AFC Bournemouth vs Leeds United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from Vitality Stadium
Follow live coverage as AFC Bournemouth face Leeds United in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
AFC Bournemouth vs Leeds United
The players are out on the pitch at the Vitality Stadium, and kick-off is now just moments away!
AFC Bournemouth vs Leeds United
After Luis Sinisterra was withdrawn with a season-ending ankle injury in midweek - joining Tyler Adams and Stuart Dallas on the Leeds United treatment table - Gnonto starts for the visitors today. In all, Javi Gracia makes three changes from Tuesday's draw with Leicester, as Kristensen and Summerville - the latter of whom scored a late winner in November's reverse fixture - also come in.
AFC Bournemouth vs Leeds United
Making two changes to the Bournemouth side that started at Southampton, Gary O'Neil replaces injured match-winner Marcus Tavernier with Outtara, while Chris Mepham makes way for Smith. The hosts are also without Hamed Traore, Junior Stanislas and Ryan Fredericks due to injury, but Stephens is back on the bench after being unable to face his parent club in midweek.
AFC Bournemouth vs Leeds United
SUBS: Joel Robles, Junior Firpo, Georginio Rutter, Adam Forshaw, Rodrigo Moreno, Max Wober, Pascal Struijk, Sam Greenwood, Brenden Aaronson.
AFC Bournemouth vs Leeds United
LEEDS UNITED (4-2-3-1): Illan Meslier; Luke Ayling, Robin Koch, Liam Cooper, Rasmus Kristensen; Marc Roca, Weston McKennie; Jack Harrison, Wilfried Gnonto, Crysencio Summerville; Patrick Bamford.
AFC Bournemouth vs Leeds United
SUBS: Mark Travers, Jack Stephens, David Brooks, Illia Zabarnyi, Jack Stacey, Lewis Cook, Jaidon Anthony, Kieffer Moore, Antoine Semenyo.
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