Bournemouth aim to extend winning run against Leeds
Bournemouth welcome Leeds to the Vitality Stadium in a Premier League fixture that pits a team in excellent recent form against one still searching for consistency. The hosts have won four of their last five league matches, a run that has lifted their confidence heading into matchday 9.
Contrasting recent form
Bournemouth's recent sequence of WWWWL stands in clear contrast to Leeds's DDLDW, with the home side's four wins comfortably outweighing the visitors' single victory across their last five outings. That gap in results makes Bournemouth the clearly higher-performing side of the two coming into this meeting.
Leeds have drawn three of their last five matches, suggesting a side that has found it hard to turn competitive performances into points, while Bournemouth's consistency has been the more eye-catching story of the two.
A fixture that rarely goes quietly
The two sides have met often enough in recent seasons for this fixture to carry some familiarity. Their last two Premier League meetings both ended 2-2, in September 2025 and again in April 2026, showing how tightly contested recent encounters between these clubs have been.
Further back, the fixture has produced high-scoring results in both directions: Bournemouth won 4-1 at home in April 2023, while Leeds won 4-3 away in November 2022. An earlier Championship meeting in January 2015 also went Leeds's way, a reminder of how long this rivalry has run.
What to expect
Given Bournemouth's current momentum and Leeds's more mixed results, the hosts will arrive with the stronger recent record, though the pattern of drawn meetings between these two sides suggests Leeds are capable of making the occasion difficult. The match takes place on 31 October 2026 at the Vitality Stadium.