Bournemouth meet Southampton at Vitality Stadium in a South Coast derby.
Victory would see Bournemouth climb to 11th in the table, whilst Southampton can go as high as 15th with a win.
Team News
Bournemouth have no fresh injury concerns with only Tyler Adams (back) ruled out.
Southampton also have no fresh injury concerns as Jack Stephens (suspension), Will Smallbone (thigh), Gavin Bazunu (Achilles) and Kamaldeen Sulemana (ankle) remain ruled out.
When is Kick-Off?
Bournemouth host Southampton at Vitality Stadium on Monday 30 September at 8pm BST, live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Bournemouth have won two of their last nine league meetings against Southampton (W2, D4, L3).
- Southampton are unbeaten in their last five league visits to Bournemouth (W3, D2).
- The Saints have kept clean sheets in two of their last three meetings against Bournemouth (W2, L1).
- No Bournemouth player produced more passes in their first five league games this season than Illya Zabarnyi (241).
- Coming into this league match, Jan Bednarek has made more headed clearances than his Southampton teammates this season (8).
Prediction
Although they were never going to get much at Liverpool last weekend, Bournemouth deserve credit for how they attacked the game and forced the hosts to be clinical, of which they now need to do the same themselves here.
Southampton meanwhile looked much livelier against Ipswich in their best performance so far this season, but their shot conversion remained a weak point as was their late defending so more improvement is needed.
Russell Martin’s Saints though are on the right path so if they can tighten up and take their chances, they might get something but I do fancy Bournemouth to have the edge if can find that final touch.
Prediction: Bournemouth 1-1 Southampton
Result: Bournemouth 3-1 Southampton
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