Marcus Tavernier says that neither he nor his teammates from Bournemouth will lead himself in their pursuit of a spot from Champions League.
The wing player scored the third goal of the Cherries in their 3-1 victory over Southampton last weekend, leaving them in fifth place and one point behind the fourth placed Manchester City.
They will overtake City with a victory over Wolves on Saturday, albeit only temporarily, where Pep Guardiola is not opposed to Liverpool until Sunday.
But despite their strong position, Tavernier suggested that complacency will not be a problem among the team.
“You probably always get these answers, but we take every game at the same time,” he said. “But we see the table and we'll see what's at stake.
“But we can't get ourselves ahead. We know that if you do that, things can run the other way very quickly. So we just have to concentrate on ourselves and think of good points every week.”
Wolves Head Coach Vorror Pereira will now be looking for more of the same side, after their improved second half performance in their 2-1 defeat against Liverpool.
Despite the fact that he went two goals in the first half, Wolves imposed a deserving display after the break at Anfield, scored a goal and were much more effective when printing. That is something that Pereira wants his side to repeat in the future.
“Even the best players in the world – if you press it, they make mistakes,” he said.
“This is what we have to do in the future – not in one half, but in two halves. Take the risks, play with courage and in our way of playing, and then I don't care about the result.
“I don't care about the team on the other hand – if it's Liverpool or Chelsea – I just concentrate on my team.”
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Players to watch
Bournemouth – Dango Outtara
Ouattara has been involved in nine goals in his last 11 Premier League matches (six goals, three assists), as many as in his first 60 performances in the competition (three goals, six assists).
Outtara scored four times in his last three league games, including a hat trick in the 5-0 home victory of Bournemouth on Nottingham Forest.
Wolves – Matheus Cunha
Cunha has scored 17 of his 26 Premier League goals in Way matches (65.4%); Among players with so many or more goals in the competition than the Brazilian, only Marcus Bent (67.5%) scored a higher part on the road.
He is the only Wolves player this season who scored more than seven league goals (12) and has scored six in his last 10 performances in all competitions.
Match forecast: Bournemouth Win
This is the fourth consecutive Premier League match of Wolves against one side that starts the day in the top six of the table and loses each of the other three. Wolves even won only one of their last 28 on the road against parties in the top six (three pulled, 24 lost).
Bournemouth has won each of their last three meetings with Wolves and came in after they have won six of their last eight games in all competitions.
Only Liverpool and Man City have had more shots and shots on goal this season than Bournemouth in the Premier League (403 shots, 147 on goal), while only Liverpool and Chelsea have a higher XG than the cherries (47.8).
Their speed of 16.1 shots, 5.9 shots on goal, 1.9 xg and 1.8 goals per game are all the highest of the Cherries in one of their eight seasons in the top.
Wolves have meanwhile admitted 54 goals from an XGA (expected goals against) figure of 41.6 in the Premier League this period, the biggest difference between XG against and actual goals (-12.4).
Opta wins probability
Bournemouth – 56.9%
Drawing – 21.7%
Wolves – 21.4%
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