They will, of course, be aiming to pick up as many points as possible in the remaining seven games of the season, and that may bring with it European football.
It is a hugely congested Premier League, with seven points separating Liverpool in fifth from the Cherries down in 13th.
Andoni Iraola’s side are just four points off seventh and eighth, with both having a realistic chance of bringing a European spot come the end of the campaign.
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But there is a chance, although small, that 11 teams qualify, so Bournemouth will be hoping to put themselves in a strong position to do so should the cards fall in the right direction to maximise English interest on the continent.
Here’s how the permutations for the European spots will shake out in the final weeks of the season.
Justin Kluivert (Image: Richard Crease)
As with every season, the top four teams get Champions League qualification. England are well on course for that to become the top five, thanks to the UEFA coefficient and European Performance Spots.
There are two Europa League spots, then, one for fifth (or likely sixth) place, and for the winners of the FA Cup, and one Conference League place, for the winners of the League Cup.
But Manchester City look nailed on to finish in the top five after their League Cup victory, so that Conference League place goes to the league, and potentially seventh or eighth place, depending on where the FA Cup ends up.
The likelihood of that cup spot going to the league is on paper 50/50, with two of the four teams in the semifinals of the FA Cup currently sat in the top five, in Man City and Chelsea.
The other two are Leeds and Southampton, with the former unlikely to qualify for Europe through the league and the latter unable to do so, as they are in the Championship.
Junior Kroupi netted his seventh goal of the season to give the Cherries the halftime lead. (Image: Richard Crease)
So, should City or Chelsea win the cup and finish in the top five, the Europa League spot will go back to the league.
But there are further complications that could mean tenth place gets Europe with Liverpool, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace currently competing on the continent.
The key is with the Reds and Villa.
Should that pair win their respective European competitions in the Champions League and Europa League, but drop out of the top five, their spots in the Champions League would be independent of league qualification.
So, if they finish sixth and seventh, for instance, but win those competitions, then the top five plus Liverpool and Villa will get Champions League.
Eighth and ninth will get Europa League, provided Chelsea or Man City win the cup, and tenth will get Conference League. An 11th team in Europe could then come in the form of Palace, if they win the Conference League and finish outside the top ten.
While this is unlikely, a top eight finish could well be good enough to secure qualification – so it’s all to play for and within touching distance for Iraola’s Cherries.