second fewest themselves (37) behind Middlesbrough (36).
These two clubs have used the most English players in the Premier League this season; both giving appearances to 13 different Englishmen.
Should Jack Wilshere play at least 63 minutes in this match for Bournemouth, he would have been on the pitch for more minutes in this Premier League season than in 2015-16 and 2014-15 combined (873 mins).
Bournemouth have hit the woodwork on 13 occasions in the Premier League this season; more often than any other team.
Burnley have failed to score in a league-high seven matches so far this season.
Merson's prediction
It was a massive win for Bournemouth last weekend - who could have seen that in their wildest dreams at half-time? Fair play to them, they took a chance and got an unbelievable result.
They need to follow it up now, they have set the bar high but Burnley will not be easy.
They are a different animal at home and always give their opponents a game at Turf Moor.
PAUL PREDICTS: 1-1 (Sky Bet odds 5/1)
Betting
Burnley look to keep up their solid home form when they welcome Bournemouth to Turf Moor on Saturday and Sean Dyche's men are 12/5 with Sky Bet for a fifth home win of the season.
The Cherries have only registered one win on the road but have won two of their last three matches including last weekend's stunning 4-3 against Liverpool. A repeat scoreline in Eddie Howe's side's favour is 150/1 with Sky Bet, who make Bournemouth striker Callum Wilson their 9/2 market leader to score first.
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