Team news: Only Webster and March missing at Bournemouth

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A look ahead to Saturday's game at the Vitality Stadium

Charlie Hanson

2025-09-12T09:30+01:00

Fabian Hurzeler on the training pitch ahead of Saturday's game at Bournemouth. 📷 James Boardman.

Fabian Hurzeler's team will be looking to back up their first league win of the campaign with another victory when they head to Bournemouth on Saturday, kick-off 3pm.

Albion landed their first three points of the Premier League season last time out, as they beat Manchester City 2-1 at the Amex.

Team news

Hurzeler said that only long-term absentees Adam Webster and Solly March are unavailable for the trip to the Vitality Stadium. "All the players on international duty returned in good shape," added the head coach."

Fabian's pre-match thoughts

On building on the win over Manchester City: "We need to do what we did in the second half against City - keep playing with intensity and doing the basics well. If you do those things you can win games in the Premier League."

On Saturday's opponents: "They are a very difficult side to play against. There will be moments when we will suffer and will need to show resilience. They have a simple but effective style but we are going there in the belief that we can win this game."

Their last line-up

An unchanged #afcb XI 👊 pic.twitter.com/TATaIPIg3T
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) August 30, 2025

The Cherries have had an excellent start to their Premier League campaign. With two wins from three, including a 1-0 victory at Tottenham last time out, they're showing no signs of suffering despite losing key defenders Milos Kerkez to Liverpool, Dean Huijsen to Real Madrid and Illia Zabarnyi to Paris Saint-Germain during the summer.

Match facts

Bournemouth won four of their first six Premier League matches against Brighton and Hove Albion (D1 L1) but they have since lost five of their last six against the Seagulls (W1).

Brighton have won two of their last three away league visits to Bournemouth (L1) – the Seagulls are looking for consecutive away wins at the Cherries for the first time since February 1932.

Bournemouth have picked up six points in their first three Premier League matches this season (W2 L1), their second best return after three games in a top-flight season (7 in 2018-19). They’re looking to win three games in a row for the first time since December 2024.

Since the date (Valentine’s Day) of Brighton’s first Premier League game after their 7-0 loss at Nottingham Forest, only Liverpool (36), Man City (33) and Chelsea (33) have more points in the division than the Seagulls (31), and only Liverpool (36) have netted more goals in that time than Brighton (34).

After facing 19 shots and 10 on target in MD1’s 4-2 loss against Liverpool, Bournemouth have faced the fewest shots (11) and fewest shots on target (2) of any side across MD2 and MD3 and were the only side with two clean sheets in that time. Burnley in 1895-96 and Arsenal in 1989-90 are the only two top-flight sides to ship four in their opening game then keep three clean sheets in a row.

Bournemouth have played 17.1% of their passes long in the Premier League this season, the highest ratio of any side and the Cherries’ highest percentage in a single Premier League campaign.

Brighton have scored a penalty in four of their last six Premier League matches, while in 2025 they’ve netted nine penalties – four more than any other side. Four teams have scored 10+ penalties in a single year - Chelsea in 2021 (12), Leicester and Man Utd in 2020 (10) and Man City in 2023 (10).

Antoine Semenyo is the only Premier League player with both ten shots and five chances created so far this season – however, the Bournemouth forward is yet to score or assist in six appearances against Albion, despite have 12 shots and creating six chances against the Seagulls.

Bournemouth’s David Brooks has created four big chances in the Premier League, the most of any player so far this season. Brooks and forward Evanilson have combined to create seven chances for each other in 2025-26, two more than any other duo.

Brighton veteran James Milner became the oldest ever penalty scorer in Premier League history, aged 39 years and 239 days when he netted against Man City. He’s also seven years and 53 days older than manager Fabian Hürzeler, the biggest gap in age between a player being older than his manager when finding the net.

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