AFC Bournemouth vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[Dick Head]

Bournemouth v Brighton

EFL Cup

Venue: Vitality Stadium
Date: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Kick-off: 19:45 BST
Referee: Kevin Friend
Assistants: Matthew Wilkes, Michael McDonough
Fourth official: Roger East


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TEAM NEWS

Jordon Ibe could start for Bournemouth in Tuesday's home EFL Cup third-round tie against Brighton.

The forward came off the bench and provided two assists as the Cherries beat the Seagulls in the Premier League on Friday.

Summer signings Jose Izquierdo, Ezequiel Schelotto and Tim Krul could make their first starts for Brighton.

Izzy Brown (hamstring) has returned to training but this game could come too soon.

MATCH FACTS

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  [*=left]This will be the first meeting between these two sides in the League Cup.
  [*=left]Bournemouth are unbeaten in their past six games against Brighton, winning both league games in the 2014-15 Championship campaign, their last meeting before this season.
  [*=left]The Cherries have reached the fourth round in two of their past three campaigns, although they have lost their last two games against Premier League opposition.
  [*=left]Brighton are looking to reach the fourth round for only the second time since 1980, last doing so in 2014-15.

 

[Dumseagull]

Seeeeeeaaaaagulllllllssssss

 

[Dick Head]

Seeeeeeaaaaagulllllllssssss

How did you get in here? I thought I had the place to myself.

 

[GT49er]

Jordan Ibe may start.......oh bl00dy wonderful!

 

[Ernest]

Will SMUG Eddie get even SMUGGER tonight

 

[Brok]

I'm going to pretend that I couldn't give a toss about tonight...

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

"Brighton are looking to reach the fourth round for only the second time since 1980, last doing so in 2014-15."

We really are very, very shit at cup competitions aren't we?

 

[LlcoolJ]

How did you get in here? I thought I had the place to myself.

.....wha...who said that?

 

[stss30]

"Brighton are looking to reach the fourth round for only the second time since 1980, last doing so in 2014-15."

We really are very, very shit at cup competitions aren't we?

To be fair we are a club who normally has one eye on the league for one reason or another. Not a club like Ipswich who always seem to end up finishing midtable

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

To be fair we are a club who normally has one eye on the league for one reason or another. Not a club like Ipswich who always seem to end up finishing midtable

That's true in recent years but still, we are proper shite in the cups. One F.A cup final, no semi final defeats, any quarter finals?

As for the league cup that stat is staggering. We've made the fourth round once in 36 years. The fourth round isn't even the quarter finals, it's the last 16.

It's my dream that if we can get a proper foothold in the premier league we'll take the cups seriously. I'd love a cup run, any cup. Doubt we'll get one this year though.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

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[LamieRobertson]

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Pushed the boat out there a bit..i'll have a word with your Dad to cut your wages

 

[hans kraay fan club]

That's true in recent years but still, we are proper shite in the cups. One F.A cup final, no semi final defeats, any quarter finals?

We made the QF in 1984 didn't we??

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I don't know, it was a few years before my time. A decent cup run is long overdue IMO.

 

[Mackenzie]

Bournemouth fans are cocks.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Getting a bit sick of Bournemouth getting one over on us. Am going to pretend this is a real game that means something and that I care.

 

[Napier]

Come on The Albion.

I would love a cup run, even in this competition. Any victory must help to build confidence in general at the club and winning is a habit. Who knows, it could help develop our fringe players and even provide a bit of excitement or, dare I dream, silverware?

 

[BeHereNow]

That's true in recent years but still, we are proper shite in the cups. One F.A cup final, no semi final defeats, any quarter finals?

As for the league cup that stat is staggering. We've made the fourth round once in 36 years. The fourth round isn't even the quarter finals, it's the last 16.

It's my dream that if we can get a proper foothold in the premier league we'll take the cups seriously. I'd love a cup run, any cup. Doubt we'll get one this year though.

 

[Rugrat]

Win lose or draw, hoping we'll be ambitious for the whole 90 minutes

 

[RM-Taylor]

Hutchinson and Molumby both start in central midfield.