Chelsea vs. AFC Bournemouth, Premier League: Confirmed lineups; how to watch
Yesterday at 01:19 PM
...as it happened: live blog, updates, highlights, lineups, comments, etc.
The transfer market is hotting up so let's hope our play on the pitch will match that growing intensity tonight as we take on a sneakily good AFC Bournemouth team, who come in just three places and three points behind us. We're now fully embroiled in a top-four race thanks to our disappointing results of late, and this would be a great time to get our acts back together.
Enzo Maresca has picked his strongest lineup, which, as expected, includes young Josh Acheampong at center back. We get Caicedo at nominal right-back as Lavia comes back into midfield. Reece James is on the bench, and so are Renato Veiga and Christopher Nkunku.
Here we go!
Chelsea starting lineup (4-2-3-1):
Sanchez | Cucurella, Colwill, Acheampong, Caicedo | Enzo, Lavia | Sancho, Palmer, Madueke | Jackson
Substitutes from: Jorgensen, Tosin, Veiga, Gusto, James, Neto, Felix, Nkunku, Guiu
AFC Bournemouth starting XI:
Travers | Huijsen, Kerkez, Cook (c), Brooks, Christie, O.Dango, Adams, Hill, Semenyo, Zabarnyi
Substitutes from: Dennis, Kluivert, Jebbison, Adu-Adjei, Akinmboni, Winterburn, Kinsey, Sadi, Rees-Dottin
Date / Time: Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 19:30 GMT; 2:30pm EST; 1am IST (next day)
Venue: Stamford Bridge, SW6
Referee: Rob Jones (on pitch); Graham Scott (VAR)
On TV: TNT Sports 3 (UK); none (USA); none (India); SuperSport MáXimo 3, Canal+ Sport 5 (NGA); elsewhere
Streaming: discovery+ (UK); Peacock (USA); Disney+ Hotstar (India); DStv Now (NGA)
Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!
