With the Cherries still licking their wounds from two stinging defeats in their opening two away matches in the Championship, the Dean Court side head back to the scene of the first of those heavy defeats to face Watford (again) on Wednesday evening, determined to avenge that 6-1 drubbing.
Speaking in the Bournemouth Evening Echo, manager Eddie Howe is quoted as saying on the League Cup: "It is a totally different game and a difficult game to prepare for. We are not sure what team Watford will play and they won’t know what team we are going to play either. It is a difficult draw for us but we will try to give a good account of ourselves. As we have seen already this season, Watford are a top side. The first game was a really high quality match between two very technical football teams and I am sure this one will be no different. We are looking forward to going back and, hopefully, the result will be different this time. It would be nice to reach the third round. I am not going to make any secret of the fact the league is our biggest priority this season but this is still a competition we would like to do well in and we would like to progress as far as we can. Our record in the League Cup is not great but we would love to progress because, as other clubs have shown down the years, you never know what can happen once you win a few games. That will be the aim but it will be tough".
The last time the Cherries won through to the Third Round in this competition came when a certain Eddie Howe scored the winning penalty against Blackburn Rovers way back in 2004.