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Southampton vs Bournemouth
England – Premier League
Date: Friday, 20 September 2019
Kick-off at 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET
Venue: St. Mary’s Stadium (Southampton). 

Southampton vs Bournemouth Premier League match

Six weeks of the Premier League begins on Friday night with Southampton hosting rivals the south coast from Bournemouth to St Mary.

Southampton are unbeaten in their last four matches in all competitions, including their 1-1 draw against Manchester United. Last weekend Ralph Hasenhüttl side won 1-0 at Sheffield United. Moussa Djenepo scored the only goal of the game that the blades have completed 10 men.

Bournemouth bounced back from their 3-1 defeat to Leicester to win by the same scoreline when they hosted Everton on Sunday. Callum Wilson opened and closed the scoring on the day, while substitute Ryan Fraser also the back of the net.

Both saints and cherries are on seven points after five games, each with two wins, two losses and one draw. Both have a goal difference of -1, but Bournemouth are a higher position due to the ninth scoring three more goals than Southampton.

Southampton faced Bournemouth eight times in the Premier League, winning three times and losing once.

The two sides played an exciting 3-3 draw in their last meeting at Santa Maria in April. Shane Long, James Ward-Prowse and Matt Target scored for the home team while Dan Gosling and Callum Wilson (2) deducted for visitors.

Southampton vs Bournemouth team news

Nathan Redmond remains sidelined with a foot injury but "progress".

Danny Ings and Shane Long will push for departures, but Che Adams should keep his place up front. Similarly, the dynamic winger Moussa Djenepo should keep his place in the side.

Kevin Danso back in contention after returning from suspension, although it may be content with a place on the bench.

Ryan Bertrand, Jack Stephens and Yan Valery were unused substitutes against Sheffield and can wait until the meeting of the Carabao Cup next week in Portsmouth - the real south coast derby - for a few minutes.

Bournemouth vs Southampton team news

Eddie Howe could have up to six players of the first team missing Friday.

Adam Smith missed with an injury to the hamstring. Jack Stacey is set to replace the back right.

Arnaut Groeneveld is back in training following an ankle injury, but the winger is still working his return to top form.

Club captain Simon Francis returned to action after nine months on Bournemouth in the 8-0 victory over M21 Basingstoke Town. and also provided in the game was the summer signing Lloyd Kelly, who is yet to play a competitive game for cherries.

Harry Wilson started against Everton but will face competition Ryan Fraser.

David Brooks, Junior Stanislas, Charlie Daniels and Dan Gosling are absent long term.

Latest odds

Southampton became a famous club for the sale of its best players. The next time you're bored, work a team of former Southampton players then look at who they have now in their team. This has seen the shift from being a club that finished in the top ten of the Premier League to the one who did just enough to save themselves from relegation. It is 9/1 (10.0) with Paddy Power that Southampton will fall in the championship at the end of the 2019/20 season.

This term has a bad start with a 3-0 defeat at Burnley. This was followed by a 2-1 home loss to Liverpool and their fans began again to fear the worst. Southampton finally got their first win of the season championship by beating struggling Brighton and Hove Albion 2-0. Better performance at home saw them draw 1-1 at home with Manchester United and they won 1-0 at Sheffield United last weekend.

Saints began the weekend in 10th place with seven points. This is three above the relegation zone and only one out of positions of the Champions League. It is a tight table at present, but that is bound to change in the coming weeks and months. A victory for Southampton take the third in the league. The chances of that happening are 26/25 (2.04)