A.F.C. Bournemouth vs Chelsea Tickets

Ever since opening its doors in 1910, Dean Court (Vitality Stadium) has played host to thousands upon thousands of AFC Bournemouth’s home games.

This stadium holds a capacity of 11,379, which is relatively small compared to most other grounds at the top end of the English football pyramid. For this reason, tickets for bigger matches (such as this one) are generally more expensive than the average game played at Dean Court.

Using the Vitality Stadium seating plan, you can find the best seats to purchase at this venue.

AFC Bournemouth vs Chelsea History

The first-ever competitive meeting between these clubs came in the 1988/89 season of the Second Division, precursor to the EFL Championship. Both teams were victorious in their home fixture: Bournemouth won 1-0 at Dean Court before Chelsea earned a 2-0 triumph at Stamford Bridge.

They clashed in the second round of the League Cup in 1994, as the Blues won by two goals to zero across two legs.

In 2015/16, Bournemouth met Chelsea in a league meeting for the very first time after the Cherries achieved promotion to the English top flight.

Bournemouth had yet to win a maiden major honour by the end of the 2022/23 season, but Chelsea had no shortage of silverware in the cabinet. The Blues won the Premier League title for a fifth time in 2017, and the FA Cup for an eighth time the following year.

The west London club conquered the UEFA Champions League in 2012 and again in 2021, with two Europa League successes coming in between.

A handful of players have donned the badges of both these clubs:

• Chelsea signed Ryan Bertrand from Gillingham in 2005. The left-back embarked on nine loan spells away from the Blues, the first of which came at Bournemouth in the 2006-07 season.

• Dominic Solanke joined Chelsea’s under-8 team in 2004. He climbed the ranks and made his first-team debut in 2014, before signing for Liverpool on a free transfer in 2017. The striker was then sold to Bournemouth, just 18 months later, for a fee of £19m.

• Similarly, Nathan Aké was a teen when he became involved in the youth set-up at Chelsea. The Dutch defender also struggled to break into the first-team at Stamford Bridge, and he moved to Bournemouth on loan in 2016. The following year Aké completed a permanent move to the Cherries, for a transfer fee in the region of £20m.

• Bosnian goalkeeper Asmir Begovic spent two years at Chelsea before switching to Bournemouth in the summer of 2017.

AFC Bournemouth vs Chelsea Head-to-Head

The first-ever top-flight fixture between these clubs took place during the 2015/16 season. Bournemouth ran out 1-0 winners at Stamford Bridge after Glenn Murray came off the bench to score the only goal of the game, handing the Cherries a maiden win away to Chelsea.

The Blues took their revenge in the reverse fixture at the Vitality Stadium, winning by four goals to one; Eden Hazard twice found the back of the net.

In the 2018/19 campaign, Josh King scored twice in this fixture as the home side earned a stunning 4-0 victory. The following season, King was again on target as these teams played out a 2-2 draw on the south coast.

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