Factfile

Manager : Andoni Iraola

Nickname : The Cherries

Ground : Vitality Stadium

Founded : 1899 (126 years ago, originally as Boscombe FC)

In their Manager's words...

With it having been six years – and nine matches – since both teams scored in this fixture, Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola spoke of the importance of the first goal in Saturday's contest.

"They have a very good team," Iraola said of Palace. "They have a very good Manager and they've been incredible.

"A lot of times when you have these stats, it's better not to show [your] players a lot of stats, because otherwise they feel this is going to be impossible almost, because they [Palace] have been on an incredible run. Even after, I think 19 games unbeaten, the other day they lost against Everton, it was probably o

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