Bournemouth are hoping to kick on in the FA Cup this week as they face Swansea City at the Vitality Stadium on Thursday night.
Bournemouth reached the fourth round of the FA Cup by beating Queens Park Rangers 3-2 in the third round.
Despite facing a team plying their trade in the league below, Bournemouth did not have an easy time with QPR and were forced to come from two goals down to salvage the win and save their blushes.
Following that game, the Cherries faced Liverpool on home soil last weekend and fell to a resounding 0-4 defeat to a vastly superior side.
Liverpool are league title contenders so there's little shame in losing such a game, but they're now coming into this game off the back of two consecutive defeats after embarking on a run of seven games unbeaten, with six wins, so they'll very much come into this one wanting to be back in the win column.
Bournemouth are accelerating under manager Andoni Iraola after a tough start to his tenure and with relegation an unlikely prospect this season they should see this competition as a huge opportunity to pursue a memorable campaign.
They've only lost two of their last six games on home soil in all competitions and both were to Liverpool, so while they ran into some difficulty when facing QPR away from home last time out they should have no such issues here.
Swansea City reached the fourth round of the FA Cup by beating Morecambe 2-0 on home soil in the last round.
It was a kind draw for the Swans who professionally dispatched of a side playing two leagues below them with goals from Charlie Patino and Jerry Yates getting the job done.
They have no such luxuries in terms of fixture difficulty here, though, as they travel to face a good side in the Premier League away from home so they're clear underdogs for this one.
Their form has been solid enough in recent games, with the Swans having won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five games in all competitions, the most recent of which was a 1-3 loss to Southampton.
The defeat to Southampton was an expected one, but it was a good indicator of how they fare against better sides and doesn't bode well for an away fixture against a side with Bournemouth's quality.
They've won only one of their last seven games away from home and it doesn't feel like they have much chance of springing a surprise in this one.
For our Bournemouth vs. Swansea prediction, we're going for a 3-1 win for the home side.
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