AFC BOURNEMOUTH v WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Capital One Cup 4th Round
Tuesday 28th October 2014, 7:45pm
Goldsands Stadium

MATCH NOTES

The game will be the 15th league and cup meeting between Albion and Bournemouth. The Baggies have won seven games and the Cherries' four.

Albion's last game on October 28 came in 2012 when they suffered a 2-1 Premier League defeat away at Newcastle United. The club's last win on this date came in 1981 when goals from Ally Brown and Gary Owen gave a Ronnie Allen-led side a 2-1 win over Shrewsbury Town in a League Cup 2nd round game at The Hawthorns.

Bournemouth's last game on this date came in 2006 when they suffered a 1-0 defeat away at Tranmere Rovers in League One. The Cherries' last win on October 28 came in 1995 when they beat Carlisle United 2-0 in a League Division Two clash at Dean Court.

Albion have won just one out of the last 16 games that they have played on October 28 over the years and have lost all of the last five.

Bournemouth have won six of their last seven games.

Albion have won their last seven cup ties against teams from a lower division and have also won 10 of the last 12.

Bournemouth have won just one of their last ten cup games against higher league opposition.

The Cherries have never progressed beyond the fourth round of the League Cup.

Albion's last six games: Crystal Palace (H) 2-2; Manchester United (H) 2-2; Liverpool (A) 1-2; Burnley (H) 4-0; Hull City (H, LC) 3-2; Tottenham Hotspur (A) 1-0.

Bournemouth's last six games: Birmingham City (A) 8-0; Reading (H) 3-0; Charlton Athletic (H) 1-0; Bolton Wanderers (A) 2-1; Derby County (A) 0-2; Wigan Athletic (H) 2-0.

TEAM NEWS

Albion

Baggies' boss Alan Irvine is likely to rest a number of players for the game with in-form striker Saido Berahino and defender Joleon Lescott the most likely candidates.

Youssouf Mulumbu, Gareth McAuley, Brown Ideye, Boaz Myhill, Cristian Gamboa and Sebastian Blanco could all start whilst Greek striker Georgios Samaras could return to the squad after missing out recently.

Jonas Olsson (achilles), Silvestre Varela (groin) and Claudio Yacob (compassionate leave) all remain out.

Bournemouth

The hosts will be without Andrew Surman who is cup tied and Steve Cook and Harry Arter who are both suspended.

QUOTES

Cherries' boss Eddie Howe:

“I’m not judging us against Premier League teams because we are a Championship team but I think it’s a nice experience for the players. I think when you look back to the Liverpool game last year and what that would have done for our group in terms of experience and developing a stronger mentality and improving our game, I thought it was huge. It will be the same in this game. It is great to pit yourself against top quality players and to see if you can overcome the challenges ahead. This is a great game for us and we just can’t wait for the game to get started.

“They’ll play a strong team, I think they’ll be keen to progress. I think they’ll see it as a good opportunity to go a long way in a cup competition that can bring real rewards with the closer you get to the final, so they’re in the same boat as us really. They’ll be looking around thinking ‘Why not? Why can’t it be us to go on a run?’ so it will be an incredibly difficult game for us. We are the underdogs but we will give it a go.”

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MATCH ODDS

Result

Albion Win: 21/10, Bournemouth Win: 13/10, Draw: 12/5.

First Goalscorer

Albion: Berahino 9/2, Ideye 5/1, Samaras 6/1, Anichebe 6/1, Sessegnon 13/2, A Nabi 7/1, Blanco 7/1, Gardner 9/1, Dorrans 9/1, Morrison 9/1, Brunt 10/1, Mulumbu 14/1, O'Neil 16/1, McAuley 18/1, Dawson 20/1, Baird 22/1, Yacob 22/1, Lescott 22/1.

Bournemouth: Wilson 9/2, Kermorgant 11/2, Pitman 6/1, Rantie 13/2, Stanislas 9/1, Ritchie 9/1, Pugh 10/1, Fraser 12/1, Daniels 14/1, Harte 16/1, MacDonald 16/1, O'Kane 20/1, Gosling 22/1, Francis 25/1.

No goalscorers: 9/1.

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REFEREE

Paul Tierney (Lancashire)

The Lancashire official will be taking charge of an Albion game for only the second time - his previous match officiating the Baggies was the 3-0 defeat at Swansea in August.

He last refereed the Cherries in their 3-0 win at Shrewsbury Town in April 2013.

Tierney has issued 40 yellow cards and four red cards in the 13 games he has officiated so far this season.

TICKET INFORMATION

The Baggies have sold out their entire 2,000 ticket allocation.

WEATHER FORECAST

Light cloud, 15°C

FIXTURE HISTORY

The two clubs first met back in May 1940 in the Wartime League Cup, Albion winning the two-legged tie 5-2 on aggregate.

The first 'competitive' meeting of the sides came in the FA Cup in January 1955 when the Baggies, as holders, travelled to Dean Court and returned to the Midlands with a 1-0 win courtesy of a goal from Welsh international Stuart Williams.

Two friendly games followed in 1967 (1-0) and 1973 (0-1) before the first league meetings between the clubs took place in 1987, Albion winning the first clash 3-0 at The Hawthorns with goals from Tony Morley (2) and Carlton Palmer. The Cherries gained revenge in the return game at Dean Court three months later with a 3-2 win.

The last league meeting took place in January 1993 when the Baggies won 1-0 at Bournemouth thanks to a goal from the on-loan David Speedie.

Since that last league clash the the two clubs have met three times in cup action the first of which came in 1999 in an FA Cup 3rd round tie at Dean Court when a goal from current Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe gave the hosts a 1-0 win.

Two League Cup ties have followed with the Baggies winning both - 1-0 at The Hawthorns in 2007 and 4-1 at Dean Court in 2011.

The Baggies have won four out of the last five meetings of the clubs.

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

Tuesday 23 August 2011 - Bournemouth 1-4 Albion - Carling Cup - Dean Court
Tuesday 14 August 2007 - Albion 1-0 Bournemouth - Carling Cup - The Hawthorns
Saturday 9 December 1989 - Albion 2-2 Bournemouth - Second Division - The Hawthorns

LAST MEETING

Bournemouth 1-4 Albion
Carling Cup 2nd round
Tuesday 23rd August 2011, 7:45pm

Bournemouth: Flahavan; Byrne, Barrett (c), Cooper, Malone; Feeney, Molesley (Baudry 62), Arter, Pugh; Taylor (Stockley 75), Lovell (Purches 89). Subs not used: Jalal (gk), Fletcher, Cummings, Ward.

Goalscorer: Lovell 47.

Booked: Byrne 79 (foul).

Albion: Fulop; Jones, McAuley, Dawson, Cech; Jara Reyes, Thorne (Mantom 82), Dorrans (c), Thomas (Mattock HT); Cox, Fortune (Bednar 79). Subs not used: Daniels (gk), Downing, Hurst, Roofe.

Goalscorers: Thomas 8, Fortune 42 & 78, Cox 53.

Referee: Roger East (Wiltshire).

Attendance: 6,911 (789 Albion fans).

Much-changed West Brom cruised past League One side Bournemouth and into the third round of the Carling Cup. Jerome Thomas fired the visitors into an early lead when he cut in from the left and fired in a shot, before Simon Cox crossed for Marc-Antoine Fortune to slot home and make it 2-0 at the break. Steve Lovell gave Bournemouth hope when he met Scott Malone's left-wing cross. But a fine run by Billy Jones set up Cox to curl in Albion's third, and Fortune slammed in a fourth late on.

Baggies manager Roy Hodgson chose to make 11 changes from the side which lost to Chelsea in the Premier League at the weekend, but was vindicated after his fringe players impressed on the south coast. Bournemouth were left chasing shadows at times as they slipped to a third defeat in eight days, while home keeper Darryl Flahavan kept the score down, twice saving acrobatically from free kicks by stand-in skipper Graham Dorrans.

The match was preceded by a minute's applause in memory of former Cherries captain Roger Brown who died last week, and Red Arrows pilot Flt Lt Jon Egging who lost his life at the nearby Bournemouth Air Festival on Saturday.

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CURRENT CONNECTIONS

Northern Ireland goalkeeper Lee Camp spent a short spell at The Hawthorns during the 2013/14 season before joining Bournemouth, initially on loan.

Ryan Allsop started his career in Albion's academy before being released by the Baggies in the summer of 2011. After spells at Millwall and Leyton Orient, Allsop joined the Cherries in January 2013. The goalkeeper is currently on loan to Coventry City.

PAST CONNECTIONS

Amongst the players to have turned out at various levels for both clubs are: Kenny Allen, Vince Bartram, Luther Blissett, Meynell Burgin, Warren Cummings, Reg Cutler, Billy Elliott, Wayne Fereday, Josh Gowling, Billy Gripton, Carl Heggs, Jack Lewis, Billy Lunn, Andy Petterson, Liam Ridgewell, Jim Singleton, Andrew Smith, David Smith, John Thomas and John Turner.

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