tottenham v bournemouth Bournemouth vs Tottenham Prediction
We look ahead to Thursday’s Premier League game at the Vitality Stadium with our Bournemouth vs Tottenham prediction and preview. Can Ange Postecoglou’s visitors get back to winning ways on the south coast?
Bournemouth vs Tottenham: The Key Insights
- The Opta supercomputer makes Tottenham favourites to win, with Spurs taking all three points in 43.8% of simulations.
- Each of Tottenham’s last five away Premier League wins have been to nil, including their 4-0 victory over Manchester City last month. They have not won any of their last 14 when conceding on the road (five draws, nine defeats).
- Justin Kluivert has been involved in six goals in his last six Premier League appearances (five goals, one assist), becoming the first player in the competition’s history to score a hat-trick of penalties in one game when he did so against Wolves on Sunday.
The midweek round of Premier League fixtures is rounded off at the Vitality Stadium, and plenty of entertainment should be expected as Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth host Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham, with just two points separating the teams prior to kick-off.
Across 26 Premier League matches involving Tottenham or Bournemouth this season, there have been 81 goals scored. Six of those came at Molineux last week as Bournemouth downed Wolves and former head coach Gary O’Neil 4-2, including three penalties by Justin Kluivert.
Their home form has generally been strong. The Cherries have won three of their last four Premier League matches at the Vitality, though they did lose 2-1 to Brighton & Hove Albion last time out on home soil. They have not lost consecutive home league games since October 2023.
Iraola’s men pounced on several glaring defensive errors from Wolves last time out, and their high-pressing style has won them plenty of admirers since he took charge last year.
Bournemouth, as they were last season, are among the top seven pressing teams in the Premier League when measured by PPDA (passes per defensive action), allowing opponents an average of just 11.2 this campaign, after permitting 10.7 in 2023-24.
Iraola’s side rank fourth in the league for high turnovers across the opening 13 matchdays (114), but no team has tallied more shots from these situations than them (25 – level with Liverpool).
The speed and trickery of Antoine Semenyo, Marcus Tavernier, David Brooks and Kluivert have been key to their approach. The latter, who netted the first hat-trick of penalties in Premier League history last time out, has been involved in six goals in his last six league appearances (five goals, one assist).