Reunited just a week after a tense Premier League clash, Bournemouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers will face each other at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday for a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
Both teams won 2-0 in the fourth round, with Bournemouth overcoming Everton, while Vítor Pereira's side ended Blackburn Rovers' run in the tournament.
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Adding to the pain of defeat, Bournemouth also had to watch Ryan Christie leave the pitch against Brighton with an adductor injury, forcing him off in the 26th minute. The Scottish midfielder had actually been carrying the injury for some time but had still managed to play before.
Christie is not yet ruled out of the fifth-round tie, but he is likely to be joined by Julian Araujo (thigh), Marcos Senesi (thigh), Enes Unal (knee) and Adam Smith (unspecified injury) on the sidelines. Meanwhile, Ilya Zabarnyi will miss out again as he serves his second three-match ban after Bournemouth failed to appeal his red card in the defeat to Wolves.
Christie's possible absence opens up the possibility of Alex Scott joining Bournemouth's midfield, while No 9 Evanilson could make his first appearance in the FA Cup. The Brazilian striker has just returned from a broken leg and made his first appearance since early January on Tuesday.
On the other side, Wolves have no further injuries following their midweek defeat to Fulham, but they are still without a host of players including Leon Chiwone (knee), Yerson Mosquera (knee), Enso Gonzalez (knee), Sasa Kalajdzic (knee), Rodrigo Gomes (groin), Goncalo Guedes (knee), Hwang Hee-chan (thigh) and Emmanuel Agbadou (thigh).
Matheus Cunha, who scored alongside Joao Gomes against Blackburn, is aiming to score in a fourth successive FA Cup game on Saturday, having netted against West Brom and Brentford last season.
In terms of potential changes, Sam Johnstone could be given a chance to start in place of Jose Sa in goal, while Jorgen Strand Larsen could return in attack after recovering from injury.
Latest Bournemouth vs Wolverhampton expected lineup
Bournemouth:
Kepa; Cook, Hill, Huijsen, Kerkez; Scott, Adams; Tavernier, Kluivert, Sinisterra; Ouattara
Wolverhampton Wanderers:
Johnstone; Doherty, Toti, Bueno; Semedo, Andre, Gomes, Ait-Nouri; Cunha, Munetsi; Strand Larsen
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Amid the Premier League's tight race for European football, Andoni Iraola's Bournemouth could bring continental football to the Vitality Stadium if they go far in the FA Cup – a competition in which they have never progressed beyond the quarter-finals.
However, Bournemouth have made a strong impression this season, destroying West Bromwich Albion 5-1 in the third round before goals from Antoine Semenyo and Daniel Jebbison saw them past Everton in the fourth round.
Just one win away from equalling their best FA Cup run – reaching the quarter-finals in 1956-57 and 2020-21 – Bournemouth are certainly aiming higher than just the last eight, despite their recent dip in Premier League form.
In fact, Iraola’s side have lost two of their three Premier League games since their FA Cup win over Everton, most recently a 2-1 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion in the south coast derby in midweek, which saw them drop to seventh in the table.
Notably, that narrow defeat came on the heels of a home defeat to Wolves on 22 February, putting Bournemouth on the brink of losing three consecutive games at the Vitality Stadium for the first time since December 2019.
From the joy of victory at the Vitality to disappointment at home, Wolves' solid defence collapsed when Fulham visited in midweek. Ryan Sessegnon took just seconds to open the scoring, and although Joao Gomes equalised with a thunderous strike, Rodrigo Muniz sealed the win for Fulham with a delicate chip that left Wolves looking nervously behind.
Currently 17th, Wolves will be just two points above the relegation zone if Leicester City beat West Ham United on Thursday. However, they have shown resilience away from home in the FA Cup this season, beating Bristol City and most recently Blackburn Rovers.
The quarter-finals were where Wolves ended up last season – a dramatic encounter with Coventry City at Molineux still fresh in the memory. Now, their aim is to reach back-to-back FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time since the 1990s.
Wolves must then beat Bournemouth away from home, having beaten them 1-0 last week, but they have not beaten the same side twice away from home in a single season since beating Reading twice in 2002-03.
Latest Bournemouth vs Wolverhampton score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Bournemouth vs Wolverhampton match:
- Sportsmole: Bournemouth 2-2 Wolverhampton
- WhoScore: Bournemouth 3-2 Wolverhampton
- Our prediction: Bournemouth 3-2 Wolverhampton
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