please log in to view this image Premier League Round 22 AFC Bournemouth 3 - 0 Norwich City FT 90'+5' HT 1 - 0Gosling 10' Daniels 54' (pen) Afobe 75' Attendance: 11,065 Date: Saturday 16th January 2015 Venue: Vitality Stadium Kick-Off: 03:00PM KIO's not606 Match Preview Today sees Alex Neil's Norwich City side make the long trip to the south coast to take on Eddie Howe's Bournemouth. After his recent move back to the Cherries ex Canary Lewis Grabban will be chomping at the bit for a start with no doubt a point to prove to his old boss, he will though in all likelihood have to make do with a place on the bench. Midfielder Andrew Surman who also once plied his trade at Carrow Road should line up from the off for the hosts however. Bournemouth's Matt Ritchie is doubtful as he recovers from a dead leg with on-loan Roma winger Juan Iturbe likely to make his first start in his place. please log in to view this image City's Matt Jarvis in action against the Cherries earlier this season at Carrow Road Norwich have no new injury problems, but midfielder Gary O'Neil begins a three-game ban after his sending off at the Brittania Stadium against Stoke City midweek. New Norwich signing Ivo Pinto will not be involved as he continues to settle into his new surroundings following his move from Dinamo Zagreb. Eddie Howe's Match Preview please log in to view this image No manager's preview available Alex Neil's Match Preview Alex Neil previews today's game "It's a good game for us. It's going to be a tough match, I think both teams are in a similar situation where they need to pick up points," "It's crucial because Wednesday's game was certainly a fixture that we looked at and thought we could pick points up. We didn't play poorly. We played well in vast spells of the game, but it's about getting points basically. "The game was going as well as we would have liked at the start of it, but unfortunately the sending off changed the game and made it much more difficult for us. "It shifts the importance onto this game even more now." Current Form (most recent first) AFC Bournemouth LWDLD Norwich City LLWWL AFC Bournemouth Home In their last 20 home games, 19 of the 34 goals scored by Bournemouth have come from forwards, 12 from midfielders and 3 from defenders. In their last 20 home games, 15 of the 24 goals conceded by Bournemouth have come from forwards, 8 from midfielders and 1 from defenders. In their last 20 home games, 59% of the 34 goals scored by Bournemouth have come in open play, whilst 41% have come from set-pieces. Norwich City Away In their last 20 away games, 9 of the 29 goals scored by Norwich have come from forwards, 17 from midfielders and 3 from defenders. In their last 20 away games, 19 of the 32 goals conceded by Norwich have come from forwards, 10 from midfielders and 2 from defenders. In their last 20 away games, 79% of the 29 goals scored by Norwich have come in open play, whilst 21% have come from set-pieces. MATCH STATISTICS www.kickoff.co.uk Match History There have been 55 competitive fixtures between the two sides and all bar five have been in the third tier of English football. Norwich have the upper hand with 23 wins to Bournemouth’s 17, there have been 15 drawn games. There has been just the one cup meeting which was a two-legged Worthington (League) Cup tie in season 2000/01, the Canaries overcoming the Cherries 2-1 in the away leg after a 0-0 stalemate at Carrow Road. Last season’s two meetings were the first ever in the league outside of the third tier. City’s best winning margin was 6-0 on 11 March 1933 in League Division Three (South) at the Nest, they also scored six in the corresponding fixture the next season on 24th March 1934 the game this time finishing 6-1. This was the third time that Norwich had managed six goals against the Cherries, the first was on 9th October 1924 in the same division at the same venue, the match this time ending in a 6-3 victory for the Canaries. This is also the highest aggregate score in all matches contested. Bournemouth’s biggest win against City was on Boxing Day 1946 at Carrow Road again in League Division Three (South) the Cherries thumping their hosts by 6 goals to 1. Highest Norwich City Score Norwich City 6 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 0 Highest Bournemouth Score Norwich City 1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 6 Highest Aggregate (9) Norwich City 6 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 3 Club Connections Most notable players to have turned out for both City and Bournemouth are: Kevin Bond, Phil Boyer, Lee Camp (Bournemouth loan), Jamie Cureton (Bournemouth loan), Efan Ekoku, Dale Gordon, Lewis Grabban, Peter Grant, David Jones, Doug Livermore (Bournemouth loan), Ted MacDougall, Mel Machin, Tony Powell, Kevin Reeves, Andrew Surman and Elliot Ward. And of course one of City’s most successful managers of the modern era, John Bond was ‘poached’ from Bournemouth. please log in to view this image Ted 'SuperMac' MacDougall celebrates one of his many goals in Canary colours Did You Know ? Norwich City and Bournemouth legend Ted MacDougall once scored 9 goals for the Cherries in an FA Cup tie in 1971 against Margate In 1972 under manager John Bond, ‘Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic’ re-branded to a more streamlined ‘AFC Bournemouth’ please log in to view this image Norwich boss John Bond with his assistant Ken Brown (centre) and coach John Sainty (left) TODAY'S TEAMS please log in to view this image OT please log in to view this image C
Good work KIO and would love a repeat of last year's scoreline. Let's hope we keep all 11 players on the pitch today!!!!
I put 5 pounds on Grabban scoring first and now I discover he isn't playing because he's 'ill'. That's what I get for betting on that scum lol.
Thanks Dave, I don't even think a 'lucky MDT' from me will do any good next week. Notwithstanding the fact we're playing Liverpool we're also live on the Tellybox
Looks, from this as if Vadis is going to be out wide on the right...again! What does he have to do to earn a more central starting slot? please log in to view this image
This weekend's games involving the bottom 6 16 Jan 16 Spurs v Sunderland Bournemouth v Norwich Newcastle v West Ham Villa v Leicester 18 Jan 16 Swansea v Watford
We interrupt this MDT with a newsflash : Naismith Agrees Norwich Move http://www.norwich.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=430785 {the link is from the Scottish Sun so not exactly 'gospel' yet!}
