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Bournemouth v Swans

keith margam

Vital Football Legend
Bournemouth v Swans Tue 16 March 19:45 live on Sky Sports
After the narrow 0-1 win at Luton on Saturday, where we kept a first clean sheet in five games, resting forward Lowe and bringing in Korey Smith to bolster midfield, its Bournemouth up next.
The Cherries play at the 11,329 capacity (less than most League 1 clubs) Vitality Stadium in Boscombe, a suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset,
and the club is owned by Russian petroleum trader Maxim Demin.
Relegated from the PL last season, they’ve kept most of their squad together and have been in the top six all season until recently. Jonathan Woodgate took over as manager until the end of the season when Jason Tindall was fired on 3 Feb after Bournemouth had lost at home to Sheffield Wednesday.
In his nine matches in charge Woodgate has won 4, drawn 2 and lost 3.
They currently stand 7th in the table, 5 points behind Barnsley, team of the moment, who beat Bournemouth on their own patch 2-3 on Saturday.
In the reverse fixture last Dec 8 it was a 0-0 draw (they had won 0-4 at Barnsley the previous weekend) but it was enough for Bournemouth to go top of the table. We were without Guehi and Bennett both injured with Latibeaudiere making his debut partnering Cabango and Naughton in a back three.

It’s another tough away game with a home match against local rivals Cardiff to end the week before a welcome International break.
 
Bournemouth v Swans Form Guide:

Last 6 matches:
13 Bournemouth LLWWDL W2 D1 L3 F8 A9 Pts7
4 Swans WLWWDW W4 D1 L1 F8 A6 Pts13

Bournemouth last 6 home:
13 LWWLWL W3 D0 L3 F9 A9 Pts9

Swans last 6 away:
5 WWLWDW W4 D1 L1 F10 A7 Pts13
 
The teams tonight:

Bournemouth: Asmir Begovic, Steve Cook (captain), Jefferson Lerna, Dominic Solanke, Arnaut Danjuma, Jack Wilshere, Jack Stacey, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Junior Stanislas, Diego Rico, Phil Billing.
Substitutes: Mark Travers, Chris Mepham, Shane Long, Sam Surridge, Rodrigo Riquelme, Ben Pearson, Gavin Kilkenny, Jaidon Anthony, Jordan Zemura.
Swansea City: Freddie Woodman; Kyle Naughton, Ryan Bennett, Joel Latibeaudiere; Connor Roberts, Korey Smith, Matt Grimes (captain), Ryan Manning; Conor Hourihane; Andre Ayew, Jamal Lowe.
Substitutes: Ben Hamer, Jay Fulton, Wayne Routledge, Morgan Whittaker, Yan Dhanda, Jake Bidwell, Ben Cabango, Kieron Freeman, Ollie Cooper.
 
Shocking schoolboy defending, Swansea sleeping.
9’ Billing completely unmarked central 1-0, Roberts and Naughton standing off to allow the cross.
All Bournemouth so far, we look clueless.
 
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46’ 2-0 Solanke glancing header from a corner, in off Latibeaudiere’s arm.
This is turning into a disaster and bitterly disappointing, we look a shambles. Our midfield is weak, our defence is weak and Lowe up front looks like a park footballer, for an ex-winger he can’t even beat a man.
I fear the second-half with this shambles so far.
Corners 7-2
Swans shots on target 0
HT: 2-0
 
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3-0 87’ Groeneveld looked marginally off-side, who cares, shot from the left, Woodman beaten at his near post, goodbye sad Swans, outplayed, outclassed.
Tired and embarrassingly weak performance tonight.
Play-offs if we’re lucky now and if we get Bournemouth we’ve had it.
FT: 3-0
 
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This is typical Swans, we shouldn’t be surprised, it’s a trait over the years, collapse at the final hurdle after being solid most of the season.
 
Where was Fulton tonight, we lost the midfield yet he keeps Lowe on, who had done nothing, takes Smith off and brings the weak Dhanda on. Where was Cabango, we needed his strength tonight alongside Bennett, Latibeaudiere too short for a centre-back.
 
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