Southampton vs Bournemouth prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-02-14 15:00.
[p]With 14 rounds to go and a ten-point gap to safety, things are looking fairly bleak for Southampton, who were also dumped out of the FA Cup by Championship side Burnley last weekend. To highlight just how bad their league campaign has been, only the infamous Derby team of 2007/08, who hold the unwanted record for the lowest league points in a Premier League campaign, have ever won fewer points (eight) than Southampton’s current tally of nine after 24 games.[/p]
[p]Six home league defeats in a row doesn’t inspire much confidence that things will turn around when highflying south coast rivals Bournemouth visit. But if the home fans are looking for something to be positive about, they did win their last league outing 2-1 away at Ipswich, meaning Southampton are now going in search of successive Premier League wins for the first time since February 2022.[/p]
[p]There’s more than just local bragging rights on the line for both sides here, with Bournemouth pushing hard to get into Europe for the first time ever. It’s the Cherries who’ve been dominant in this fixture of late though, winning the last two H2Hs, but in the Premier League era, there’s been absolutely nothing to separate them when they’ve met at St Mary’s (W2, D2, L2).[/p]
[p]Bournemouth will undoubtedly be hoping to tip that record in their favour to keep their European push ticking along, and a six-match unbeaten away league run (W4, D2) would suggest they’re good value to do so. That serves as their longest-ever unbeaten away run in the Premier League and a pretty formidable record against sides starting this round 13th or lower (W7, D1, L1) suggests that they could stretch that here. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Paul Onuachu netted Southampton’s late winner against Ipswich, with both of his Premier League goals arriving after the 85th minute. Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo will relish an away game after either scoring or assisting (G2, A2) in each of his last four Premier League matches on the road. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Southampton have conceded a league-high average of 1.27 goals in the first half of their Premier League home games this season.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Chris Wilson[/i][/p]