Bournemouth v Spurs Sunday
After our disastrous Wednesday night (and of course, our unbeaten run was ended) we now face Bournemouth away. We need to win this match, otherwise, it all could go so wrong.
Bournemouth has had an up and down season. They haven’t beaten any top four teams, however, they have beaten both Arsenal and Chelsea (neither are currently in the top four). That is the highlight of their season.
Spurs shouldn’t have any serious injury problems.
Bournemouth has to assess Jordon Ibe, Ryan Fraser and Marc Pugh. Jermain Defoe is fit again and might be recalled. Tyrone Mings will be absent because he is still injured.
As for us: Serge Aurier is available, but Dier has to be monitored so we will have to wait and see if he plays or not.
Toby Alderweireld is back in training but won’t be ready for the Sunday game. The other question is; will he get a crack at the whip as he will probably be gone at the end of the season because he is refusing to put pen to paper.
After this game, we take a break from the league and play Swansea City in the FA Cup quarter-finals. The next league match will be against Chelsea away on the 1st April unless Chelsea are still in the UEFA Champions, then it will be put back a day.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
· Tottenham are unbeaten in the five previous league encounters (W4, D1), all of which have come in the Premier League.
· Bournemouth scored after 49 seconds in their first league game against Spurs (through Matt Ritchie) but since then have gone 449 minutes without a goal against the Londoners.
· The Cherries drew 0-0 in this fixture last season. The only other occasion they have avoided defeat against Spurs - and their solitary win against them - was a 3-1 victory at Dean Court in the FA Cup in February 1957.
Bournemouth
· Bournemouth have lost just one of their past 10 league fixtures (W4, D5) - only Tottenham have suffered fewer defeats in the same period.
· The Cherries' only clean sheet in their last 16 top-flight matches came in their 3-0 win at Chelsea on 31 January.
· They have scored in 10 consecutive Premier League games for the first time.
· Bournemouth have won 13 points from losing positions in the Premier League this season - no side boasted a better record prior to the latest round of games.
Tottenham Hotspur
· Spurs are unbeaten in 11 Premier League games - the longest current run in the division (W8, D3).
· Tottenham are unbeaten in the 18 league matches in which they have taken the lead this season, winning 17 of those matches.
· Harry Kane has netted in the 82nd minute or later in four of Spurs' last five away games, and has scored in six away fixtures in a row.
· Kane has scored six goals in his four Premier League games against Bournemouth, including a hat-trick on his only previous visit to the Vitality Stadium in 2015.
· Kane has scored 13 away Premier League goals this season, and is three short of the record, set by Kevin Phillips with Sunderland in 1999-00.
Yours, Don Scully
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