Bournemouth and Sunderland have confirmed their starting teams for their meeting in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Cherries started the day eighth and are on a seven-match unbeaten league run following their 0-0 draw at West Ham last Saturday.
The visitors are two points behind them following a third successive league loss with a 3-1 defeat at Fulham six days ago.
101GreatGoals.com has full team news from Bournemouth vs Sunderland in the Premier League, including details on how to follow the action live.
Bournemouth confirmed starting team vs Sunderland
Andoni Iraola makes two changes from the team that started in the goalless stalemate with West Ham.
Evanilson and Amine Adli make way for David Brooks and Marcus Tavernier.
Meanwhile, left-back Julio Soler, midfielder Lewis Cook, winger Ben Gannon-Doak and forward Justin Kluivert are injured.
Bournemouth starting XI: Petrovic, Jimenez, Hill, Senesi, Truffert, Scott, Adams, Brooks, Rayan, Kroupi, Tavernier
Bournemouth substitutes: Mandas, Evanilson, Christie, Smith, Diakite, Adli, Enes Unal, Toth, Milosavljevic
Sunderland full lineup vs Bournemouth
Regis Le Bris has made four changes to the team that lost to Fulham last weekend.
Lutsharel Geertruida, Granit Xhaka, Eliezer Mayenda and Chemsdine Talbi all come into the side, replacing Nordi Mukiele, Jocelin Ta Bi, Nilson Angulo and Brian Brobbey,
Mukiele, Ta Bi, and Brobbey all join Reinildo Mandava ,Dennis Cirkin and Romaine Mundle on the injury list.
Sunderland starting XI: Roefs, Hume, Geertruida, Ballard, Alderete, Xhaka (C), Sadiki, Diarra, Le Fee, Talbi, Mayenda.
Sunderland substitutes: Ellborg, O’Nien, Rigg, H. Jones, Je. Jones, Aleksic, Traore, Angulo, Isidor.
Where to watch Bournemouth vs Sunderland: Live online stream, TV channel
Kick-off on Saturday is at 12:30 GMT (07:30 ET / 04:30 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate and the Discovery Plus app.
TNT Sports costs £29.99 a month through Discovery Plus, which includes Eurosport and entertainment and is available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.
Bournemouth vs Sunderland stats
- Bournemouth have lost three of their four home league games against Sunderland, the exception being a 2-0 victory in September 2015
- Following their 3-2 victory in November, Sunderland are looking to complete their second league double over Bournemouth, after the 1989/90 second-tier campaign
- Only Manchester United (10) are on a longer run of unbeaten Premier League matches than Bournemouth (W4 D3)
- They could go on their second eight-game unbeaten run in 2025/26, having gone 11 matches without a win in between
- Only Crystal Palace (4) and Newcastle (4) have had more 0-0 draws than Bournemouth (3) in the Premier League this season, with this their joint-most in a top-flight campaign (also 3, in 2015/16 and 2019/20)
- Despite that statistic, the Cherries’ Premier League games have seen more goals than any other side this term (88 – F43 A45)
- Junior Kroupi has eight goals from 26 shots in the Premier League this season, which is the best shot conversion rate of any player with more than 20 attempts (31%)
- Before their current run of defeats, Sunderland had three losses in their previous 12 games (W4 D5). They last lost more consecutively in December 2015 (5)
- Sunderland have 36 points in the Premier League this season, and an expected points total of just 27.2. Only Aston Villa (+17.2) have overperformed their expected points more than the Black Cats this term (8.8)
- Only bottom two sides Burnley (10.6%) and Wolves (8.1%) have spent a lower share of their game time in a winning position than Sunderland (16.8%) in the Premier League this season
- Only Crystal Palace (38) have made fewer changes to their starting XI than Sunderland (40) in the Premier League this season, despite only four teams using more different players than the Black Cats (28)
- Up to and including their 0-0 draw with Man City on New Year’s Day, Sunderland keeper Robin Roefs had the best goals prevented rate in the Premier League (4.7 – 17 goals conceded from 21.7 xGoT). Since then, he’s conceded almost four more goals than expected (15 from 11.4 xGoT), with only Tottenham’s Guglielmo Vicario having a worse rate in that time (4.1, 18 conceded from 13.9 xGoT)
Analysis: Intensity ‘key’ for Sunderland
Sunderland have impressed since winning promotion to the Premier League but a run of three points from their last 15 available has put them four points away from seventh spot.
Head coach Regis Le Bris believes Bournemouth have “similar characteristics” to his side. “The intensity is key,” he said of their approach to the contest, via Sunderland’s website.
“It’s important we impose our ideas. You have to be well-rounded if you want to win something in this league.
“It’s never easy to play with the same freedom when you are losing but it’s important to face that. It’s part of the career at that level.
“[Bournemouth] have a clear identity, from a game model perspective. They are very well-connected. The way Bournemouth play is impressive.
“They have strengths and weaknesses. It’s how we will manage their strengths and impose our style of play on them.”
