Huddersfield Town vs Bournemouth - as it happened: Steve Mounie double gives hosts win

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Huddersfield welcome Bournemouth to the north on Sunday lunchtime as Eddie Howe’s side look to continue their decent start to the second-half of the season.

A win would take Bournemouth level on points with ninth-placed Everton in the Premier League table while Huddersfield are in desperate need of all three points as they try to get out of a relegation battle.

A win would lift them out of the bottom three – albeit perhaps temporarily – and put seven points between themselves and bottom-of-the-table West Bromwich Albion.

The game will be shown live on BT Sport, with kick-off at 12pm or you can follow all the action below:

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Key Points

• Huddersfield Town (4-2-3-1) Lossl; Hadergjonaj, Zanka, Schindler, Malone; Pritchard, Hogg; van La Parra, Mooy, Ince; Mounie.

  Substitutes: Coleman, Kongolo, Hefele, Billing, Sabiri, Williams, Quaner.

• AFC Bournemouth (3-4-2-1) Begovic; Francis, S Cook, Ake; Fraser, L Cook, Gosling, Daniels; Ibe, Stanislas; Wilson.

  Substitutes: Boruc, Smith, Simpson, Surman, Arter, King, Mousset.

[11 February 2018 11:34 · Liam Corless]

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Huddersfield vs Bournemouth!

Here's the team news from the John Smith's Stadium:

[11 February 2018 11:37 · Liam Corless]

Pre-match quotes from Huddersfield manager David Wagner

"The season starts now. We've got the difficult fixtures out of the way and now we have the fixtures in front of us where we will be able to collect some wins.

"It's an opportunity against a strong side which is in good form at the minute but that doesn't change our desire to be successful today."

Quotes from BT Sport

[11 February 2018 11:40 · Liam Corless]

Fans arrive at the stadium prior to kick-off 

[11 February 2018 11:48 · Liam Corless]

Pre-match quotes from Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe

"It's going to be a tough game today. Huddersfield are good at home. We've got to make sure we start well.

"We've got confidence at the moment and we need to make sure we keep it as long as possible. The fundamentals of our work ethic are going to be so important today."

Quotes from BT Sport

[11 February 2018 11:52 · Liam Corless]

Bournemouth haven't lost in the Premier League since before Christmas 

[11 February 2018 11:57 · Liam Corless]

Bournemouth vs Huddersfield - last five meetings

• Bournemouth 4-0 Huddersfield, Premier League (November 2017)
• Bournemouth 1-1 Huddersfield, Championship (February 2015)
• Huddersfield 0-4 Bournemouth, Championship (August 2014)
• Bournemouth 2-1 Huddersfield, Championship (January 2014)
• Huddersfield 5-1 Bournemouth, Championship (August 2013)

[11 February 2018 11:59 · Liam Corless]

The players are out on the pitch and kick-off is just a few moments away.

[11 February 2018 12:01 · Liam Corless]

1' - We are underway in west Yorkshire!

[11 February 2018 12:06 · Liam Corless]

5' - Not too much to report on from the early stages of this one. We've just had a short break in play due to an injury to Christopher Schindler but, thankfully for Huddersfield, he looks alright to carry on.

[11 February 2018 12:09 · Liam Corless]

GOAL! Huddersfield 1-0 Bournemouth (Pritchard)

7' - The hosts take an early lead and it's January signing Alex Pritchard with the goal, as he slots home from close range after good work down the left wing by Steve Mounie!