PREMIER LEAGUE FRIDAY: We preview Friday’s Premier League game between SOUTHAMPTON v BOURNEMOUTH with a recommended BETDAQ bet and extended stats.
SOUTHAMPTON V BOURNEMOUTH
8pm It’s been a very busy week with Monday Night Football, Champions League, Europa League and now we have Friday Night Football to enjoy! Nothing separates these two sides in the Premier League table after five games. They sit in 9th and 10th, equal on points and goal difference. Southampton started the season a little slowly, however they have had some good performances since then – drawing with Manchester United and grinded out wins against Sheffield United and Brighton. Bournemouth have had an up and down season already; and you’d slightly worry about them away from home.
The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; Southampton 2.1, Bournemouth 3.9 and the draw is 3.7. Hopefully we get a similar game to the last time here when we saw six goals – that game ending 3-3. Southampton have a good long-term record against Bournemouth only losing once in their last eight Premier League meetings. They’ve also been rock solid at home, only losing to Liverpool which we can forgive any team at the moment, and held Manchester United to a draw here too.
Bournemouth may have grinded out a win away to Aston Villa but they shipped three goals in a 3-1 defeat away to Leicester. Their only standout result was beaten Everton 3-1 last weekend; although Everton are also a side who struggle away from home. We feel that home advantage will play a big part in this fixture and the 2.1 on Southampton looks worth backing. They come into the fixture in winning form and full of confidence – they can add another three points here.
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Southampton to beat Bournemouth at 2.1.
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MATCH STATS
- Southampton have lost just one of their eight Premier League meetings with Bournemouth (W3 D4) and are unbeaten in all four at St Mary’s (W2 D2).
- In all competitions, Bournemouth have never won away against Southampton in 15 attempts (D6 L9), failing to score in eight of those meetings.
- Southampton have lost each of their last four home league games on a Friday, though three of those were in the Championship between 2007 and 2012.
- Bournemouth won their only previous Premier League game played on a Friday, which was also a south coast derby (2-1 vs Brighton in September 2017).
- Bournemouth have scored directly from a free-kick twice in their last three Premier League games – they had done so just once in their previous 154 games in the competition.
- Southampton have won two of their last three games in the Premier League (D1), after winning just once in their previous nine in the competition (W1 D3 L5). Saints last won consecutive league games in March.
- Since their debut in the Premier League in August 2015, both teams have scored in 88 different games involving Bournemouth; only Leicester (91) and Arsenal (90) have registered more.
- Since the start of last season, only Raheem Sterling (32) has been directly involved in more Premier League goals amongst English players than Bournemouth’s Callum Wilson (26 – 17 goals, 9 assists).
- Nathan Redmond has had a hand in 11 Premier League goals under Ralph Hasenhüttl (7 goals, 4 assists); more than he has registered under any other Southampton manager in the competition.
- Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe has never won away from home in all competitions against Southampton as manager (W0 D2 L5), with his sides failing to score on five occasions. Only versus Leicester (9) has he faced more often without ever registering an away win.
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