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Spurs v Bournemouth Previous Fixture

Spurs 3 – 1 Bournemouth (Sunday 31^st December 2023)

The last time Ange Postecoglou and his Spurs side took on Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth was Sunday, 31st December 2023, at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It saw Tottenham very much amongst the leading contenders in the race for qualification for UEFA Champions League Football, and a victory against the Cherries would most certainly give their chances of doing so a boost.

Ahead of this match against the Cherries, the Spurs sat in 5th place with 36 points, and there was just a gap of one point between them and the reigning Premier League Champions Manchester City in fourth. Victory against Bournemouth would see them climb as high as third place if other results went their way.

In their most recent top-flight match before facing Andoni Iraola’s side, they were defeated 4 – 2 by Brighton at the Amex Stadium. The two goal scorers for the Lilywhites that day against the Seagulls were Alejo Veliz (81’) and Ben Davies (85’).

Meanwhile, Bournemouth sat in 12th place with 25 points to their name. They knew that a victory against Tottenham would see them climb up to 10th place in the top flight table should other results also go the way of the Cherries.

In their previous game before facing their North London counterparts, Iraola’s Bournemouth played against Marco Silva’s Fulham at the Vitality Stadium. Goals from Justin Kluivert (44’), Dominic Solanke (62’—Penalty), and Luis Sinisterra (90+3’) sealed a vital and emphatic 3 – 0 win over the Cottagers.

In the end, it was to be a comfortable and deserved 3 – 1 victory for Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium that day in their most recent Premier League encounter.

It was to be Spurs who scored the opening goal of the game very early on in the first ten minutes of the first half. Lilywhites central midfielder Pape Matar Sarr scored the all-important goal after the Senegal international found the bottom left corner after receiving a pass into his feet from Giovani Lo Celso (9’).

There was another opportunity almost ten minutes later when right-back Emerson Royal took a shot at goal from distance, only for his effort to be saved very well by Bournemouth Goalkeeper Neto after the initial attempt had looked as if it would find the bottom right corner with close to ten minutes of the game gone (18’).

Rodrigo Bentancur then narrowly missed the target with his headed effort on goal just a minute later after he met a sumptuous cross into the box from right-back Pedro Porro (19’).

Then, with almost half an hour of the game having gone, Son Heung-Min had the next big chance for Tottenham Hotspur when the South Korean forward forced a spectacular save from Neto after Son had received the ball into his feet from fellow forward Richarlison (25’).

There were some further chances for both sides to add to the scoreline, but by the time the referee blew the whistle for halftime, Spurs were still leading by one goal to nil going into the second half.

Tottenham’s first opportunity of the closing 45 minutes of the game saw Richarlison narrowly miss the target as a ball was played into him by fellow forward Son Heung-Min following a fast counterattack (52’).

Then, with little under twenty minutes remaining in the game, Son Heung-Min was able to score a superb goal to double his side’s advantage to make it 2 – 0 after he found the bottom right corner after Giovani Lo Celso found him with a pinpoint through ball (71’).

It was almost 3 – 0 just a couple of minutes later when Richarlison forced a save from fellow Brazilian Neto before having another effort on goal blocked just seconds later (73’).

The deserved third goal for the hosts finally arrived with ten minutes to go through Richarlison, who managed to find the back of the Bournemouth net with a superb finish after connecting well with a cross into the box from Wales international Brennan Johnson (80’).

There was to be a consolation goal for Andoni Iraola’s Cherries side after Alex Scott, signed in the 2023 Summer Transfer Window from EFL Championship side Bristol City, scored to make it 3 – 1 after the English midfielder found the bottom right corner of the Spurs net (84’).

The final whistle soon blew, and Spurs had earned an emphatic and well-deserved 3 – 1 win against South Coast Counterparts Bournemouth at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Spurs had the most possession with no less than 50.8% of the ball over the ninety minutes compared to the visitors’ 49.2%. Spurs did have the most shots on target in the game, with six compared to four for Bournemouth.

Following this crucial victory, Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham Hotspur remained in 5th place. However, they now had 39 points and were still just a point behind Arsenal in the final Champions League Qualification spot in 4th place. Bournemouth remained in 12th.