- Bournemouth are fifth in the Premier league table
- Wolves have just a two-point cushion between them and the relegation zone
- Recommended bet: Over 3.5 goals

Bournemouth’s 3-1 win over Southampton last week has taken them to the giddy heights of fifth in the Premier League table and they look to have a great chance of booking European football for next season.

Saturday’s opponents Wolves have different priorities as they look to bounce back from successive away defeats at Chelsea, Newcastle and Liverpool to claw themselves away from the relegation zone.

Team news

Enes Unal, Evanilson, Marcos Senesi, Adam Smith, Julian Araujo, James Hill and Julio Soler are all missing for the Cherries.

Wolves will be without Yerson Mosquera, Sasa Kalajdzic, Leon Chiwone and Hee Chan Hwang, while Sam Johnstone and Jorgen Strand Larsen all face late fitness tests.

The stats

Liverpool are the only team to have beaten Bournemouth in the Cherries’ last 13 league matches.

Wolves have claimed just two Premier League away victories in the last year.

The visitors’ last 11 away league games have all featured at least three goals.

Wolves have conceded at least twice in nine of their last 11 on the road.

Matheus Cunha is the only Wolves player to have scored more than three Premier League goals this season.

Bournemouth have scored in 16 of their last 19 home league games.

Prediction

This is turning into a dream season for Bournemouth as Andoni Iraola’s side sit fifth in the Premier League table and they will be confident they will be able to boost their Champions League push with three more points against struggling Wolves.

A home win does look likely with league leaders Liverpool the only team to have got one over on the south-coast outfit since they started a strong run with a 4-2 win at Molineux at the end of November.

That was a pulsating afternoon and the way Wolves have been faring on the road suggest we could be in for another goal-filled clash at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday.

To be fair to Vitor Pereira’s side, they have not been shy in going forward in recent away games and they should take something from a decent second-half performance against Liverpool on Sunday, when they fell to a 2-1 defeat.

Forward Cunha remains a threat and has stood out in a team that is just two points above the drop zone, scoring 12 goals and they can make their presence felt this weekend.

Their 25 games have featured 89 goals and the Cherries are more than capable of exploiting a few gaps with Justin Kluivert, Antoine Semenyo and Dango Ouattara all in excellent form, so there looks a strong chance there could be more than three successful strikes.

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