AFC Bournemouth are still smarting from their FA Cup exit but they have a chance to bounce back quickly when struggling Ipswich Town come calling in the Premier League.
Cherries fans would have been dreaming about a trip to Wembley when their side took the lead against Manchester City on Sunday after Erling Haaland had missed an early penalty.
But Pep Guardiola's side came roaring back after the break to claim a 2-1, bringing up two bets for us in Sunday's football tips in the process.
Bournemouth have now won just once in their last six games, and even that triumph came on penalties against Wolves in the FA Cup, so a promising season is in danger of fizzling out.
They're still in with a chance of securing a European place but badly need to get back on track against an Ipswich side who looked doomed to the drop.
Kieran McKenna's side have gone 10 league games without a win and the bookies now make them odds-on favourites to go down.
With nine games left all hope is not yet lost but they have to pick up some victories, starting at the Vitality Stadium.
How the bookies view it: Bournemouth back in business
With Ipswich Town in such dismal form, BoyleSports make them 13/2 outsiders for a win on the south coast. AFC Bournemouth are 1/3 hot favourites and the draw pays 4/1.
Recent head to head: Old stale mates
Bournemouth won 2-1 at Portman Road earlier in the season and that was the first meeting of these sides in almost a decade. They met four times before that in the Championship and every match was a score draw.
Players to watch: Evan sent
Bournemouth's record signing Evanilson has been in the goals of late, netting three times in his last four outings. The Brazilian is on eight goals for the season and BoyleSports price him at 11/10 for anytime scorer.
Jaden Philogene has impressed for Ipswich since his January move from Aston Villa, with the midfielder netting three times. He's 6/1 for another goal here, which looks a bit on the generous side.
Probable line-ups
Bournemouth's injury issues have cleared up of late and they now have just striker Eres Unal and winger Luis Sinisterra sidelined. Defenders Milos Kerkez and Dean Huijsen are also available again after being suspended in the FA Cup.
Ipswich boss McKenna has more injury problems with Conor Chaplin, Chiedozie Ogbene, Wes Burns, Axel Tuanzebe and Sammie Szmodics set to miss out again.
AFC Bournemouth: Kepa, Huijsen, Kerkez, Cook, Zabarny, Christie, Adams, Tavernier, Kluivert, Semenyo, Evanilson.
Ipswich Town: Palmer, Davis, Woolfende, Greaves, O'Shea, Phillips, Enciso, Cajuste, Hutchinson, Philogene, Delap.
Anything else catch the eye?
Although Ipswich have been struggling, they've still been scoring goals, with just one blank in their last nine outings. Bournemouth always play on the front foot as well and BTTS has landed in their last five.
So it's no surprise to see BTTS at just 8/11 for this game, although you can boost the odds to 21/20 by adding on over 2.5 goals.
The clash between these sides earlier in the season produced an incredible 19 corners, with 13 of them going to the Cherries. That stat suggests over 11.5 corners stands a chance here at 6/5 with BoyleSports while Bournemouth -3 in the corner handicap pays 10/11 with the same firm.
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