Bournemouth vs Swansea live: Score and updates from the Vitality Stadium
Eddie Howe's men host the Swans with both teams in desperate need of the points
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Your support makes all the difference.Bournemouth welcome Swansea to the Vitality Stadium with both teams in desperate need of all three points.
The visitors sit just three points above the relegation zone with the hosts only a further three clear above them.
Neither are out of the woods with both very much looking over the shoulders as the season reaches the home straight.
Follow all the action from the Vitality Stadium below...
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90+5 mins: RED CARD! STOKE 1 CHELSEA 2:
Stoke City will play the final seconds with ten men after Phil Bardsley was dismissed for a rash challenge on Cesc Fabregas on the touchline. The right-back was already on a yellow card from the first half when he slid in unnecessarily on the Spaniard to receive a second booking.
It's now to Dean Court on the South Coast for the final game of the day between Bournemouth and Swansea City.
Here's how the two sides line up this evening...
Bournemouth: Boruc, A. Smith, Francis, S. Cook, Daniels, Surman, Gosling, Fraser, King, Pugh, Afobe
Subs: Gradel, B. Smith, L. Cook, Allsop, Wilshere, Ibe, Cargill
Swansea: Fabianski, Fernandez, Kingsley, Mawson, Ki, Fer, Cork, Carroll, Ayew, Llorente, Sigurdsson
Subs: Amat, Britton, Borja, Nordfeldt, Routledge, Narsingh, Roberts
Referee: Mike Dean
KICK-OFF: The home side get us underway at Dean Court and immediately are on the offensive. After earlier results, Bournemouth will know this fixture represents a great opportunity to put distance between themselves and the bottom three; a bottom three that Swansea sit just one place outside.
3 mins: Josh King has been responsible for Bournemouth's last five goals in the Premier League, but nobody is quite sure how after the striker's latest effort. Leaning in from the right, the Norwegian took aim with his left foot but slice his shot high, wide and in direction of the corner flag.
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