I earmarked Junior Kroupi before the season as a player to keep an eye on, and he’s settled into Premier League football much quicker than I expected. 

He’s Bournemouth’s top scorer in the Premier League this season with eight goals to his name - and this is despite playing fewer matches than most of Bournemouth’s forwards, and having to play behind Evanilson at times.

There aren’t many better players in Europe when it comes to getting shots away under pressure than Kroupi. From a technical point of view, he barely needs any wind up or backlift to get real power in his shots, which gives him a unique ability to shoot from unlikely and awkward angles. 

Kroupi has taken 29 shots across his 13 starts in the Premier League this season (2.45 per 90), seeing an impressive 15 of those attempts find the target (1.27 per 90). Eight of those shots on target have ended up in the back of the net, so it may be worth looking at Kroupi to score here, given how accurate he has been this season.

Tyler Adams is part of an aggressive Bournemouth side that regularly post a hefty foul count. Only Wolves have committed more fouls than Bournemouth in the Premier League this season, with the Cherries averaging 12.1 fouls committed per game.

Andoni Iraola’s side committed 11 fouls when the sides met earlier in the season, with Tyler Adams being out of the squad due to injury in that clash. He should come into the starting lineup here, having started the last three matches for Bournemouth alongside Alex Scott in midfield, with Adams picking up two yellow cards across those starts.

Adams has committed 28 fouls across his 18 starts in the Premier League this season (1.77 per 90). He’s often left on his own in the middle of the park, with Bournemouth opting to send most of their attacking players forward as part of an intense press. This leads to Adams being outnumbered at times in midfield, and having to make tactical fouls, which may make it worthwhile to look at Adams for a caution, too.

Only Brighton (72) and Tottenham (74) have picked up more yellow cards in the Premier League this season than Bournemouth (69 - 2.37 per game). Andoni Iraola’s side collected the 2nd most yellow cards in the Premier League last season (97 - 2.55 per game), so this is clearly a key part of their game.

Bournemouth committed 11 fouls and picked up a card when the sides met earlier in the season and played out a 1-1 draw. I do think the price for this is slightly generous, and leans on Burnley not being a side that tend to draw high numbers of fouls and cards from their opponents - but Bournemouth’s approach to matches doesn’t tend to change too often, which can lead to the Cherries picking up at least two cards in this clash.

Corners have been the talk of the Premier League this season, with this campaign seeing a higher percentage of goals from non-penalty set pieces (29%) than there's been in any of the last 10 Premier League seasons. The highest it’s been aside from this season was 23%, back in 2016/17.

Bournemouth’s high energy approach to matches usually leads to a decent corner count, with the Cherries seeing 10.83 corners per game in the Premier League this term. This metric rises to 12.29 corners per game when looking at their away matches in the Premier League this season, which is a higher match corner tally than any other side on the road in the top-flight this term.

Burnley should be able to pitch into the corner count as well, with Scott Parker’s side averaging over 5.0 corners per game when at home in the Premier League this season. Burnley are seeing 9.73 corners per game at Turf Moor this season, so there should be opportunities for both sides to pitch in towards this corner line in this clash.