Football betting preview: Southampton vs AFC Bournemouth

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sat 27.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium (32689 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 16th and the visitors in 14th place.

Southampton have less rest than AFC Bournemouth in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago.

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Southampton form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Southampton are 5-6-6 (wins-draw-losses).

The home team returns to St. Mary's Stadium after sharing the points with Watford on their last time out; the Premier League game ended 1-1. Heartbreak before that as Southampton lost 1-3 at Newcastle United's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Southampton handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D4-L3.

The Southampton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 23 in 17 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 26 goals have been conceded.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

AFC Bournemouth have only collected 15 points from their away games after 5-0-12 (17 played).

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League home defeat versus Fulham with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Brighton & Hove Albion at their stadium, the result 5-0.

AFC Bournemouth are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of eight matches.

AFC Bournemouth are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 17 games. For AFC Bournemouth, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the AFC Bournemouth - Southampton 0-0 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Southampton won 6 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and AFC Bournemouth has 1 win.

Top Goalscorers

C. Wilson
12 goals / 8 assists
J. King
11 goals / 3 assists
D. Ings
7 goals / 2 assists

Southampton missing players

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Southampton AFC Bournemouth
Total Home Statistic Away Total
35 17 Played 17 35
41 23 Scored 20 49
58 26 Conceded 37 62
89% 88% Over 0.5 100% 97%
83% 88% Over 1.5 100% 91%
60% 71% Over 2.5 65% 63%
34% 35% Over 3.5 41% 40%
11% 6% Over 4.5 24% 17%
66% 76% Both teams to score 29% 43%
20% 18% Clean Sheet 24% 26%
26% 18% Failed To Score 47% 34%
 
4.9 5.2 Corners For (avg) 5.2 5
5.9 5.9 Corners Against (avg) 6 5.9
2.1 2.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.4 1.7
3 2 Red Cards (total) 0 1
Key stats this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • AFC Bournemouth is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Southampton is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Liverpool 35 27 7 1 79 20 17 15 2 0 48 10 18 12 5 1 31 10 59 88
2 Manchester City 34 28 2 4 87 22 18 17 0 1 56 12 16 11 2 3 31 10 65 86
3 Tottenham Hotspur 35 23 1 11 65 35 17 12 1 4 32 13 18 11 0 7 33 22 30 70
4 Chelsea 35 20 7 8 59 38 18 11 6 1 36 12 17 9 1 7 23 26 21 67
5 Arsenal 34 20 6 8 68 43 18 14 2 2 41 15 16 6 4 6 27 28 25 66
6 Manchester United 34 19 7 8 63 48 16 10 5 1 32 20 18 9 2 7 31 28 15 64
7 Watford 35 14 8 13 50 50 17 8 3 6 24 22 18 6 5 7 26 28 0 50
8 Everton 35 14 7 14 50 44 18 9 4 5 28 21 17 5 3 9 22 23 6 49
9 Leicester City 35 14 6 15 48 47 17 7 2 8 21 20 18 7 4 7 27 27 1 48
10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 13 9 12 41 42 17 8 4 5 24 20 17 5 5 7 17 22 -1 48
11 West Ham United 35 12 7 16 44 54 18 8 4 6 29 27 17 4 3 10 15 27 -10 43
12 Crystal Palace 35 12 6 17 43 48 17 4 4 9 14 20 18 8 2 8 29 28 -5 42
13 Newcastle United 35 11 8 16 35 44 18 8 1 9 22 22 17 3 7 7 13 22 -9 41
14 AFC Bournemouth 35 12 5 18 49 62 18 7 5 6 29 25 17 5 0 12 20 37 -13 41
15 Burnley 35 11 7 17 44 62 17 7 2 8 23 28 18 4 5 9 21 34 -18 40
16 Southampton 35 9 10 16 41 58 17 5 6 6 23 26 18 4 4 10 18 32 -17 37
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 9 7 19 32 54 17 6 4 7 17 23 18 3 3 12 15 31 -22 34
18 Cardiff City 35 9 4 22 30 65 18 6 2 10 19 35 17 3 2 12 11 30 -35 31
19 Fulham 35 6 5 24 33 76 17 5 3 9 21 32 18 1 2 15 12 44 -43 23
20 Huddersfield Town 35 3 5 27 20 69 18 2 2 14 9 30 17 1 3 13 11 39 -49 14

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