Chelsea get us under way.

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Antonio Conte sprays his face from a water bottle, the Bournemouth lot huddle up. 

It looks warm. Beautiful. Let's do this.

Eden Hazard - player of the season? - has scored in each of his three previous games against Bournemouth.   

But the home side have good form too. Joshua King has nine goals from his past 10 matches... 

Jay L: As a Chelsea fan I am worried. We still have to go to Old Trafford and Goodison. If Spurs overtake us fair play to them. Spurs look deadly. Pressure on CFC at Cherries. Can we handle it? 

Richard Clayton: For the first time for a long time this season Chelsea have to deal with the pressure of competition. Let's see what they're made of

Has Thibaut Courtois got half an eye on events at Aintree? 

No chance, he's down in the tunnel already. Chelsea are out way before the Bournemouth lot. The Blues are keen.

Garth Crooks
Former Spurs striker on Final Score

Bournemouth have been very smart. They've stayed off the radar. If you stay out of the bottom three if keeps the focus away from you. Eddie Howe has done very well. That is brilliant.

It's a perfect day for a swim down on the south coast. These have all got their trunks on underneath for later.

Is there a finer walk to a ground in the country?

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And down at the bottom... 

Bournemouth have slipped into this picture after West Ham's victory over Swansea. 

But surely they're safe in all but name?

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Here's the picture at the top of the tree. 

Wins for Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester City today.

Arsenal play at Crystal Palace on Monday and Manchester United play at Sunderland on Sunday.

But it's surely only Spurs who Chelsea need worry over...

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Steve Wilson
Match of the Day commentator

A seven-point lead with eight games remaining is not a cast-iron guarantee of success, but it's hard to see the Blues straying from the blueprint which has taken them to the top.

Don't forget that Antonio Conte won the championship with Juventus in each of his last three seasons as a club manager. The Italian knows his way around a run-in and will have delighted Chelsea by  brushing aside rumours, external  that he might decamp back to Serie A this summer.

I was pretty concerned about Bournemouth a couple of months ago when it seemed they may be sucked into a relegation battle.

Now that their defence is looking tighter - and Joshua King has embarked on a hot streak of nine goals in 10 games - improving on last season's 16th-place finish looks almost a certainty.

Also, the Twitter hashtag combining the two teams' names is #BOUCHE. 

I was struggling to think of a French game that could be #MOUTH, but if you can do better, get involved. Input always welcome. 

How do you see this one going anyway? 

Chelsea to steamroll Eddie Howe's side? 

Or will we see an upset?

I might remind you, the Blues won 4-1 here last season, and that was when they were rubbish...

By the way - if you fancy dipping into the Grand National, head over here for Mike Henson's excellent coverage. 

Are you backing Mrs Boothroyd's Holiday Dancer? Or do you like the look of Onion Terror?

Both of those are obviously made up. Get over there and back quickly if you're following for real. The big race gets under way at 17:15 BST.  

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Bournemouth  make one change to the side that drew 2-2 at Liverpool on Wednesday, as  Ryan Fraser  comes in for Jordon Ibe.

Bournemouth XI:  Boruc, A Smith, S Cook, Francis, Daniels, Fraser, Arter, Wilshere, Pugh, King, Afobe

Subs: Allop, Cargill, B Smith, L Cook, Ibe, Gradel, Mousset

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Chelsea  make two changes to the side that beat Manchester City 2-1 at home on Wednesday.

Victor Moses  is back from injury to replace Kurt Zouma, with  Nemanja Matic  taking Cesc Fabregas' spot in midfield.

Chelsea XI:  Courtois, Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill; Moses, Kante, Matic, Alonso; Pedro, Diego Costa, Hazard.

Subs: Begovic, Terry, Zouma, Chalobah, Fabregas, Willian, Batshuayi.

Afternoon all. The teams are in already. Let's take a gander shall we?

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Tottenham have had their say. Spurs moved to within four points of Chelsea with a 4-0 statement of intent at home to Watford in the lunchtime kick-off. 

The Blues' Premier League lead might not be in play quite yet, but a slip-up here makes the last seven matches of the title race interesting indeed. 

It's over to you, Chelsea. 

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