Ahead of the clash with Andoni Iraola’s men, a 4pm BST kick-off at Vitality Stadium, we’ve crunched the numbers and trawled through the history books to take a look at some of the key stats and facts concerning this fixture from down the years…
A record-breaking milestone
Kevin Phillips, at 40 years 191 days, became City's oldest ever marksman, breaking Arthur Chandler's 79-year-old record when scoring against Bournemouth in the Sky Bet Championship on 1 February, 2014. The only goal of the game, coming in the 81st minute, it propelled Leicester towards the league title.
Cup clashes in City’s favour
The Foxes triumphed in both the last FA Cup tie and the last League Cup tie between the sides, and although you have to go all the way back to September 1969 for the latter, when Leicester progressed into round four of the competition with a 2-0 away victory in front of 15,857 fans, the FA Cup clash was much more recent.
Abdul Fatawu scored the only goal during extra-time as Enzo Maresca’s side beat Premier League opposition in round five in February 2024.
Recent record
Each of the last two Premier League encounters, meanwhile, ended in 1-0 scorelines, with Facundo Buonanotte’s strike settling the reverse fixture at King Power Stadium earlier this term. In April 2023, however, it was the Cherries who came out on top; Philip Billing scoring the only goal on Filbert Way.
The last time
Last Leicester penalty scored: 15/09/2018, Premier League, Vitality Stadium, James Maddison
Last Bournemouth penalty scored: 12/07/2020, Premier League, Vitality Stadium, Junior Stanislas
All Leicester post-war penalties: Jamie Vardy, James Maddison
All Bournemouth post-war penalties: Mark Newson, Josh King (2), Junior Stanislas
Last Leicester own goal concede: 12/07/2020, Premier League, Vitality Stadium, Jonny Evans
Last Bournemouth own goal conceded: none
All Leicester post-war own goals: Mike Newell, Jonny Evans
All Bournemouth post-war own goals: none
Last Leicester debutant: none
Last Bournemouth debutant: 21/05/2017, Premier League, King Power Stadium, Matt Worthington
All Leicester post-war debutants: none
All Bournemouth post-war debutants: Yann Kermogant, Matt Worthington
Last Leicester player sent off: 12/07/2020, Premier League, Vitality Stadium, Çağlar Söyüncü
Last Bournemouth player sent off: 02/01/2016, Premier League, King Power Stadium, Simon Francis
All Leicester post-war dismissals: Alan Paris, Wes Morgan, Çağlar Söyüncü
All Bournemouth post-war dismissals: Elliott Ward, Simon Francis
Last transfer to Leicester: 18/03/1997, Ian Andrews, loan
Last transfer to Leicester: 12/08/2008, Ricky Sappleton, loan
Connections down the years also include: Steve Claridge, Derek Dawkins, Paul Edmunds, Max Gradel, Brian Greenhalgh, Eddie Kelly, Yann Kermorgant, Dave Langan, Matt Mills, Jimmy Quinn, Franck Rolling, Tony Sealy, Danny Thomas and Dave Webb.
Leading Leicester scorer vs. Bournemouth: Jamie Vardy 7
Leading Bournemouth scorer vs. Leicester: Trevor Aylott, Marc Pugh, Ryan Fraser, Josh King, Callum Wilson, Junior Stanislas, Dominic Solanke, Phillip Billing 2