- Bournemouth have won just one of their last six league games against Luton (D3 L2), beating them 2-1 at home in September 2021. This is the first ever top-flight meeting between the sides.
- Luton Town have won two of their last three league games against Bournemouth (L1), as many as they had in their previous 10 (D4 L4).
- Since their return to the competition last season, Bournemouth are unbeaten in all eight of their Premier League games against promoted sides (W5 D3), though their 2-2 draw with Sheffield United last time out was the first time they’ve failed to win such a match this season.
Bournemouth vs Luton Town: What has been said?
“My girlfriend was at the [original] game, and my dad,” Lockyer recalled in an interview with BBC Breakfast.
“She was looking at me when it happened, because the ball was elsewhere, and she’d seen me go down.
“She said instantly she knew that it was serious.
“Her friend, who she was with, said she let out a massive scream that would live with her forever.”
He added: “On the one hand I’m eternally grateful that, if I have to retire, I’m so lucky I’ve got to play in the Premier League, score in the Premier League, represent my country, all these incredible things.
“And on the other hand I’m like: ‘I’d love a bit more’.
“Obviously I wouldn’t go against any medical advice, but it’s far too early to say yet, and there’s bigger things on the horizon now with the baby
- Bournemouth have earned 10 points from their last four midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League games (W3 D1), as many as they had from their previous 17 such matches (W2 D4 L11).
- Luton’s five midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League games this season have seen an average of 4.8 goals-per-game, with the Hatters scoring 12 and conceding 12 in these matches.
- Bournemouth are winless in all four of their Premier League home games so far in 2024 (D2 L2). They last had a longer run without a home league win from the start of a calendar year in 1994 (first 5
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