Follow live coverage as AFC Bournemouth face Brentford today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
AFC Bournemouth - Brentford FC
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Meanwhile, despite the 1-0 home defeat to Aston Villa last time out, Thomas Frank names an unchanged team for today's game in the south coast. Yoane Wissa is just two goal involvements away from becoming the second Brentford player (after Bryan Mbeumo) to be involved in 50 Premier League goals (39 goals, nine assists). Wissa has had a hand in four goals in his last two appearances against Bournemouth in the competition (three goals, one assist).
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Andoni Iraola makes one change from the Bournemouth team who drew to Tottenham Hotspur last weekend. Illia Zabarnyi returns after serving the final game of his three-match ban with the Ukrainian starting alongside Dean Huijsen in the heart of the Cherries defence. In attack, Justin Kluivert and Antoine Semenyo both start with the Dutchman leading the way among all Bournemouth players for both goals (12) and assists (six) in the Premier League this season.
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BRENTFORD SUBS: Hakon Valdimarsson, Sepp van den Berg, Ben Mee, Yehor Yarmolyuk, Yunus Emre Konak, Paris Maghoma, Kim Ji-soo, Iwan Tomas Morgan, Benjamin Fredrick.
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BRENTFORD (4-2-3-1): Mark Flekken; Keane Lewis-Potter, Ethan Pinnock, Nathan Collins, Kristoffer Ajer; Vitaly Janelt, Christian Norgaard; Kevin Schade, Mikkel Damsgaard, Bryan Mbeumo; Yoane Wissa.
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BOURNEMOUTH SUBS: Will Dennis, David Brooks, Alex Scott, Dango Ouattara, Luis Sinisterra, Julio Soler, Daniel Jebbison, James Hill, Ben Winterburn.
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BOURNEMOUTH (4-2-3-1): Kepa; Milos Kerkez, Dean Huijsen, Illia Zabarnyi, Lewis Cook; Tyler Adams, Ryan Christie; Antoine Semenyo, Justin Kluivert, Marcus Tavernier; Evanilson.
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Meanwhile, visitors Brentford make the trip to the south coast aiming to bounce back following last weekend’s home defeat to Aston Villa. The defeat to Unai Emery’s side meant Thomas Frank’s side are now winless in seven at home, however, their away form has picked up since the start of the season. The west Londoners have won four on the bounce, enjoying victories at Southampton, Crystal Palace, West Ham and Leicester City and will hope to continue their success on the road against Bournemouth.
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Hosts Bournemouth come into today’s home clash looking to end their three-game Premier League winless streak following more dropped points against Tottenham Hotspur last weekend. The Cherries surrendered a two-goal lead in north London with goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga arguably at fault for both goals. Prior to this, Andoni Iraola’s side suffered back-to-back league defeats against Wolves and Brighton, and will be aiming to get their European ambitions back on track in front of an expectant home crowd.
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