23 Dec-19:45 Yeovil v Bournemouth - Eng League 1

[kompressaur]

thats it. Its Yeovil v Bournemouth. I usually dont like Yeovil at home but they beat in form Barnsley 2-1 on Sat so im a bit wary. Bournemouth can let me down home or away.

23 Dec-19:45 Yeovil v Bournemouth 6/5 23/10 15/8
from bet365

whats the best prices? Anyone gonna bother with this one?

[kompressaur]

nah same here. Looks a bad one. Anyone any GOOD team news sources for this?

[mrmuzeman]

nah same here. Looks a bad one.

yeah bit of a stinker eh?

Bournemouth you can get 2/1 if anyones interested

[MickeyPaul]

Well I'm flying with the shitty matches just now so I'll definitely be working my way through this one.

edit: no offense to either side. By shitty I mean.... ehhhhhm.....

[mrmuzeman]

Nah actually imo this is the event of the season. Yeovil v Bournemouth is the highlight of every season for me.

Actually I can talk im absolutely lovin it when Staines play away to Braintree in the non league thread

[MickeyPaul]

Yeovil
Yeovil manager Steve Thompson is hoping on-loan defender Liam Fontaine is fit to face Bournemouth.

The Glovers boss said: "Liam suffered a slight groin strain on Saturday and came off near the end. I'm sure he will be fine by the time we play."

With midfielder Darren Way still sidelined as he recovers from a stress fracture in his leg, Thompson has been boosted by West Ham's decision to allow Chris Cohen to extend his loan stay into a second month at Huish Park.

Teenager Cohen, 19, featured from the start again in last Saturday's win against Barnsley.

Bournemouth
Bournemouth boss Sean O'Driscoll is likely to field an unchanged line-up for the trip to Yeovil.

Midfielder Stephen Cooke missed last week's 2-1 win over Gillingham with a knee injury and is not yet to fit to face the Glovers.

Long-termers Warren Cummings and Jason Tindall are edging closer to fitness, but the Boxing Day clash will come too soon.

I'm away to work through the match reports. If there's a bet to be had I intend to find it......

[MickeyPaul]

Overall
9th Bournemouth: W9 D6 L7 F28 A25
17th Yeovil: W8 D4 L10 F27 A34

Yeovil Home:
W5 D2 L3 F12 A10

Bournemouth Away:
W4 D2 L5 F15 A17

Last 10
Yeovil: W4 D1 L5 F13 A14
Bournemouth: W6 D1 L3 F17 A12


Hmmm. Looking at the stats, Bournemouth @ 3.10 Canbet looks interesting especially when I see they've won at Colchester (0-1 15th Oct) and Brentford (0-2 29th Oct), two sides with very strong looking home records. Yeovil are a tough nut to crack on their own pitch though. I'll be back......

[MickeyPaul]

Right. Been busy and don't have time to really get into this now as I have to go out. I've been going through Yeovil's home performances though. Looks on paper to be a good 2-1 win over in form Barnsley (2nd in form table to Colchester) in their last home game although I think Barnsley were missing a couple of important players. Sounds like Yeovil should have been 2 down in that one 1st half before fighting back 2nd half. Not bad. Not overly impressive sounding though.

Not a great performance before that in their 0-2 loss to Oldham either. Yeovil don't sound as if they make much happen in games to me. The one before that is another loss, this time to Huddersfield. Chasing shadows in the 1st half (they seem a tad vulnerable in 1st half's), they found themselves 2 down going into the break. Yeovil pulled one back at the start of the 2nd though and this seemed to spur them on but although they dominated possession they couldn't create any chances of note. Again, they don't seem able to make much happen in that respect.

A decent 3-0 against a Forest side who lose most of their away games anyway and what looks a good win against table toppers, Swansea. Yet again though, they failed to create anything of note by the sounds of it. Not the most creative side, Yeovil eh?

Their wins against Swansea and Barnsley are just about enough to put me off this match though. Bournemouth's impressive looking wins at Colchester and Brentford gave me some hope but I don't have time to read up.

Maybe the X2 is worth a shot. Yeovil's defence doesn't sound the tightest. Must dash.

[Swooperman]

I'm not betting on this but my experience of Yeovil is that theyre very unpredictable & tbh in a full program theyre not worth touching. i've taken them a couple of times hen the price has been too big in my eyes & got a run for my money, but not tonight as I wont be in any fit state to see the result
This is the report of the Yeovil win over Barnsley from 'Ciderspace'
Make no mistake about it, this was a massive three points for Yeovil as they defeated the in-form Barnsley by 2 goals to one in a highly entertaining fixture at Huish Park. Massive because they lifted themselves 6 points clear of the danger area, massive because they got to within 6 points of the play-offs, massive for the confidence factor leading into the vital Christmas period, and massive for individual players who can take heart from their own personal performances, none more so than the vastly improving Matt Harrold.

Barnsley came to Town on the back of a fine free-scoring 10 game unbeaten run, although they will no doubt rue the extra time played in the mid-week cup win over Bradford, even so both teams started brightly and it was the Tykes who had the best opportunity to open the scoring early on when Chris Shuker fired over from the right. Matt Harrold then looked to increase his goal tally of late and can count himself unfortunate not to do so when he took down a Lee Johnson flick with aplomb, turned and hit a first time rocket from outside the box that had Flinders in the visitors goal at full stretch, just flipping the ball over with his fingertips.

But Barnsley then took the lead in disappointing fashion in the 15th minute, when Robbie Williams scored with his head as the Yeovil defence looked less than convincing in keeping the Yorkshiremen out. Steve Thompson will have asked himself questions at this time as he decided before the game to stick to the old adage of not changing a winning side, or in this case defensive line. Scott Guyett surprisingly kept Skipper Terry Skiverton out of the side following his suspension, and Steve Collis did the same as he kept his place ahead of Chris Weale.

Collis was soon called into action again as the Yeovil left hand side was breached and his parried save rebounded off the advancing Anthony Kay, and fortunately to safety. The livewire Harrold then had a good chance to draw his side level when his forceful run into the box saw him beat the last man, but just as he shot the covering defender raced across and deflected his effort out for a corner, From the resultant corner, the initial cross being cleared, the impressive Cohen knocked the ball back into the box but neither Sodje or Fontaine could get their heads to the ball and it spun out for a goalkick. Barnsley then had a great opportunity to take a two goal lead when Yeovil failed to clear their defensive lines again and as the ball bobbled around in the box, no one could finish and no one could clear until Nathan Jones did the business and hacked the ball away to safety.

Before the break came, Lee Johnson’s free kick failed to beat the wall, Jevons and Jones combined but the strikers shot was blocked, and Collis came to the rescue again when he saved Marc Richards header low down. Cue Steve Thompson’s half time lashing as he no doubt read the riot act to his men following another early goal conceded.



Half-time: Yeovil Town 0 - 1 Barnsley
Whatever he said at half time worked, Yeovil were back in it straight away when David Poole, who started his first game since the opening day of the season finished superbly, drilling in Lee Johnson’s pass with precision low into the Barnsley net. Poole had a poor first half and he can blame ring rustiness for that, but like any player, sometimes a goal can be a turning point. Hopefully for Poole, and for Yeovil – this was it!

Yeovil were now beginning to play with a renewed belief, and Chris Cohen, superb all game, almost scored a stunning second but his long range lob narrowly missed the left upright fooling most in the ground to thinking it had gone in. They didn’t have long to wait, and like Christmas, the goal was coming. Nathan Jones, who looked a different player in the second half roared forward, he exchanged passes with Lee Johnson and carried his run deep into the Barnsley half before unleashing a ferocious shot that was superbly saved by the impressive Scott Flinders. From the corner Chris Cohen’s shot from the edge of the box was blocked, but the ball fell kindly to Efe Sodje whose first time header squirmed under the flailing hand of Flinders to put Yeovil deservedly ahead on 71 minutes.

The Glovers had the chances to extend their lead and put the game beyond doubt, Jevons shot over following another opening carved up by Johnson, but all the hard work was nearly undone when Paul Terry’s backpass, on for David Poole, put Collis under pressure and his poor clearance landed at the feet of sub Matt Carbon but his first time lob just fell the wrong side, or the right side of the bar if you are Yeovil fan.

Matt Harrold then had the perfect chance to seal the victory, released by Jones he bore down on goal and had only the keeper to beat, he will be disappointed not to have scored, he had the option to chip the advancing keeper, or take it wide following his dive, but he took the chance too early and the keeper smothered well. Harrold though deserved the goal. He is now looking like the principal striker and a consistent run of games will do his learning curve the power of good. Steve Thompson has heaped praise on him this week and has said there is plenty of potential within. Today his work rate was terrific, he led the line well and one or two efforts in the first half could on another day have gone in. If you could work on one thing with him in training this week you’d be telling him to get across his defender quicker in attacking situations, to attack the ball and make it his own…the Prince may be raw, but he’s beginning to cook nicely.

As the final whistle eventually blew, following what seemed like double the three minutes of added time, you could feel the palpable relief in and around Huish Park. Whilst lots of positives came out of this game, there is still plenty to work on. But it’s easier to work on them following two morale lifting victories. With the festive season approaching, maximum points from the home games, and maybe a couple from the two up north would be the perfect present for Thommo and his evolving team to take into 2006.



....for what its worth, my money would be on Yeovil

[MickeyPaul]

Told ya they were vulnerable first half.............

[MickeyPaul]

Told ya the X2 was worth a shot. My work here is done.

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