Mousset is primed to be the one to watch tonight

Lys Mousset has suddenly found himself on the verge of playing a bigger part in Bournemouth's season than he might have hoped for. He did play well enough in the first tie against Wigan to get another crack at it tonight and it was interesting to see Eddie Howe go over to Mousset and make sure he was the player that he had a few words to before coming off the pitch to congratulate him in his part in the goal that Wilson scored against Arsenal.

Mousset is getting his opportunity.

I don't think we know yet how good Lys Mousset is. He has shown against Wigan already that he can strike a good shot and will be aiming to be the main man on the score sheet tonight. It would not surprise me if Eddie Howe was running on the pitch last Sunday to tell Mousset that he had a big week ahead of him, and while Defoe remains injured, and Wilson is having to do a lot of work in Premier League games, the door seems a little wider for Mousset to play now and I bet Benik Afobe knows it too.

Lys is the first sub at present for Bournemouth going by recent events and I'm hopeful that he is going to get the nod a bit more often now from Howe. It's apparently his fitness that was holding him back, but I think he can be more than an impact player.

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Keep your eyes on Mousset. I get the impression he is very near a real break through for the Cherries and we could be about to see that he can get more than a goal in a game. Wigan will not have seen much of him apart from the game the other week and I expect that Dinkley and Burn will know they will be kept busy by the Frenchman in particular. Mousset was happily celebrating with Jordan Ibe at the weekend, it's now his time to get in on the act.

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