Bournemouth da West Bromwich Albion sun fafata a zagaye na uku na gasar FA Cup a ranar Asabar, 11 ga Janairu, 2025, a filin wasa na Vitality Stadium. Bournemouth, wanda ke fafatawa a gasar Premier League, ya zo wasan ne da tarihin rashin cin karo a wasanni takwas na baya-bayan nan, yayin da West Brom, wanda ke fafatawa a gasar Championship, ke fafatawa ba tare da koci na dindindin ba.
Bournemouth, wanda aka fi sani da The Cherries, ya ci nasara a wasanni biyar kuma ya yi canjaras a uku daga cikin wasanni takwas na baya a gasar Premier League. Wannan nasarar ta sa suka kai matsayi na bakwai a gasar, inda suka kasance maki uku kacal a bayan Chelsea a matsayi na hudu. Kocin Bournemouth, Andoni Iraola, ya bayyana cewa tawagarsa za ta mai da hankali kan gasar FA Cup, bayan da aka fitar da su a zagaye na hudu a kakar da ta gabata ta hannun Leicester City.
A gefe guda, West Brom, wanda aka fi sani da The Baggies, ya fara shekarar 2025 ba tare da koci na dindindin ba, bayan barin Carlos Corberan a ranar 24 ga Disamba, 2024. Duk da haka, tawagar ta ci gaba da fafatawa a gasar Championship, inda ta samu maki biyar daga wasanni hudu kuma ta kasance a matsayi na shida a gasar.
Bournemouth ya fuskantar matsalar raunin da ya shafi Evanilson, wanda ya sami karaya a kafa kuma ba zai iya buga wasa ba har zuwa Afrilu. Hakanan, tawagar ta rasa Dominic Solanke da sauran ‘yan wasa da dama saboda raunuka. A gefen West Brom, Daryl Dike ya ci gaba da murmurewa daga raunin Achilles da ya samu a watan Fabrairu 2024, yayin da Semi Ajayi ya kasance ba zai iya buga wasa ba tun Oktoba saboda rauni a kafa.
An sa ran wasan zai kasance mai tsanani, tare da Bournemouth da ke da damar cin nasara saboda gogewar da suke da ita a gasar Premier League. Duk da haka, West Brom na iya zama abin ƙyama idan suka yi amfani da damar da suke da ita.
