Bournemouth host Brentford at Vitality Stadium on Saturday, September 12 (10:00 AM ET \/ 9:00 AM CT \/ 7:00 AM PT).<\/p>\n
Bournemouth will again be without four key absentees: a thigh injury for Julian Araujo, an ankle\/foot issue for Eli Kroupi, a calf problem for Amine Adli, and a knee injury for Veljko Milosavljevic. That leaves the attacking burden on Marcus Tavernier, who has two goals and five shots on target this season, plus Alex Scott, who has a goal and four chances created from midfield. Brentford travel with their own absentees \u2014 a thigh injury for Joshua Dasilva, a knee issue for Antoni Milambo, a groin problem for Sepp van den Berg, and another knock for Mathias Jensen \u2014 while Nathan Collins is a doubt. Vitaly Janelt, with two goals already this season, and Kevin Schade, who has eight shots and a goal, remain Brentford’s most direct route forward.<\/p>\n
Bournemouth have taken two points from three matches, a run of two draws and a defeat that leaves them with a negative goal difference. Brentford, unbeaten so far with five points from three games and a positive goal difference, arrive in better form on paper. Neither side has scored freely lately: Bournemouth drew 2-2 at Newcastle and 1-1 at home to Everton in their last outings, while Brentford drew 1-1 at Leeds and 1-1 at home to Sunderland in theirs. Both have shown a tendency to cancel opponents out rather than break games open, and the Signal model reads this as another tight one \u2014 Bournemouth to edge it 1-0 at the Vitality Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n