Leaders Chelsea will try to extend their amazing winning streak when they host Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge on Boxing Day. Last season the Cherries pulled off quite an upset as they defeated the Blues 1-0 in London, but then Chelsea got revenge with a 4-1 victory at Dean Court.
Chelsea are flying high after eleven consecutive wins, they are leading the league table at it seems nobody can stop them at the moment. However, all their last three wins were 1-0 victories, so a little bit closer to the limit than Antonio Conte would have wanted. John Terry is still unavailable through injury, while N'Golo Kante and Diego Costa are suspended after having collected five yellow cards apiece this season. Eden Hazard has a slight knock and might miss out.
Bournemouth are right in the middle of the league table after having lost three of their last five matches. They did get two victories during that period and those wins were a spectacular one over Liverpool and a 1-0 triumph over reigning champions Leicester. Lewis Cook and Andrew Surman are injured while Nathan Ake will also miss out as he is on loan at the Cherries from Chelsea.
Probable line-ups:
Chelsea: Courtois - Azpilicueta, Luiz, Cahill - Moses, Matic, Fabregas, Alonso - Willian, Batshuayi, Hazard
Bournemouth: Boruc - Smith, Cook, Francis, Daniels - Arter, Wilshere - Ibe, King, Pugh - Afobe
My prediction: Chelsea to win 1-0.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Chelsea win - 1.36
Draw - 5.00
Bournemouth win - 8.50
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