Bournemouth vs Luton Town prediction, preview, team news, and more

Bournemouth welcome struggling side Luton Town to the Vitality Stadium on Saturday as they continue to push for Premier League return.

Relegated back into the Championship last year after five consecutive seasons in the top-flight, the Cherries are firmly on course for promotion once again.

With 11 wins and just three defeats from 23 games, Jason Tindall's side is currently third in the standings with 42 points, only five off leaders Norwich City.

They've scored the joint-highest number of goals in the campaign so far with 38, while their record of just three losses is also the joint-lowest in the division right now.

So far so good for the side from the southwest. However, Luton Town are staring down the barrel of a gun.

They're 12 points off the Cherries on 14th right now and have won just once from their last five games in the league.

Bournemouth vs Luton Town Head-To-Head

In 61 meetings between the sides, Bournemouth hold a slender advantage with 24 wins to Luton's 20.

The sides clashed in a league game in December last year for the first time since January 2009 in a goalless stalemate, but Cherries had thrashed the Bedfordshire outfit 4-0 at home in the FA Cup at the start of 2020.

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Secure your match pass ahead of time and don't miss a kick as we take on Luton this weekend. #afcb 🍒
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) January 14, 2021

Bournemouth Form Guide (all competitions): D-L-W-W-D

Luton Town Form Guide (all competitions): D-L-W-W-L

Bournemouth vs Luton Town Team News

Bournemouth

The home side will have the entire squad available for the clash as there are no fresh injury concerns nor any suspensions. However, Diego Rico will be pushing for a start here, having only come off the bench last time after serving a one-game ban, while Lewis Cook is one booking away from a suspension of his own.

Injured: None

Suspended: None

Unavailable: None

🏟 Town are off to @afcbournemouth on Saturday and we're gutted you can't be there, Hatters.

As a weekend away game the live iFollow stream from the Vitality isn't part of the season ticket package, but you can still watch with a match pass 👇

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— @LutonTown (@LutonTown) January 14, 2021

Luton Town

The Hatters also boast a clean bill of health going into the match and have no key suspensions to deal with either.

Injured: None

Suspended: None

Unavailable: None

Bournemouth vs Luton Town Predicted XI

Bournemouth (3-4-3): Asmir Begovic; Steve Cook, Jack Simpson, Lloyd Kelly; Adam Smith, Jefferson Lerma, Lewis Cook, Diego Rico; David Brooks, Dominic Solanke, Junior Stanislas.

Luton Town (4-3-3): Simon Sluga; James Bree, Tom Lockyer, Sonny Bradley, Dan Potts; Pelly-Ruddock Mpanzu, Glen Rea, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Harry Cornick, James Collins, Kazenga LuaLua.