Bournemouth will likely be seeking to finish a winless run of seven Premier League matches once they welcome a struggling Burnley facet to the south coast on Saturday (15:00 GMT). BBC Sport appears at a few of the key themes earlier than the match.
The Cherries come into this one after an immediate Premier League traditional at Outdated Trafford.
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Assist for Semenyo
Bournemouth have benefited from the actual fact Ghana did not qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations, because it means star man Antoine Semenyo will likely be with them for the busy festive interval. Semenyo’s objective in opposition to Manchester United took his tally to seven within the league up to now this season.
Nevertheless it was the opposite goalscorers in opposition to United that may give the Cherries encouragement of breaking their poor run of type.
Striker Evanilson’s tidy end ended a goalless run courting again to the top of August, whereas Marcus Tavernier and Junior Kroupi chipped in with their fourth and fifth league targets respectively.
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Semenyo, although, is one thing of a talisman. Bournemouth have solely misplaced two video games through which he is scored since his debut in 2023 – little surprise they’re detest to lose him in January, with a number of golf equipment in triggering his £65m launch clause.
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Parker’s Premier League struggles
The struggles Burnley are experiencing will likely be all too acquainted for head coach Scott Parker.
His promotion with the Clarets final season is the third time he has steered a membership from the Championship to the highest tier, after doing so with Fulham in 2020 and Bournemouth in 2022 – however he has discovered life within the Premier League troublesome.
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Parker could not save Fulham from relegation when he took over in February 2019, however managed to take them again to the highest flight through the play-offs in 2020. After only one season, The Cottagers have been again within the Championship, ending 18th and 11 factors from security.
Parker then took over at Bournemouth, the place he once more achieved promotion from the Championship – however was sacked simply 4 video games into the Premier League season after a 9-0 loss to Liverpool.
Parker has the very best factors per sport of any supervisor to have taken cost of not less than 50 Championship matches since 2004-05, however the second lowest of any supervisor with 50-plus video games within the Premier League since 1992-93 – behind solely Daniel Farke.
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