AFCB VS Blackpool

The Cherries travel to Lancashire twice in a week to face two teams that got the better of them earlier in the season at Dean Court.

First up on Saturday are fellow seasiders Blackpool followed by Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday evening.

AFC Bournemouth will be in high spirits after securing their best victory of the season last week against Doncaster Rovers.

The 5-0 demolition of Doncaster was certainly the most pleasing home performance of the season, a clean sheet and lots of goals including a hatrick from new boy Yann Kermogant sent all Cherries fans home happy.

Blackpool are on an awful run and haven’t won a match in seventeen games since they beat Sheffield Wednesday at the end of November.

If the Cherries maintain focus and perform as well as they have been in the last few matches then there is a great chance of getting 3 points.

I think it is going to be a tough match, Blackpool should not be underestimated, but their recent form cannot be ignored they are a team low on confidence and I think that we can take advantage and score some goals.

Essential Cherries prediction:  AFC Bournemouth 3 -1 Blackpool

A must win game for the Cherries?

The Cherries enter the business end of the season with all to play for; the lads have a busy period with eight matches in March. Five out of the eight games are away from home against teams in the bottom half of the table.

Today’s visitors Doncaster Rovers are sat in 20^th place, six points behind the Cherries, which almost makes the fixture a must win match for both teams.

A victory today would give the Cherries a little bit of breathing room and move them away from a potential relegation battle.

 Although our recent performances have been good, we have lacked that little bit of luck that would have seen us pick up three points.

 Paul Dickov’s men will be looking to get something out of the today’s match to try and move them away from the relegation zone.

 Doncaster have not won any of their last 12 away matches so expect them to be compact and hard to break down, let’s hope that we can get an early goal and make them open up and play.

With so much at stake today’s game is arguably more important than when Doncaster visited Dean Court last season when both teams were going for promotion.

I am going for a home win and a clean sheet, my prediction: Cherries 2-0.

I will be discussing the Doncaster game with Michael Dunne on his podcast on Sunday, so be sure to check out http://alldepartments.wordpress.com/ to listen to our verdict on the match.