Team news
Bournemouth welcome back defenders Milos Kerkez and Dean Huijsen, both of whom missed the FA Cup quarter-final defeat by Manchester City through suspension.
Justin Kluivert is doubtful despite completing that game, while Enes Unal is a long-term absentee.
Ipswich will monitor Kalvin Phillips, who needed over 20 stitches after suffering a gashed foot against Nottingham Forest on 15 March, while Axel Tuanzebe and Conor Chaplin have resumed training following lay-offs and will also be assessed.
Manager Kieran McKenna says several other unspecified players are dealing with minor fitness issues, while back-up goalkeeper Arijanet Muric may require surgery after injuring his shoulder playing for Kosovo.
Match facts
Head-to-head
Bournemouth are vying to complete a league double against Ipswich for the first time since doing so in 1949-50 in Division Three South.
The Blues' only win in 16 league games away to the Cherries (D7, L8) was a 3-2 victory in September 1953.
Both teams have scored in each of the last eight league meetings, a sequence stretching back to 1989.
Bournemouth
Andoni Iraola's side have been beaten in three of their past four top-flight matches, as many defeats as in their previous 18 league fixtures (W10, D5).
The Cherries are in danger of losing four successive Premier League home games for the first time in their history.
Bournemouth have lost back-to-back league and cup matches – both at home – despite opening the scoring in both.
Their expected goals total of 53.8 is the third highest in this season's Premier League, behind Liverpool and Chelsea.
Antoine Semenyo has attempted 101 Premier League shots this season, a figure exceeded by only Mohamed Salah, Cole Palmer and Erling Haaland. The Ghanaian has scored seven times, a shot conversion rate of 6.9%.
Ipswich Town
Ipswich are the only side in the top four tiers of English football without a league victory in 2025.
They have failed to win any of their opening 10 league matches in a calendar year (D2, L8) for the first time in their history.
The Tractor Boys are in danger of losing five consecutive Premier League matches for the first time since a run of eight defeats between February and April 1995.
The Blues have dropped 22 points from winning positions in the top flight this season, second only to Southampton. That includes three in November's 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth, when they led until the 87th minute.
They have kept two top-flight clean sheets in 2024-25 – only Leicester City, with one, have a worse record.
Liam Delap has conceded a league-high 60 fouls in the Premier League this season, one more than Bournemouth's Antoine Semenyo.
