FA Cup betting previews: Predictions and stats for the AFC Bournemouth - Southampton game

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Competition: England FA Cup
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 12:15 (UTC)
Venue: Vitality Stadium (11700 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's AFC Bournemouth or Southampton that keep their silverware dream alive.

AFC Bournemouth have less rest than Southampton in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Swansea City, was also a home game here at Vitality Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

Bournemouth participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 4th round.

AFC Bournemouth have collected 36 points from their Championship home games so far after 11-3-5. On the other hand, in the FA Cup, AFC Bournemouth has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.

Ahead of that match, AFC Bournemouth lost 2-3 at home to Barnsley.

A decent goal production from Bournemouth in their home games so far, with 33 goals from 19 league matches. Bournemouth have conceded 19 in these home matches.

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Southampton form and stats

Southampton was sent out of FA Cup in the 4th round replays last season.

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Southampton have produced an overall stat of 4-4-7 so far. When we have look at the FA Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.

Southampton failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Brighton & Hove Albion that ended with defeat 1-2. Prior to that match, the Southampton manager R. Hasenhüttl faced defeat when travelling to Manchester City and losing 2-5.

Southampton find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. Southampton have conceded 33 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Bournemouth, four draws and four wins for Southampton. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.

Top Goalscorers

BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
11 goals
AFC BournemouthA. Groeneveld
A. Groeneveld
10 goals
AFC BournemouthJ. Stanislas
J. Stanislas
9 goals

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Southampton missing players

AFC Bournemouth Southampton
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
12 8   Won W   3 8
5 1   Drew D   3 5
8 4   Lost L   6 12
38 25   Scored S   12 27
23 13   Conceded C   26 39
88% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
64% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 72%
52% 62%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 40%
24% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   25% 20%
16% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 16%
48% 54%   BTTS BTTS   42% 40%
44% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 36%
20% 8%   Failed to Score F T   42% 32%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.2 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.5
2 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
12.4 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.5 10.9
4.2 5.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.1
36% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 26%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Norwich City 36 24 7 5 53 26 18 12 5 1 26 9 18 12 2 4 27 17 27 79
2 Watford 37 21 9 7 52 26 18 14 2 2 35 12 19 7 7 5 17 14 26 72
3 Swansea City 36 20 9 7 45 28 18 11 5 2 23 10 18 9 4 5 22 18 17 69
4 Brentford 36 19 10 7 64 38 17 10 5 2 34 18 19 9 5 5 30 20 26 67
5 Reading 36 18 7 11 50 38 18 11 0 7 28 20 18 7 7 4 22 18 12 61
6 Barnsley 36 18 7 11 45 39 18 10 4 4 23 17 18 8 3 7 22 22 6 61
7 AFC Bournemouth 37 16 11 10 55 37 19 11 3 5 33 19 18 5 8 5 22 18 18 59
8 Middlesbrough 37 16 8 13 46 38 19 10 3 6 25 18 18 6 5 7 21 20 8 56
9 Cardiff City 37 15 10 12 54 37 19 7 4 8 32 21 18 8 6 4 22 16 17 55
10 Millwall 36 11 16 9 35 33 18 4 10 4 17 16 18 7 6 5 18 17 2 49
11 Stoke City 37 12 13 12 41 42 18 8 4 6 25 21 19 4 9 6 16 21 -1 49
12 Bristol City 36 15 3 18 39 48 18 7 2 9 15 20 18 8 1 9 24 28 -9 48
13 Luton Town 36 13 8 15 30 41 18 7 6 5 22 20 18 6 2 10 8 21 -11 47
14 Queens Park Rangers 35 12 10 13 35 40 18 7 4 7 18 20 17 5 6 6 17 20 -5 46
15 Blackburn Rovers 36 12 8 16 49 41 18 6 6 6 25 21 18 6 2 10 24 20 8 44
16 Preston North End 37 13 5 19 39 48 18 5 4 9 15 17 19 8 1 10 24 31 -9 44
17 Nottingham Forest 36 10 11 15 29 35 18 5 7 6 16 16 18 5 4 9 13 19 -6 41
18 Huddersfield Town 36 11 8 17 40 51 18 8 4 6 25 18 18 3 4 11 15 33 -11 41
19 Derby County 37 10 10 17 27 41 19 5 6 8 14 20 18 5 4 9 13 21 -14 40
20 Coventry City 36 9 11 16 32 48 18 7 6 5 19 19 18 2 5 11 13 29 -16 38
21 Birmingham City 36 8 11 17 26 46 18 3 3 12 12 31 18 5 8 5 14 15 -20 35
22 Rotherham United 33 9 5 19 36 47 17 4 3 10 21 26 16 5 2 9 15 21 -11 32
23 Sheffield Wednesday 35 9 7 19 25 45 17 6 5 6 14 13 18 3 2 13 11 32 -20 28
24 Wycombe Wanderers 36 6 8 22 24 58 18 4 5 9 11 21 18 2 3 13 13 37 -34 26
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 30 22 5 3 64 21 16 12 2 2 36 13 14 10 3 1 28 8 43 71
2 Manchester United 29 16 9 4 56 32 14 7 3 4 29 19 15 9 6 0 27 13 24 57
3 Leicester City 29 17 5 7 53 32 14 7 1 6 25 19 15 10 4 1 28 13 21 56
4 Chelsea 29 14 9 6 44 25 14 7 5 2 25 11 15 7 4 4 19 14 19 51
5 West Ham United 28 14 6 8 42 32 14 8 3 3 23 15 14 6 3 5 19 17 10 48
6 Liverpool 29 13 7 9 48 36 15 7 2 6 22 18 14 6 5 3 26 18 12 46
7 Everton 28 14 4 10 40 37 14 5 2 7 19 22 14 9 2 3 21 15 3 46
8 Tottenham Hotspur 28 13 6 9 47 30 14 7 3 4 25 14 14 6 3 5 22 16 17 45
9 Aston Villa 27 12 5 10 39 28 12 5 2 5 20 16 15 7 3 5 19 12 11 41
10 Arsenal 28 12 5 11 37 29 14 6 3 5 18 15 14 6 2 6 19 14 8 41
11 Crystal Palace 29 10 7 12 31 47 15 5 5 5 15 21 14 5 2 7 16 26 -16 37
12 Leeds United 28 11 3 14 43 46 14 5 3 6 19 17 14 6 0 8 24 29 -3 36
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 9 8 12 28 38 14 5 4 5 15 15 15 4 4 7 13 23 -10 35
14 Southampton 29 9 6 14 36 51 14 5 2 7 18 18 15 4 4 7 18 33 -15 33
15 Burnley 29 8 9 12 22 37 15 4 6 5 12 16 14 4 3 7 10 21 -15 33
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 28 6 11 11 29 36 14 1 7 6 13 19 14 5 4 5 16 17 -7 29
17 Newcastle United 28 7 7 14 28 45 14 4 4 6 17 23 14 3 3 8 11 22 -17 28
18 Fulham 29 5 11 13 22 36 15 2 4 9 8 21 14 3 7 4 14 15 -14 26
19 West Bromwich Albion 29 3 9 17 20 57 15 2 5 8 9 33 14 1 4 9 11 24 -37 18
20 Sheffield United 29 4 2 23 16 50 15 3 1 11 10 22 14 1 1 12 6 28 -34 14

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