Bournemouth’s 29-goal striker Dominic Solanke is the main focus of this article on the Cherries’ Fantasy Premier League (FPL) attacking options for 2022/23.
But we’ll also be assessing the other midfielders and forwards from the south coast club following their promotion from the Championship.
We’ve asked Bournemouth supporters and Fantasy Football Scout users PaulRUK3 and FPLScofield for their input for this piece, to provide a fan’s view.
You can read up on our guide to the Cherries’ defenders here and a profile of manager Scott Parker here.
Everything you need to know about Fulham can be found via the links below:
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The stats in this piece are taken from Fotmob and WhoScored.
WHAT IS BOURNEMOUTH’S GOAL-SCORING POTENTIAL IN FPL?
P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
Total | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 74 | 39 | +35 | 88 |
Home | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 46 |
Away | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 42 |
Bournemouth were the second-highest scorers in the Championship last season but they were significantly short of Fulham’s total of 106 goals.
Goals haven’t exactly flowed for Parker’s teams over the last few years: Fulham were only the seventh highest-scoring side when being promoted in 2019/20 and the second-lowest in the Premier League in 2020/21.
Underlying stats-wise, the Cherries attempted over 150 fewer shots than champions Fulham last season and were mostly top-four material for the key metrics below.
2021/22 total (rank v other Championship clubs) | |
Goals scored | 74 (2nd) |
Shots | 581 (4th) |
Shots in the box | 416 (4th) |
Shots on target | 214 (3rd) |
Attempts from set plays | 125 (22nd) |
Attempts on the counter-attack | 10 (=19th) |
Expected goals (xG) | 76.5 (3rd) |
Parker’s reputation for slow-and-steady, possession-based football is underscored in the low number of shots (and, in fact, total of zero goals) from counter-attacks, something that surely will have to improve next season as they won’t see nearly as much of the ball in the Premier League.
The Cherries posed little threat from set-piece situations, too.
“I personally don’t see us being that free-scoring this year and, most likely, less free-scoring than under Eddie Howe.
“There were 14 away matches that saw two or fewer goals scored by both teams combined but we alone scored 2+ goals on 14 occasions at home. We had way more clean sheets away than at home, while over half our matches at the Vitality saw both teams score.
“So basically, we’ve been scoring more at home and been less attacking away.
“We may have to be more cautious at home in the Premier League next season, however, so we might play how we did on road last year at the Vitality. And away I think we could struggle but our blueprint will be to keep it tight.” – FPLScofield
“Solanke is key: if he carries his finishing into Premier League, then yes [we can score enough to stay up]. If we can work Kieffer Moore into the line-up, even better.” – PaulRUK3
PLAYER BY PLAYER
2021/22: APPS, GOALS AND ASSISTS
Player | Position | Starts (Sub Apps) | Mins | Goals | Assists |
Dominic Solanke | ST | 46 | 4096 | 29 | 7 |
Jaidon Anthony | LW | 38(7) | 3265 | 8 | 7 |
Philip Billing | CM | 37(3) | 3312 | 10 | 10 |
Ryan Christie | RW | 36(2) | 3016 | 3 | 8 |
Jamal Lowe | LW/RW/ST | 9(25) | 1103 | 7 | 2 |
Jefferson Lerma | CM | 33(1) | 2860 | 1 | 3 |
Lewis Cook | CM | 25(3) | 2180 | 1 | 2 |
Ben Pearson | CM | 8(15) | 875 | – | 1 |
Emiliano Marcondes | CM | 8(9) | 787 | 2 | 2 |
Morgan Rogers* | LW/RW | 1(14) | 219 | 1 | – |
Gavin Kilkenny | CM | 13(1) | 1100 | – | – |
Siriki Dembélé | LW | 4(9) | 522 | 2 | 1 |
Todd Cantwell* | CM | 8(3) | 641 | – | – |
David Brooks | RW | 7 | 506 | 1 | – |
Junior Stanislas | LW/RW | 2(5) | 179 | – | 2 |
Robbie Brady | LW/RW | 2(4) | 191 | – | – |
Kieffer Moore | ST | 0(4) | 83 | 4 | – |
Christian Saydee | ST | 0(2) | 2 | – | – |
*a loanee in 2021/22, has returned to parent club
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