Chelsea vowed three points before the game, with three points from Watford last time out, and a 4-0 win over Everton in the Carabao Cup in midweek thanks to goals from Segura and Perez, and the Blues will be aiming to take all three points to keep Manchester City leading the Reds.

Ahead of the trip to Bournemouth, Chelsea also received great news that the French striker N'Golo Kante had recovered from injury and had returned to training on Thursday, and although it was uncertain whether he would be able to start against Bournemouth, Kodic's recovery from injury made Kodic very happy, so that his defence could finally be hardened again, and Kodic was ready to adjust the team to a three-man midfield formation.

Two of Chelsea's veterans face their former clubs, and two former Blues players will face their former clubs in Chelsea's trip to Bournemouth: Bournemouth goalkeeper Begovic and centre-back Ake, both of whom moved to Bournemouth from Chelsea this summer and are currently indispensable players in the squad.

Commenting on his move to Chelsea this summer, Ake said: 'I have no regrets about leaving Chelsea, I'm still happy with my decision, it's still early in the season and we've had a poor start to the season, but the quality of our game has returned, we're scoring beautiful goals now and we're getting better defensively. ”

Bournemouth goalkeeper Begovic: 'It's a good team, we know it's a big challenge to face them, it's a game we're looking forward to, especially after Saturday's win over Stoke City, we needed that win so badly and that gave us confidence. ”

The two sides have met three times in their history, the first of which was in the 2015/16 season when Bournemouth were promoted to the Premier League, and in the first leg of the season, Chelsea lost 1-0 to Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge, but the Blues managed to get revenge 4-1 away in the second leg. In the first leg of this season's meeting between the two teams, Chelsea won 3-0 at home.

It's normal to win away from home against Chelsea, who are fancied to play away from home, and it's doubtful how much they can fight at home thanks to the fact that Bournemouth are already relegated.

Bournemouth's last 10 games are 2 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats, scoring 14 goals and conceding 19 goals, but in the last 5 games, Bournemouth are unbeaten with 2 wins and 3 draws, scoring 17 goals and conceding 19 goals, and since losing 0-2 at home to Manchester City on February 14, Bournemouth has also maintained a winning streak in the last two league home games.

Chelsea's last 10 games are nine wins and one draw, scoring 28 goals and conceding nine, with the only draw in that period being a 1-1 draw at home to Manchester City, with the Chelsea side now unbeaten.

Chelsea's Victor Moses is also set to return from injury, with Chelsea's right wing-back Victor Moses having missed two league games through injury and his role in those two games has been highlighted, with Pedro's attacking strength and weakness in defending as a result of Chelsea's side of the attack, which the Blues almost didn't win, and Kodic is now thinking about maintaining a balance on the pitch.

Chelsea have been away to Bournemouth this round, and Moses has finally returned from injury, which is definitely good news for Chelsea, and Kodic has also explained in his pre-match press conference about Moses' return: "Moses has been involved in the team's training for the last two days, I checked his form, and he is ready for this game. ”

Chelsea's last defeat away from London came back to a 3-2 defeat to Sunderland on 7 May, and Chelsea are unbeaten in 16 away games away from London since then, winning 12 and drawing four, and will certainly be hoping to maintain that record against Bournemouth this time.

Costa will also be aiming for his 60th goal in the league, having scored 59 goals in the league since joining Chelsea in the summer of 2014, and only one more goal would move him into the 60-goal mark in the Premier League, but Costa has already suffered a goal drought in four games, including three in the league and one against the Carabao Cup, which has been going on for a full month.

As long as Costa can score against Bournemouth, he will have his 60th goal in the Premier League, and it will also be his first goal against Bournemouth, who have failed to score a goal or even an assist in their previous four games against Bournemouth.

Chelsea currently lead the table, but the team's backline is quite worrying, because since the home win over Burnley, Chelsea have conceded six consecutive league games, five of which have conceded one goal each, and two goals against Roma, although Chelsea's next opponents in the league are only two strong opponents, Manchester United and Manchester City, if the back line does not change the habit of conceding goals, Chelsea will have to pay the price sooner or later.

Bournemouth have also won two in a row and have scored five goals in those two games, giving them an impressive attacking prowess, but they have also caused problems at home to the giants this season, winning 4-3 at home to Liverpool in December.

They also scored three goals in a row from 3-1 down and struck a late winner, having also drawn 3-3 at home to Arsenal on 4 January, and Bournemouth could have beaten the Gunners had it not been for the 82nd-minute red card and Olivier Giroud's late winner.

Speaking from the Bournemouth side, 'We're feeling good at the moment, we're in very good form at home, we've won our last two home games, we've done pretty well in the last two away games, and if we can continue our current form then we will have a chance to pick up points against Chelsea. ”

'I really enjoyed the challenge against a big team, I enjoyed the last round against Middlesbrough and tactically there were a lot of interesting elements throughout the game and that game reinforced our belief that we can take points from any opponent and that we need all the players to perform at their best, as we did against them.

Chelsea speak: 'It's a big challenge, it's not going to be easy against Bournemouth, the atmosphere at home is going to be fantastic, Bournemouth are a very good team, they have a very good manager, we have to be very careful because if we think tomorrow is going to be an easy game then we made a big mistake.

Bournemouth starting formation 4411: Goalkeepers: Borutz, Adam Smith, Francis, Steve. Cook, Daniels, Wilshere, Art, Ryan. Fraser, Pugh, Joshua. Kim, Afubi.

Chelsea's starting XI 343: Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois, Cesar Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, N'Golo Kante, Cesc Fabregas, Marcos Alonso, Victor Moses, Eden Hazard, Jones, Costa, Bournemouth host the Blues in the 10th round of the Premier League.