After some early-season concerns, back-to-back wins have helped Bournemouth move out of the bottom three as they now prepare to play host to Leeds United on Saturday.
The Cherries had failed to win any of their opening six matches, but back-to-back successes over Sunderland and Manchester United have lifted them up to 13th in the Premier League.
Bournemouth are now just two points behind their opponents, after Leeds have failed to win any of their last four league fixtures, albeit losing only once in that time at champions Arsenal.
Bournemouth v Leeds United Tips Summary
Best Bet - Draw @ 12/5
Alternative Bet - Rayan to score or assist @ 6/4
Bet Builder - Most shots on target - Bournemouth, Dominic Calvert-Lewin 1+ shots on target & Tyler Adams to be booked @ 33/4
Bournemouth v Leeds United Prediction
Best Bet: Draw @ 12/5
Nobody in the top flight has drawn more games than Leeds United this season, with the Whites finishing level in five of their eight games.
Two of those draws have come on the road, at Brighton and last Sunday’s 0-0 draw with Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.
Meanwhile, Bournemouth have picked up three draws in their opening eight games, with two of those - against Everton and Brentford - coming on home soil.
Both meetings between these sides last season ended 2-2, including at the Vitality Stadium back in April, when the home side were twice in front.
Marco Rose and Daniel Farke would see a share of the spoils as a positive, as a point would extend both teams' unbeaten runs in the league to three matches.
Alternative Bet: Rayan to score or assist @ 6/4
Bournemouth’s 3-0 win at Old Trafford last Sunday saw a lot of the focus pushed on Manchester United and their under-fire boss Michael Carrick.
But a lot of the credit should be given to the Cherries, who were very impressive and their array of attacking threats caused the Red Devils no end of problems.
One of those forwards to shine was Rayan, who almost scored with a header in the first five minutes before volleying home the opener seven minutes before half-time.
The Brazilian, who only played the second half of the midweek EFL Cup win over Aston Villa, has bagged six goals in 23 appearances.
Rayan, who has an xG of 2.43 in the Premier League so far this term, also scored in this fixture last season.
Bournemouth v Leeds United Bet Builder
- Most shots on target - Bournemouth
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin 1+ shots on target
- Tyler Adams to be booked
Pays 33/4
Bournemouth currently sit fourth in the top-flight stats for Premier League Shots, with Rose’s men having 87 attempts across their opening eight games.
In contrast, only Aston Villa and Coventry have registered less efforts than Leeds United, who have tallied 64 - an average of eight per game.
The Yorkshiremen have the joint lowest goal total of the teams in the top half, finding the net nine times to date, with four of those goals coming from Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
All of the former Everton man’s league goals have come at Elland Road, but he sits sixth for Premier League xG, which stands at 3.72.
Tyler Adams prepares to come up against his former club, with the American spending 12 months at Leeds before his switch to the Vitality Stadium.
The American international has picked up two cautions this season, including a booking in last weekend’s win in Manchester.
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Key Match Stats
- Bournemouth have lost just one of their last four home meetings with Leeds United
- No team has collected more yellow cards in the Premier League this season than the Cherries (22)
- There have been three or more cards dished out in five of the last six meetings between the two sides
- Only Bruno Fernandes (27) has taken more corners this term than Leeds midfielder Anton Stach (26)
- Six of the last seven meetings between the teams have seen over 2.5 goals
- Only Arsenal have conceded less top-flight goals than Leeds, who have allowed just six in their opening eight matches
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