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AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Vitality Stadium

Date:  30th September 2024

Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT

Bournemouth and Southampton will face-off at the Vitality Stadium for the first installment of the South Coast Derby on Monday.

The Cherries will be desperate to bounce back here as they come into this clash on the back of successive Premier League defeats, both of which came without scoring. They haven’t lost three successive top-flight games ‘to nil’ since the end of the 2022/23 season, though, so a bounce back, at least in scoring terms, could be possible.

Still, Bournemouth’s home form is concerning. The hosts have yet to win at home in the league this season (D1, L1), and they’ll perhaps be fearful that run could continue given they’ve not won a home head-to-head match since March 2016 (D2, L4).

The last four games in that head-to-head run saw them draw a scoring blank. Yet, with a respectable league record at the Vitality Stadium stretching back into last season (W4, D3, L2), scoring in all but one of those, they’ll be hopeful of breaking a couple of negative streaks here.

Meanwhile, Southampton have a streak of their own to break here as they’re winless in the league this season (D1, L4). Only a late Ipswich goal last week denied them a first Premier League win of the season, forcing them to settle for a 1-1 draw.

Saints boss Russell Martin expressed his disappointment in the aftermath of the game but he also insisted his side are “getting better” with each passing game so he’ll believe that first win is around the corner.

Yet, winning away in the top-flight is something that’s been a long-standing issue, with the Saints emerging victorious in none of their last nine Premier League road trips (D2, L7). Ending that streak against a side Martin has never beaten in a managerial H2H (D1, L2) could prove difficult, and perhaps the most concerning aspect is that his side have conceded 3+ times in each of those three.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

October 19, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur 12:30 West Ham United
Newcastle United 15:00 Brighton & Hov…
Southampton 15:00 Leicester City
Fulham 15:00 Aston Villa
Manchester United 15:00 Brentford
Ipswich Town 15:00 Everton
AFC Bournemouth 17:30 Arsenal
October 20, 2024
Wolverhampton Wanderers 14:00 Manchester City
Liverpool 16:30 Chelsea
October 21, 2024
Nottingham Forest 20:00 Crystal Palace
October 25, 2024
Leicester City 20:00 Nottingham Forest
October 26, 2024
Aston Villa 15:00 AFC Bournemouth
Brentford 15:00 Ipswich Town
Brighton & Hov… 15:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City 15:00 Southampton
Everton 17:30 Fulham
October 27, 2024
West Ham United 16:00 Manchester United
Crystal Palace 16:00 Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea 16:00 Newcastle United
Arsenal 18:30 Liverpool

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 7 6 0 1 13 2 +11 18
2 Manchester City 7 5 2 0 17 8 +9 17
3 Arsenal 7 5 2 0 15 6 +9 17
4 Chelsea 7 4 2 1 16 8 +8 14
5 Aston Villa 7 4 2 1 12 9 +3 14
6 Brighton & Hov… 7 3 3 1 13 10 +3 12
7 Newcastle United 7 3 3 1 8 7 +1 12
8 Fulham 7 3 2 2 10 8 +2 11
9 Tottenham Hotspur 7 3 1 3 14 8 +6 10
10 Nottingham Forest 7 2 4 1 7 6 +1 10
11 Brentford 7 3 1 3 13 13 +0 10
12 West Ham United 7 2 2 3 10 11 -1 8
13 AFC Bournemouth 7 2 2 3 8 10 -2 8
14 Manchester United 7 2 2 3 5 8 -3 8
15 Leicester City 7 1 3 3 9 12 -3 6
16 Everton 7 1 2 4 7 15 -8 5
17 Ipswich Town 7 0 4 3 6 14 -8 4
18 Crystal Palace 7 0 3 4 5 10 -5 3
19 Southampton 7 0 1 6 4 15 -11 1
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 0 1 6 9 21 -12 1

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