The prevalence and performance of our young graduates has been one of the stories of the season, with Tammy Abraham currently our top goalscorer and the likes of Mason Mount, Fikayo Tomori, Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi playing a key role for Frank Lampard’s side.

While Nathan Ake will miss out for the visitors with a hamstring injury, Dominic Solanke is set to start up front for the Cherries and line up head-to-head with a childhood friend he played alongside for over a decade.

Abraham and Solanke tore defences apart as schoolboys, scholars and then young professionals while representing Chelsea Academy teams. The duo netted 41 goals each in 2014/15 as they fired us to success in the FA Youth Cup and UEFA Youth League, a time Abraham has been reflecting back upon ahead of a reunion with his teenage strike partner.

‘We have so many good memories together,’ said Abraham when recalling his on-field partnership and off-field friendship with Solanke.