Premier League duel: Close contest expected between Southampton and AFC Bournemouth

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Thu 27.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium (32505 seats)

Very important fight in the "wrong" end of the Premier League, with both Southampton and AFC Bournemouth enduring more tension than delight. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the host team at 20th and the visiting team in 15th place.

Insights:
  • Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premier League
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals (63) in Premier League

The visiting AFC Bournemouth played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League match.

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Southampton form and stats

Southampton's results here at St. Mary's Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 10 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Southampton, their manager Salvador and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Southampton shared the glory with Arsenal in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. A disappointing finish for Southampton in their match versus Arsenal as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score. The hometeam coach Salvador made a successful contribution in the game against Arsenal, bringing on Ćaleta-Car who scored the equalizer in the 3-3 draw. Alcaraz, a natural forward, was the champion player for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.51 (out of 10). Alcaraz scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match, Southampton lost 0-2 at home to Crystal Palace.

This is expected to be a close game, with Southampton perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Southampton as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Southampton has won 0 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.

The manager Salvador will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Newcastle United in only three days.

Southampton aren't scoring a lot here at St. Mary's Stadium in the league, with only {15 goals} from 16 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Southampton defense is not exactly impregnable. 30 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

There's been little loot from AFC Bournemouth's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 16 away games in the Premier League. AFC Bournemouth only have 4 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 2 draws. When AFC Bournemouth is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 4 matches. Leeds United, Leicester City, Everton, AFC Bournemouth, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nottingham Forest is teams we like to compare Southampton with. It could be a hat trick of victories away for AFC Bournemouth, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Bournemouth's previous game was their home loss versus West Ham United (0-4). AFC Bournemouth lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one. It is a concern for Bournemouth that their goalie Neto made six saves in the West Ham United match, but still could not hinder a beating. The attacker Christie got a match rating of 7.2 in that game. Christie hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 21 successful passes (of 24 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Tottenham Hotspur with the score of 3-2.

A new game in only three days for AFC Bournemouth, the Premier League home match versus Leeds United. Busy days.

The Bournemouth manager O'Neil has some worries about the defense as 40 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Southampton and AFC Bournemouth have met earlier this season: AFC Bournemouth - Southampton 0-1. Southampton-AFC Bournemouth H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Southampton five wins, AFC Bournemouth one win, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SouthamptonJ. Ward-Prowse
J. Ward-Prowse
7 goals
AFC BournemouthP. Billing
P. Billing
7 goals
SouthamptonC. Adams
C. Adams
5 goals

Southampton missing players

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Southampton AFC Bournemouth
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 4 16 32
6 2 1 Won W 3 4 9
6 4 1 Drew D 0 2 6
20 10 3 Lost L 1 10 17
27 15 5 Scored S 8 16 31
56 30 7 Conceded C 6 40 63
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
62% 75% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 81% 78%
50% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 50%
28% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 44% 31%
16% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 31% 22%
50% 62% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 38%
12% 6% 20% Clean Sheets C S 50% 12% 22%
41% 31% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 47%
 
4.1 4.9 4.6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.3 3.8
5.3 4.2 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 8.8 8.1 7.1
1.9 1.5 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 12.2 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 8 9
3.5 3.9 3.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.6 3.5
24% 24% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 53% 28% 27%
 
12.9 12.4 11.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14 18.4 16.7
4.1 3.9 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 6.2 5.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • AFC Bournemouth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals (40) away in Premier League
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals (63) in Premier League
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals in the first half (34) in Premier League
  • AFC Bournemouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Southampton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Premier League
  • Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premier League
  • Southampton have the fewest points (10) at home in Premier League
  • Southampton have the the worst goal difference (-15) at home in Premier League
  • Southampton haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 32 23 6 3 77 34 16 12 3 1 45 21 16 11 3 2 32 13 43 75
2 Manchester City 30 22 4 4 78 28 15 13 1 1 50 15 15 9 3 3 28 13 50 70
3 Newcastle United 31 16 11 4 54 25 15 9 5 1 29 10 16 7 6 3 25 15 29 59
4 Manchester United 30 18 5 7 46 37 15 11 3 1 27 8 15 7 2 6 19 29 9 59
5 Tottenham Hotspur 32 16 5 11 58 51 16 11 0 5 33 20 16 5 5 6 25 31 7 53
6 Aston Villa 32 15 6 11 45 41 16 9 2 5 28 19 16 6 4 6 17 22 4 51
7 Liverpool 31 14 8 9 59 38 15 10 4 1 39 13 16 4 4 8 20 25 21 50
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 29 14 7 8 54 37 14 7 3 4 25 14 15 7 4 4 29 23 17 49
9 Fulham 31 13 6 12 44 42 16 7 4 5 23 22 15 6 2 7 21 20 2 45
10 Brentford 32 10 14 8 48 43 16 7 7 2 30 17 16 3 7 6 18 26 5 44
11 Chelsea 31 10 9 12 30 33 16 6 5 5 17 14 15 4 4 7 13 19 -3 39
12 Crystal Palace 32 9 10 13 31 40 16 5 6 5 14 19 16 4 4 8 17 21 -9 37
13 West Ham United 31 9 7 15 33 41 16 6 4 6 21 21 15 3 3 9 12 20 -8 34
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 9 7 16 27 44 16 7 2 7 15 19 16 2 5 9 12 25 -17 34
15 AFC Bournemouth 32 9 6 17 31 63 16 5 4 7 15 23 16 4 2 10 16 40 -32 33
16 Leeds United 32 7 8 17 41 62 16 5 5 6 22 30 16 2 3 11 19 32 -21 29
17 Leicester City 32 8 4 20 43 56 16 4 3 9 19 21 16 4 1 11 24 35 -13 28
18 Everton 32 6 10 16 24 46 16 5 3 8 14 20 16 1 7 8 10 26 -22 28
19 Nottingham Forest 32 6 9 17 26 59 16 5 6 5 19 20 16 1 3 12 7 39 -33 27
20 Southampton 32 6 6 20 27 56 16 2 4 10 15 30 16 4 2 10 12 26 -29 24

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 32 23 6 3 77 34 16 12 3 1 45 21 16 11 3 2 32 13 43 75
2 Manchester City 30 22 4 4 78 28 15 13 1 1 50 15 15 9 3 3 28 13 50 70
3 Newcastle United 31 16 11 4 54 25 15 9 5 1 29 10 16 7 6 3 25 15 29 59
4 Manchester United 30 18 5 7 46 37 15 11 3 1 27 8 15 7 2 6 19 29 9 59
5 Tottenham Hotspur 32 16 5 11 58 51 16 11 0 5 33 20 16 5 5 6 25 31 7 53
6 Aston Villa 32 15 6 11 45 41 16 9 2 5 28 19 16 6 4 6 17 22 4 51
7 Liverpool 31 14 8 9 59 38 15 10 4 1 39 13 16 4 4 8 20 25 21 50
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 29 14 7 8 54 37 14 7 3 4 25 14 15 7 4 4 29 23 17 49
9 Fulham 31 13 6 12 44 42 16 7 4 5 23 22 15 6 2 7 21 20 2 45
10 Brentford 32 10 14 8 48 43 16 7 7 2 30 17 16 3 7 6 18 26 5 44
11 Chelsea 31 10 9 12 30 33 16 6 5 5 17 14 15 4 4 7 13 19 -3 39
12 Crystal Palace 32 9 10 13 31 40 16 5 6 5 14 19 16 4 4 8 17 21 -9 37
13 West Ham United 31 9 7 15 33 41 16 6 4 6 21 21 15 3 3 9 12 20 -8 34
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 9 7 16 27 44 16 7 2 7 15 19 16 2 5 9 12 25 -17 34
15 AFC Bournemouth 32 9 6 17 31 63 16 5 4 7 15 23 16 4 2 10 16 40 -32 33
16 Leeds United 32 7 8 17 41 62 16 5 5 6 22 30 16 2 3 11 19 32 -21 29
17 Leicester City 32 8 4 20 43 56 16 4 3 9 19 21 16 4 1 11 24 35 -13 28
18 Everton 32 6 10 16 24 46 16 5 3 8 14 20 16 1 7 8 10 26 -22 28
19 Nottingham Forest 32 6 9 17 26 59 16 5 6 5 19 20 16 1 3 12 7 39 -33 27
20 Southampton 32 6 6 20 27 56 16 2 4 10 15 30 16 4 2 10 12 26 -29 24

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