📊 Form Guide

Bournemouth

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Bournemouth will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 2-3 Premier League defeat last time out to Arsenal.

In that game, Bournemouth managed 43% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Bournemouth, the scorers were Evanilson (10') and Eli Junior Kroupi (76'). For their opponents, Arsenal had 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. Gabriel Magalhães (16') and Declan Rice (54', 71') scored for Arsenal.

Bournemouth have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets recently, although they’ve also done enough to score goals themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Bournemouth have been punished defensively in 5 of them as well as getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches.

A look at their previous results shows us that Bournemouth:

• have not been beaten in the league by Tottenham Hotspur in their previous 3 games.
• have not won at home in their last 5 matches in the league. Fans are getting restless.

Tottenham Hotspur

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Last time out, Tottenham Hotspur drew 1-1 in the Premier League tie with Sunderland.

In that game, Tottenham Hotspur had 49% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Tottenham Hotspur was Ben Davies (30'). For their opponents, Sunderland had 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Brian Brobbey (80') scored for Sunderland.

A tendency of at least one team not managing to score in games featuring Tottenham Hotspur has been evident of late. Checking on their last six meetings reveals that this has occurred 5 times. In these clashes, their opponents have managed a goal tally of 5 while Tottenham Hotspur have scored 7. Let’s find out if that trend can be continued on into this next match.

Going into this contest, Tottenham Hotspur haven't been defeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 15/04/2023 shows that Bournemouth have won 3 of these games and Tottenham Hotspur 2, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

A combined sum of 17 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 8 of them from The Cherries and 9 netted by Spurs. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.

The last league clash between these sides was Premier League match day 3 on 30/08/2025 and the score finished Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Bournemouth.

In that game, Tottenham Hotspur had 62% possession and 5 shots on goal with 1 on target.

On the other side, Bournemouth got 19 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Evanilson (5') scored.

The match was refereed by Simon Hooper.

📋 Team News: Bournemouth

Will Dennis (Ankle injury), Ryan Christie (Knee problems), Tyler Adams (Knee medial ligament tear), Ben Gannon-Doak (Hamstring injury) and Justin Kluivert (Knee surgery) won’t be able to feature for Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola.

We are thinking that The Cherries should use a 4-2-3-1 formation with Djordje Petrovic, Alex Jimenez, James Hill, Marcos Senesi, Adrien Truffert, Lewis Cook, Alex Scott, David Brooks, Marcus Tavernier, Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson.

🗞️ Team News: Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Dominic Solanke (Ankle surgery) and James Maddison (Cruciate ligament tear) are not able to play.

We are inclined to think that Spurs will likely play in a 4-2-3-1 system, going with Guglielmo Vicario, Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Djed Spence, Rodrigo Bentancur, Archie Gray, Wilson Odobert, Lucas Bergvall, Xavi Simons and Randal Kolo Muani.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that Tottenham Hotspur will have to play well to score against this Bournemouth team who we think will likely end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

We’re therefore anticipating a 1-0 victory for Bournemouth when all is said and done.

It should be a good one.

Renata Leite, 19:01 07/01/2026