England FA Cup 5th Round

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Bournemouth vs Wolverhampton Preview:

Possible starting lineups:

Bournemouth:
Kepa; Cook, Hill, Huijsen, Kerkez; Scott, Adams; Tavernier, Kluivert, Sinisterra; Ouattara

Wolverhampton:
Johnstone; Doherty, Toti, Bueno; Semedo, Andre, Gomes, Ait-Nouri; Cunha, Munetsi; Strand Larsen

Bournemouth will welcome Wolverhampton Wanderers to the Vitality Stadium on Saturday in the FA Cup fifth round tie. What is interesting, these two sides faced each against other last week, but in the Premier League. The match was also played at Vitality, and Wolverhampton won 1:0. Once again it was Matheus Cunha. He scored the lone goal and secured three important points in the relegation battle. Cunha has scored seven goals in 11 games across all competitions. However, maybe something else decided the match - Illia Zabarnyi's first-half dismissal. It was a gift that Wolverhampton accept with both hands. The big question is how the game will go if both teams had 11 players on the pitch.

This is a fantastic season for Bournemouth. I am sure nobody, including their own fans, was expecting such successful campaign after Dominic Solanke left the club and signed for Tottenham. But their manager Andoni Iraola made a miracle. The last week defeats to Wolves and Brighton were their their second and third defeat since 23 November. The atmosphere in the squad is good, while the players confidence is high. The Cherries are currently on the seventh position with 43 points, just three away from the Champions League spots (according to the latest calculations, the fifth place will also lead there). Iraola has some injury worries as Ryan Christie left the match against Brighton in physical pain due to the adductor injury and he is rated as doubtful. Julian Araujo, Marcos Senesi, Enes Unal and Adam Smith are out injured, while Iliya Zabarnyi serves the second of a three-game ban.

Wolverhampton are deeply involved in the relegation battle, but the last results went their way, so they opened up a five-point gap to the bottom three. The situation is still very complicate, though not critical. New manager Vitor Pereira is doing an excellent job. I watched them against Liverpool at Anfield and I was impressed by their performance. The Wolves were two goals down after the first 45 minutes, but totally outplayed the leaders in the second half. The goalkeeper Alisson Becker was the key figure as he saved the goal in several occasions in the finish of the match. In the last two matches they beat Bournemouth and lost to Fulham. Pereira has no new injury worries, but , but Leon Chiwone, Yerson Mosquera, Enso Gonzalez, Sasa Kalajdzic, Rodrigo Gomes, Goncalo Guedes, Hwang Hee-chan and Emmanuel Agbadou are still sidelined.

Bournemouth vs Wolverhampton Prediction:

Wolves are unbeaten in all five of their Premier League away games against Bournemouth. But this is a FA Cup fixture and there is different rules. Wolverhampton must stay focused on the Premier League. The most important task is to avoid relegation. I think Vitor Pereira will rest some of his key players. In addition, he has long injury list. Wolves did not suffer any fresh blows in their midweek defeat to Fulham, but eight players are still sidelined. The upcoming fixture against Everton is crucial for Pereira. The last thing he need at the moment is a new injured player.

Bournemouth vs Wolverhampton Pick: Bournemouth to win @ 1.76 with Pinnacle