Chelsea vs Bournemouth Predictions: Blues can cruise at home

Chelsea should relish the opportunity to put things right in front of their own fans just three days after a costly home defeat in the Premier League by Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge.

They host Bournemouth on Tuesday night (19:30, live on Sky Sports Main Event) with the Cherries 10 places below the Blues in 15th place after a nine-match winless run. Read on for my Chelsea vs Bournemouth predictions, featuring match odds and team news.

Team News

Chelsea are still without defender Levi Colwill and midfielders Dario Essugo and Romeo Lavia.

Defender Marc Cucurella is a doubt after feeling a hamstring in Saturday's game, so with Jorrel Hato also struggling Malo Gusto could start.

Bournemouth will be missing Tyler Adams, Ben Gannon-Doak, Veljko Milosavljevic and Matai Akinmboni for the trip to Stamford Bridge.

Alex Scott will be assessed after going off in the match against Brentford.

Premier League Odds

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Chelsea vs Bournemouth Odds

Chelsea are the 4/7 favourites to pick up a home win with Bournemouth 9/2 to pull off an upset and the draw priced at 7/2. It's 8/15 for there to be over 2.5 goals in the match and 6/4 for two or fewer to be scored.

The odds for both teams to score in the match are 8/13 and it's 5/4 that one or both teams fail to find the net.

Chelsea to win and both teams to score @ 9/5

Chelsea wilted when it mattered most against Aston Villa on Saturday, conceding two Ollie Watkins goals to suffer their third home league defeat of the season, but they have a golden opportunity to get back on track when out-of-sorts Bournemouth head to Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.

The Cherries were blown away 4-1 on their last trip to London to face Brentford on Saturday, when an Antoine Semenyo strike was all they had to show for their efforts.

They had put in plenty of effort, though, and had 10 shots on target in the match as well as winning the corner count 15-2.

Andoni Iraola's side have managed just four points from their last nine games, although one of those was earned in a goalless draw against the Club World Cup champions at home earlier this month.

That game was more lively than the score suggests, with Bournemouth edging the shot count 11-10, and it's worth backing there to be goals for both teams in a Chelsea win at Stamford Bridge.

Bournemouth have conceded nine goals in their last three games and should struggle to keep the home side at bay.

Cole Palmer anytime goalscorer @ 6/5

Cole Palmer's season was disrupted by a groin injury that kept him sidelined between late September and the start of this month, but he opened the scoring in Chelsea's recent 2-0 home win over Everton and looks primed to strike again when Bournemouth visit. Palmer clearly feels he is fully fit again as he protested at being taken off after 72 minutes of the Villa match on Saturday and manager Enzo Maresca has said he should be ready to play a full game now.

The England star has looked lively around the box in recent outings and should be fired up to get back among the goals against a suspect visiting defence who conceded a hat-trick to Brentford's Kevin Schade at the weekend. Palmer opened the scoring when Bournemouth visited Chelsea in the Premier League last season and is a prime candidate to prosper against them again.

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