CHERRIES have handed debuts to January recruits Hamed Traore and Antoine Semenyo.

The pair have been named in the starting XI for this afternoon’s clash with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Dango Ouattara is again in the side, while Matias Vina is among the substitutes.

Cherries have made five changes in all from the 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest two weeks ago.

Both centre-backs, Lloyd Kelly and Jack Stephens, are not with the squad, as Chris Mepham and Marcos Senesi return.

Ryan Christie, Kieffer Moore and Joe Rothwell are all on the bench, with Philip Billing among those to return after injury.

Dominic Solanke, Lewis Cook, Marcus Tavernier, Ryan Fredericks, Junior Stanislas and David Brooks are still all out as they battle back from injury.

Illia Zabarnyi travelled with Cherries’ squad to Brighton, but is not part of the matchday squad.

Three members of the club’s development squad in Ben Greenwood, Max Kinsey-Wellings and Euan Pollock are all on the bench.

Goalkeeper Neto takes the captain’s armband in Kelly’s absence.

Cherries XI: Neto; Smith, Mepham, Senesi, Zemura; Lerma, Traore, Billing; Ouattara, Anthony, Semenyo.

Subs: Stacey, Kinsey-Wellings, Greenwood, Vina, Rothwell, Christie, Pollock, Moore, Travers (g/k).