Chelsea 0-3 Bournemouth: Classy Cherries damn dismal Blues to joint-heaviest defeat of Conte's reign

Full-time: Chelsea 0-3 Bournemouth

A stunning second-half salvo from Bournemouth has damned Chelsea to a crushing defeat. Goals from Wilson, Stanislas and Ibe sent the Cherries to delirium and left Conte's under-strength side to suffer in the mess they got themselves into.

The Blues slip to fourth as a result of that dismal display, and with Tottenham looking to be approaching their best form, they need to buck their ideas up quickly.

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Hudson-Odoi dances away from challenges and finds Hazard, who lays the ball off to Alonso. The Spaniard finds the Belgian in the box, but he can't control his volley.

Bournemouth readying a final change, Mousset on for Wilson, presumably.

Pedro whips a ball in but nothing doing for Chelsea. Credit to Bournemouth, they have been more than worthy winners here.

Four minutes of added time remaining at Stamford Bridge. Hudson-Odoi has looked lively in patches, to his credit. The youngster makes space for a shot, but it's never troubling Begovic.

Chelsea corner. Begovic claims. Stamford Bridge emptying at an alarming rate as Bournemouth take the fight to the hosts once again.

GOALS!

Honours even at St James' Park as Vokes equalises for Burnley, while Kevin de Bruyne kills the game for Manchester City, who now lead West Brom 2-0.

Bournemouth win a corner as they press for a fourth goal. It's cleared by Chelsea, but Alonso's pass was never going to reach a man in blue.

Ibe's race is run. He seems to have picked up a hamstring problem.

Fabregas receives a yellow card for smashing into King after the Norwegian had muscled him off the ball. Tackling not exactly the Spaniard's forte, as he evidenced then.

Chelsea fans already leaving the stadium.

Sums it up for Chelsea, really.

Chelsea appeal in vain for a penalty but their cries seem to fall on deaf ears. A lovely ball from Fabregas then sends Pedro, but his effort goes horribly wide.

GOAL! Leicester have halved the deficit at Goodison Park. Jamie Vardy with a penalty.

Chelsea win a free-kick in a very dangerous area as Hazard ducks and dives away from challenges, only to be fouled by Ake.

Alonso stands over it, but his effort hits the wall and is cleared away.

Ake comes back to haunt his former club!

Chelsea fail to properly clear a corner, Wilson keeps the ball alive and manages to feed Stanislas, whose cross-cum-shot is sidefooted into the net by Ake.

3-0, Bournemouth are in dreamland!

GOAL! Chelsea 0-3 Bournemouth (Ake)

Wilson and Stanislas combine brilliantly down the left hand side to evade the attentions of several Chelsea players. The former then sets the latter free with a lovely reverse pass, allowing Stanislas to raid into the box and poke the ball through Courtois' legs.

Conte has reacted immediately - young Hudson-Odoi is on for Zappacosta.

GOAL! Chelsea 0-2 Bournemouth (Stanislas)

Hazard forces Begovic into a meaningful save, arguably his first of the evening.

Alonso then drifts inside to get involved but Hazard quickly loses possession.

Fabregas tries to play a quick ball for Hazard but the referee brings it back becuase he had not allowed the Spaniard to take the free-kick.

Chelsea then come forward through Rudiger, whose low cross is poked behind by Cook for a corner. Bakayoko's tame header is then easily claimed by Begovic.

Hazard bears down on goal but is flagged for offside. Not been the Belgian's night so far, but there is still time for that to change.

Lewis Cook almost makes it two with a piledriver that just evades Courtois' post!

Conte makes his first substitution of the evening. Barkley is withdrawn by Fabregas after a rather disappointing full debut.

Bournemouth break quickly up the pitch with numbers, Ibe finds the run of Wilson, who keeps his composure to slot expertly past Courtois. Cahill was exploited badly, didn't know whether to stick or twist. 1-0 to the visitors!

GOAL! Chelsea 0-1 Bournemouth (Wilson)

Hazard looks to test Fraser as he jinks around the box but his cross is deflected for a corner, which is cleared with supreme ease by the Cherries.

Callum Wilson gets the second half underway.

New Chelsea signings Olivier Giroud and Emerson Palmieri have been very briefly paraded in front of the Stamford Bridge faithful at half-time. That might lift spirits after such a drab first half.

Ross Barkley has not been able to influence proceedings on his first start for his new club.

Half-time: Chelsea 0-0 Bournemouth

Tedious from the Blues, who have failed to test former stopper Begovic so far. Hazard has looked bright in spells, but Barkley and Pedro have not been in the game at all.

Bournemouth comfortable but not exactly daring. Christiansen's injury the only memorable point of a rather tedious affair.

Bournemouth come forward with Ibe and Gosling but Chelsea snuff out the danger and try to start an attack of their own. They can't, so back to the midfield it goes. Rather dull, this.

Zappacosta provides a lovely cross for Alonso at the backstick. The Spaniard climbs high, but he just can't manage to get his header on target. Five minutes to go until half-time.

GOAL! Everton are 2-0 up against Leicester City now. Walcott has a brace.

GOAL! Manchester City take the lead against West Brom - Fernandinho's strike put Guardiola's side in front.

Chelsea haven't really got going yet, but there have been signs of life in the last few minutes.

Cook's lack of urgency is almost punished severely as he is robbed of the ball by Hazard, but Bournemouth just about clear the danger.

Hazard finds himself free in the penalty but he can't divert Alonso's cross goalwards. Chelsea do win a corner but fail to make anything of it, but Kante does well to stop a potential Bourenmouth counter-attacks in its infancy.

Chelsea win a corner. Pedro's delivery is met by the head of Cahill, who just can't get his header on target. The ball ruffles the top of the net as it drifts over the bar.

Andreas Christiansen's race is run. The Dane is holding his hamstring and is set to be replaced by Antonio Rudiger. A shame for Christiansen, who is currently receiving treatment on the pitch; he has been one of Chelsea's better players this season.

Really little of note from either side in the opening exchanges at Stamford Bridge, though the visitors won't mind that at all. Eddie Howe's men are looking comfortable, Chelsea unadventurous and rather one-dimensional, waiting on Hazard to spark into life.

GOAL! Everton have taken against Leicester City - Theo Walcott with his first goal for the club.

Fraser zooms down the right flank and leaves Alonso for dead, but his bright run is stopped rather stupidly by Wilson, who tripped Christiansen for little reason if any.

New signings Giroud and Palmieri engage in conversation. Giroud's on cloud nine it seems.

Lovely interplay between Kante and Hazard sees the Belgian attacker dart into space in the box, but his pullback can't find the lurking Barkley.

Bournemouth win another corner which eventually leads to a Stanislas effort going straight into the hands of Courtois.

Giroud seems happy in his new surroundings, sitting next to his potential strike partner Alvaro Morata.

A teasing ball from Hazard forces a Chelsea corner, which is taken short before eventually being lost by Barkley. Bournemouth attempt to counter, but Azpilicueta mops up.

Bournemouth win an early corner but make nothing of it. Chelsea play the ball out from the back nicely before trying to find Barkley, who can't latch onto Christiansen's pass.

Olivier Giroud is in attendance, as you would expect.

Eden Hazard gets the game underway.

The teams are emerging from the tunnel now. Kick-off just moments away.

The teams are in the tunnel at Stamford Bridge. All set for kick-off now.

Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe is in bullish mood ahead of the imminent clash, though he will have to make do without first-choice right-back Adam Smith for tonight and perhaps the next few weeks.

"We go into the game full of confidence on the back of five Premier League games unbeaten," Howe said.

"Adam Smith has a thigh problem which means he will miss a couple of games."

Less than 30 minutes to go until things get underway at Stamford Bridge.

A reminder of tonight's team news:

Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Cahill (c), Zappacosta, Kante, Bakayoko, Alonso, Barkley, Hazard, Pedro.

Bournemouth: Begovic, Steve Cook, Daniels, Aké, Francis, Ibe, Fraser, Gosling, Stanislas, Lewis Cook, Wilson.

Ross Barkley will start for Chelsea for the first time tonight.

Much was made of Conte's comments regarding the 24-year-old after Chelsea's loss to Arsenal in the Carabao Cup, but will the former Everton midfielder prove to the Italian that he is worthy of a place in his side?

Quiet before the storm at Stamford Bridge.

Elsewhere, Manchester City host West Bromwich Albion. Pep Guardiola has afforded a start to new signing Aymeric Laporte, whose arrival from Athletic Bilbao was confirmed earlier this week.

Don't forget there are a number of other Premier League matches taking place tonight, including Everton vs Leicester City. Seamus Coleman starts after almost a year out with a broken leg, but Riyad Mahrez is nowhere to be seen after having his head turned by Manchester City's late pursuit of him.

Chelsea's new boy has taken to social media to speak of his excitement over moving from north to west London.

For Bournemouth, Eddie Howe makes a couple of changes to the side that drew with West Ham United 10 days ago. Cook, Stanislas and Gosling start, while last season's top scorer Josh King is fit enough for the substitutes' bench.

Conte makes a number of changes to the side that easily beat Newcastle in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Sunday.

There is no Emerson Palmieri, but there is a start for Ross Barkley, presumably due to the departure of Michy Batshuayi and the lack of other attacking options available, while Thibaut Courtois, Cesar Azpilicueta, Gary Cahill and Tiemoue Bakayoko all return to the starting line-up.

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Chelsea: Caballero, Rudiger, Ampadu, Drinkwater, Moses, Fabregas, Hudson-Odoi.

Bournemouth: Boruc, Simpson, Surman, Arter, King, Pugh, Mousset.

TEAM NEWS

Bournemouth's starting line-up in text form: Begovic, Steve Cook, Daniels, Aké, Francis, Ibe, Fraser, Gosling, Stanislas, Lewis Cook, Wilson.

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Chelsea's starting line-up in text form: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Cahill (c), Zappacosta, Kante, Bakayoko, Alonso, Barkley, Hazard, Pedro.

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Team news just moments away now.

There will of course be no Giroud - he may be paraded on the pitch at half-time - but will we see Emerson Palmieri feature at all?

Like Chelsea, Bournemouth have been active on the last day of the transfer window, albeit with little success.

Eddie Howe's side saw a bid rejected for Brentford defender Chris Mepham, while Lewis Grabban's future is still undecided having returned from a loan spell at Sunderland.

Will the Cherries do some late business?

Giroud's arrival and Batshuayi's departure aren't the only deals that Chelsea have been involved with; Blues right-back Todd Kane has joined Oxford United on loan until the end of the season.

Kane was sent to Groningen on a temporary deal during the first half of the campaign, but was recalled from the Dutch outfit earlier this week and will now spend the rest of the season at the Kassam Stadium.

I'll stop spamming news and images of Giroud in a minute... promise.

Olivier Giroud may have become an Arsenal legend during his time in north London - certainly a topic for debate - but the Frenchman is determined to make history at Chelsea after putting pen-to-paper on an 18-month contract.

"Chelsea is one of the biggest teams in the Premier League," he told the club's official website. "They have won maybe the most trophies in the last six or seven years. It's a massive club and I am proud to sign for Chelsea, and I'm looking forward to playing."

Chelsea are making their way into the home dressing room. Is that new signing Emerson Palmieri walking alongside Antonio Rudiger? It will be interesting to see if he is included in the squad having only been announced as a Chelsea player yesterday...

Bournemouth have landed in west London, but will they leave with three points?

Eddie Howe's side were desperately unlucky to lose in stoppage-time when they last visited Stamford Bridge, Alvaro Morata scoring a late, late winner to hand Chelsea a victory in the quarter-final of the Carabao Cup in December.

Where better to start?

Chelsea have confirmed the signing of Olivier Giroud from Arsenal in a deal worth around £18m.

The France international will now serve as the Blues' Plan B after Michy Batshuayi left for Borussia Dortmund on loan, and he is delighted to have made the short hop across London.

Good evening and welcome to IB Times UK's live Premier League coverage of Chelsea vs Bournemouth.

The Premier League champions need a win against the struggling Cherries to put some breathing space between themselves and Liverpool, who moved level on points with the Blues courtesy of a 3-0 win over Huddersfield Town on Tuesday.

Antonio Conte's side may have to face Bournemouth without a striker, though: Alvaro Morata is nursing a back problem, Michy Batshuayi is on his way to Borussia Dortmund while new signing Olivier Giroud is ineligible to feature having signed from Arsenal earlier today.

Bournemouth may be encouraged by Chelsea's lack of centre-forward, but the Blues did use Eden Hazard as a false nine when Eddie Howe's side last visited Stamford Bridge in the league and secured a comfortable 3-0 win.

Will history repeat itself? Stick with IB Times UK for the latest team news, updates and reaction to all the goings on at Stamford Bridge and around the grounds, with a number of other Premier League matches taking place.