Chelsea vs Bournemouth Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 14th January 2025

Bookmakers favour Chelsea to be victorious against Bournemouth in their upcoming Premier League encounter. Despite their recent unconvincing form, a win for the former seems likely on Tuesday. They should not underestimate Bournemouth, though.

Chelsea are number 4 in the table on 36 points after 20 matches. Bournemouth rank as number 7 with 33 points after 20 matches played.

Chelsea took down Bournemouth in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Tuesday.

When it comes to goal-scoring Chelsea could be more prolific, scoring 19 times in their previous ten games. That is an average of 1.9 goals per game in which, they conceded 12 times. This is an average of 1.2 a game, achieving a clean sheet in two games.

Bournemouth scored 17 goals, conceded 11 and managed four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Chelsea won the last two meetings against Bournemouth, as they followed up a 2-1 win by beating their upcoming opponent by a 1-0 score.

Chelsea vs Bournemouth Prediction

Chelsea Form

Chelsea recorded a win, a draw and a defeat in their last three matches. They lost 2-0 against Ipswich, before drawing 1-1 with Crystal Palace. They won their most recent game 5-0 against Morecambe. Chelsea claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League. They also drew two and lost one, as they scored ten and conceded six goals.

Bournemouth Form

Bournemouth look well suited to take on any opponent as their last three matches ended with a draw and two wins. They started off drawing 2-2 with Fulham, before downing first Everton by 1-0, then West Bromwich in a 5-1 win. Bournemouth won half their previous six away matches in the Premier League, as well as seeing two draws and suffering one defeat. They scored 14 goals whilst conceding nine.

Chelsea are the bookies favourite to claim the win, when Bournemouth arrive at Stamford Bridge, and we believe the home side will prevail.

Chelsea won four matches, scored 14 goals and conceded 11 in their last nine games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. This earned them 14 points. Bournemouth took two wins from their last nine games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They collected ten points, scored ten goals and conceded 12. Chelsea claimed ten wins, six draws as well as four defeats in the Premier League this season. Bournemouth enjoy a record of nine wins, six draws and five defeats in the Premier League.

Chelsea vs Bournemouth Squads

Chelsea Squad

Enzo Maresca will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Bournemouth from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Filip Joergensen (0/2), Gabriel Slonina (0/0), Lucas Bergstroem (0/0), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Robert Sanchez (0/18), Axel Disasi (1/5), Ben Chilwell (0/0), Benoit Badiashile (0/4), Caleb Wiley (0/0), Josh Acheampong (0/1), Levi Colwill (0/19), Malo Gusto (0/17), Marc Cucurella (1/18), Reece James (0/4), Tosin Adarabioyo (0/9), Wesley Fofana (0/12), Carney Chukwuemeka (0/0), Cesare Casadei (0/0), Cole Palmer (13/20), Enzo Fernandez (3/19), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (0/5), Moises Caicedo (1/20), Noni Madueke (5/18), Omari Kellyman (0/0), Renato Veiga (0/7), Romeo Lavia (0/9), Tyrique George (0/0), Christopher Nkunku (2/18), Jadon Sancho (2/14), Joao Felix (1/10), Marc Guiu (0/2), Mykhaylo Mudryk (0/7), Nicolas Jackson (9/19), Pedro Neto (1/17).

Bournemouth Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Bournemouth players that the manager Andoni Iraola will choose from for the upcoming game:

Kepa Arrizabalaga (0/14), Mark Travers (0/4), Will Dennis (0/0), Adam Smith (0/17), Dean Huijsen (2/14), Illia Zabarnyi (0/20), James Hill (0/4), Julian Araujo (0/8), Julio Soler (0/0), Marcos Senesi (0/11), Matai Akinmboni (0/0), Max Aarons (0/3), Milos Kerkez (1/20), Alex Scott (0/8), Ben Winterburn (0/1), Dango Ouattara (3/17), David Brooks (2/13), Lewis Cook (1/19), Marcus Tavernier (1/15), Tyler Adams (0/10), Antoine Semenyo (5/19), Daniel Jebbison (0/2), Enes Unal (2/17), Evanilson (5/19), Justin Kluivert (6/19), Luis Sinisterra (1/8), Michael DaCosta (0/0), Remy Rees-Dottin (0/0), Ryan Christie (1/19).

Chelsea vs Bournemouth Team News

Chelsea vs Bournemouth Lineups

Chelsea vs Bournemouth H2H

Chelsea go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 2-1 and 1-0 the last two times they played Bournemouth. Chelsea have been slightly more successful than Bournemouth in recent meetings. With a 5-2-3 advantage going into this match, betting on Chelsea has often proved the profitable way to go. The bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 8/13.

Chelsea vs Bournemouth Results

In the last ten matches between Chelsea and Bournemouth over 2.5 goals came out five times. Odds on at least three goals are at 4/9 with bookies.

Chelsea vs Bournemouth Betting Tips

It has been a great season for Cole Palmer so far as he currently has 13 goals on his account during this season. He also hit the net four times in his last six games, leaving Chelsea hoping he delivers against Bournemouth this coming Tuesday as well. Siding with him to score in the upcoming game seems like a reasonable choice.

Chelsea won seven of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing one as well. Bournemouth won four from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew two and lost four in this run. Goals are usually flowing for Chelsea on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened six times for Bournemouth in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past ten encounters between Chelsea and Bournemouth, with the latter scoring 1.2 goals on average in these. Chelsea managed an average of 1.2 goals as both teams scored three times in this run. Chelsea saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 2.6 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Bournemouth, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of two times goals per game.