Guy Mowbray
BBC MOTD commentator

"Never mind 'Happy New Year', for these two clubs the old one could hardly have been happier.

"Leicester's challenge now is to maintain the standards shown throughout 2015 and that starts by making sure that any talk of a 'wobble' is stifled.

"Everyone knows it won't be easy against a Bournemouth side that have started to get to grips with top flight football - rewards for putting in the hard yards.

"Opta's 'halfway' stats show the Cherries cover more ground and record more sprints than any other Premier League side. Mix that with Leicester's non-stop energy and it could be a tough one to keep up with.

"Thank goodness it's on the second of January rather than the first!"

Here come the players. Leicester captain Wes Morgan is first to emerge in the tunnel. He steps from the changing room onto a bright blue floor. Kasper Schmeichel follows him and now we have two lines of players, many of them stood hands on hips.

The fans are in fine voice and the sound reverberates up the tunnel. The walk begins and there is some serious noise to greet them.

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Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe: "We haven't trained since Arsenal, not the lads that played, anyway. With the fixture workload we really had to protect our players this week to make sure we go into the Leicester game with some energy, so we are toning down training."

Leicester's King Power Stadium looks a picture with a manicured pitch, blue flags everywhere you look and the sound of Kasabian complimenting the vista.

Sadly, a group of kids waving flags on the pitch as the players congregate in the tunnel get soaked. A sprinkler just doused them and their little legs couldn't get out of the way quick enough.

Bournemouth arrive at the King Power fresh from defeat to Arsenal, but they are in good form generally with just that solitary loss in their last seven games.

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This is a tough place to play though, with only Arsenal leaving Leicester with three points this season.

Leicester revert to a 4-4-2 system having played with just one striker in their goalless draw with Manchester City. That means there's a place for Leonardo Ulloa as Gokhan Inler drops to the bench.

Jamie Vardy has shaken off a virus to be fit while there is just the one change for Bournemouth as Marc Pugh comes in for Junior Stanislas.

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The players are going through their final warm-up drills on the King Power pitch. N'Golo Kante has a beaming smile on his face. He starts. Riyad Mahrez has legs as thin as a flamingo. More team news next...

Now, why does Madonna feature in this live text?

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Because the last time Bournemouth overcame Leicester in any competition arrived in 1989 when the pop star was at number one in the charts with 'Like A Prayer'.

But, when the fireworks over London ushered in 2016, these two teams are living out fairytales.

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Leicester could be top of the Premier League with less than half a season to go by this evening.

Bournemouth could be six points clear of relegation if they can continue a fine run of recent form.

What has happened to football?

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And some eight weeks ago, things looked grim for Bournemouth. Four straight defeats, 17th in the table, a return to Championship football looked increasingly likely...

Exactly one year ago Leicester propped up the Premier League. Three points from safety there was an inevitability to their demise...

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