Bournemouth vs Watford preview - Rantie ready to return

Bournemouth are likely to have Tokelo Rantie available as they look to get back to winning ways against Watford.

The South African striker is heading back to England following his country's elimination from the African Nations Cup and he is set to be at Eddie Howe's disposal on Friday evening.

Howe, who remains without the injured Dan Gosling, will make a number of changes from the side beaten 2-1 by Aston Villa on Sunday.

Goalscoring substitute Callum Wilson, along with Matt Ritchie, Simon Francis, Artur Boruc, Charlie Daniels and Marc Pugh could all return to the starting line-up having seen their understudies given a chance at Villa Park.

Watford will travel with no new injury concerns but are still without four players.

Joel Ekstrand, Almen Abdi, Fernando Forestieri and Sean Murray will all miss the trip south.

Defender Ekstrand remains sidelined by a lower back problem while midfielder Abdi and striker Forestieri are out with hamstring injuries, although the Hornets hope all three could be back in training next week.

Midfielder Murray faces longer on the sidelines having undergone knee surgery last week.