Manchester United vs AFC Bournemouth Preview

Manchester United vs AFC Bournemouth

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium – Old Trafford

Date: 13th December 2017

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

After their crushing derby day loss to Manchester City three days ago, Manchester United return to Premier League action here.

Luckily they are facing a relegation threatened Bournemouth side.

The Red Devils disappointed a lot of fans when they played defensively for much of the first half in Sunday’s derby.

Romelu Lukaku was to blame for both Manchester City goals and did almost nothing at the other end of the pitch.

His confidence is at an all-time low and needs goals to help him get up to speed.

The Red Devils may have lost the league title as an 11 points gap has been opened up between them and Manchester City but that was their first home loss in 15 attempts so they will look to keep the South Coast side at bay here again.

Bournemouth has been dismal this season despite their impressive transfer dealings.

They are currently just three points off the drop zone after going four games without a win.

Those matches were against Swansea, Crystal Palace, Burnley and Southampton and getting just three pints from those fixture will not help their confidence when they visit Old Trafford.

This is the fifth time ever that these two sides have faced each other and Manchester United have won twice, drawn once and lost once.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Manchester United

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
W Manchester United 2-1 CSKA Moscow 5 Dec, 2017 UEFA Champions League
W Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United 2 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
W Watford 2-4 Manchester United 28 Nov, 2017 English Premier League
W Manchester United 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion 25 Nov, 2017 English Premier League
L FC Basel 1-0 Manchester United 22 Nov, 2017 UEFA Champions League

AFC Bournemouth

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
D AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Southampton 3 Dec, 2017 English Premier League
L AFC Bournemouth 1-2 Burnley 29 Nov, 2017 English Premier League
D Swansea City 0-0 AFC Bournemouth 25 Nov, 2017 English Premier League
W AFC Bournemouth 4-0 Huddersfield Town 18 Nov, 2017 English Premier League
W Newcastle United 0-1 AFC Bournemouth 4 Nov, 2017 English Premier League

H2H

DATE COMPETITION
Manchester United 1-1 AFC Bournemouth 4 Mar, 2017 English Premier League
AFC Bournemouth 1-3 Manchester United 14 Aug, 2016 English Premier League
Manchester United 3-1 AFC Bournemouth 17 May, 2016 English Premier League
AFC Bournemouth 2-1 Manchester United 12 Dec, 2015 English Premier League


Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

February 23, 2024
Chelsea 01:00 Tottenham Hotspur
March 16, 2024
Crystal Palace 01:00 Newcastle United
Manchester United 01:00 Sheffield United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 01:00 AFC Bournemouth
Arsenal 01:00 Chelsea
March 17, 2024
Brighton & Hov… 01:00 Manchester City
Everton 01:00 Liverpool
March 30, 2024
Newcastle United 13:30 West Ham United
Sheffield United 16:00 Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Luton Town
Nottingham Forest 16:00 Crystal Palace
Chelsea 16:00 Burnley
AFC Bournemouth 16:00 Everton
Aston Villa 18:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brentford 21:00 Manchester United
March 31, 2024
Liverpool 13:00 Brighton & Hov…
Manchester City 15:30 Arsenal

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Arsenal 28 20 4 4 70 24 +46 64
2 Liverpool 28 19 7 2 65 26 +39 64
3 Manchester City 28 19 6 3 63 28 +35 63
4 Aston Villa 29 17 5 7 60 42 +18 56
5 Tottenham Hotspur 28 16 5 7 59 42 +17 53
6 Manchester United 28 15 2 11 39 39 +0 47
7 West Ham United 29 12 8 9 46 50 -4 44
8 Brighton & Hov… 28 11 9 8 50 44 +6 42
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 12 5 11 42 44 -2 41
10 Newcastle United 28 12 4 12 59 48 +11 40
11 Chelsea 27 11 6 10 47 45 +2 39
12 Fulham 29 11 5 13 43 44 -1 38
13 AFC Bournemouth 28 9 8 11 41 52 -11 35
14 Crystal Palace 28 7 8 13 33 48 -15 29
15 Brentford 29 7 5 17 41 54 -13 26
16 Everton 28 8 7 13 29 39 -10 25
17 Luton Town 29 5 7 17 42 60 -18 22
18 Nottingham Forest 29 6 7 16 35 51 -16 21
19 Burnley 29 4 5 20 29 63 -34 17
20 Sheffield United 28 3 5 20 24 74 -50 14

Latest Premier League Results

March 17, 2024
West Ham United 1 - 1 Aston Villa
March 16, 2024
Fulham 3 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur
Luton Town 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest
Burnley 2 - 1 Brentford
March 13, 2024
AFC Bournemouth 4 - 3 Luton Town
March 11, 2024
Chelsea 3 - 2 Newcastle United
March 10, 2024
Liverpool 1 - 1 Manchester City
West Ham United 2 - 2 Burnley
Brighton & Hov… 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa 0 - 4 Tottenham Hotspur
March 9, 2024
Arsenal 2 - 1 Brentford
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 - 1 Fulham
Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Luton Town
AFC Bournemouth 2 - 2 Sheffield United
Manchester United 2 - 0 Everton
March 4, 2024
Sheffield United 0 - 6 Arsenal
March 3, 2024
Manchester City 3 - 1 Manchester United
Burnley 0 - 2 AFC Bournemouth

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