{"id":344297,"date":"2025-12-14T08:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T08:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/344297\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T08:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T08:19:07","slug":"man-united-vs-afc-bournemouth-three-plotlines-to-savour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/344297\/","title":{"rendered":"Man United vs AFC Bournemouth: Three plotlines to savour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester United will welcome AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League for their final home match before Christmas. The two sides have faced each other 24 times<\/a> in history.<\/p>\n

United have come out on top on 14 occasions, while the Cherries have won five matches. There have also been five draws between the two sides.<\/p>\n

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Here are three storylines to whet the appetite.<\/p>\n

The Cherries a bogey side<\/p>\n

Despite United\u2019s historical dominance over the Cherries, this has not been the case in recent years.<\/p>\n

The Red Devils are winless in their last four Premier League matches against Bournemouth. They have suffered two losses and two draws during this period.<\/p>\n

Their record at Old Trafford has actually been worse, having lost 0-3 in each of the last two seasons. The BBC<\/a> reports that no side has achieved three victories in a row away against the Red Devils in the top flight while scoring three or more goals each time.<\/p>\n

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Bruno Fernandes loves facing Bournemouth<\/p>\n

Bruno Fernandes<\/a> has been such a dominant player for United during his five years in England that he probably has this sort of record against most teams.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, he has a stellar record against the Cherries.<\/p>\n

Fresh off a double<\/a> against Wolverhampton Wanderers last Monday, Fernandes will be looking to cause more damage tomorrow.<\/p>\n

The Portuguese<\/a> international has scored three goals<\/a> and provided three assists in seven matches against them.<\/p>\n

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His best performance came when he grabbed a double against them at The Vitality Stadium in April 2024.<\/p>\n

Bournemouth in no sort of form<\/p>\n

Despite a strong start to the season, the Cherries have slowed down considerably.<\/p>\n

The BBC reports that, \u201cBournemouth are winless in their last six Premier League matches, drawing two and losing four.<\/p>\n

They haven\u2019t endured \u201ca longer winless streak since between December and February in the 2023-24 campaign (seven games).\u201d<\/p>\n

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United will hope to add to their woes on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Man United recent results vs Bournemouth<\/p>\n

Source:transfermarkt.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Featured image Patrick McDermott via Getty Images<\/p>\n

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The Peoples Person has been one of the world\u2019s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United will welcome AFC Bournemouth in the Premier League for their final home match before Christmas. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[131166,18891,49,48,18884,574,85773,561,82,2343,47617],"class_list":["post-344297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-afc-bournemouth","tag-bruno-fernandes","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-man-united","tag-premier-league","tag-red-devils","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-united","tag-wolverhampton-wanderers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}