Southampton will host AFC Bournemouth at St Mary’s on Thursday night; it’s anticipated to be an exhilarating conflict on the south coast.
Each groups will come into the sport with not solely native satisfaction on the road however might be longing for the potential of three factors as the perimeters are hooked into a decent relegation battle.
Ruben Selles’ aspect misplaced two essential factors on the Emirates stadium on Friday after conceding two objectives within the final 10 minutes to attract the sport 3-3.
Carlos ‘Charly’ Alacaraz opened the scoring within the first minute for the Saints after he pounced upon Aaron Ramsdale’s mistake and fired residence. Former Arsenal man, Theo Walcott, prolonged Southampton’s lead minutes after he slotted in Alcaraz’s threaded cross.
Gabriel Martinelli pulled a objective again for the Gunners minutes after Walcott’s strike. Duje Ćaleta-Automobile’s header on the back-post made the away followers after he made it 3-1 to the Hampshire outfit.
Arsenal’s captain Martin Ødegaard curled residence a spectacular shot to offer the North London outfit with some hope within the 88th minute of the sport earlier than Saka rescued some extent for the Gunners after he poked in an equaliser within the ninetieth minute.
The Saints stay 4 factors from security within the Premier League with solely six video games left, making Thursday’s sport much more essential than earlier than.
Nonetheless, Bournemouth go into the sport after struggling a 4-0 loss at residence to relegation rivals West Ham and might be determined to bounce again to profitable methods towards the Saints.
Southampton vs Bournemouth preview- The best way to watch the sport on TV, group information & prediction
Right here is the preview of Thursday’s Premier League relegation six-pointer between Southampton and AFC Bournemouth at St. Mary’s.
How can I watch the sport?
Kick-off: 8 PM BST, Thursday twenty seventh April
Location: St Mary’s Stadium
The best way to watch the sport? This sport might be broadcasted within the UK on ‘BT Sport 3’ and match tickets are nonetheless being bought at https://www.southamptonfc.com/match-tickets. Within the US, the sport might be broadcasted on ‘Peacock’.
Group Information
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The Saints will nonetheless have just a few key gamers dominated out for the South Coast conflict towards native rivals, Bournemouth.
Mohammed Salisu, Che Adams, Juan Larios and Valentino Livramento are all anticipated to stay out for the sport towards the Cherries.
Southampton defender Jan Bednarek is predicted to be sidelined for the derby after he sustained a head harm towards Arsenal.
However, Bournemouth will even journey to St Mary’s and not using a few gamers. Gary O’Neil’s aspect might be lacking Ryan Fredericks and Junior Stanislas, each are nonetheless injured. The Cherries are additionally forbidden from taking part in Jack Stephens as he isn’t allowed to play towards his father or mother membership.
Predicted Line-ups
Saints: Bazunu, Maitland-Niles, Bella Kotchap, Ćaleta-Automobile, Walker-Peters, Ward Prowse, Lavia, Elyounoussi, Alcaraz, Walcott, Armstrong
Bournemouth: Neto, Mepham, Kelly, Senesi, Smith, Rothwell, Lerma, Tavernier, Ouattara, Billing, Solanke.
Saints’ Current Type
Arsenal 3-3 Southampton (21/4)
Southampton 0-2 Crystal Palace (15/04)
Southampton 1-4 Manchester Metropolis (08/04)
West Ham 1-0 Southampton (02/04)
Southampton 3-3 Tottenham (18/03)
Bournemouth’s Current Type
Bournemouth 0-4 West Ham (23/04)
Tottenham 2-3 Bournemouth (15/04)
Leicester Metropolis 0-1 Bournemouth (08/04)
Bournemouth 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion (04/04)
Bournemouth 2-1 Fulham (01/04)
Prediction
LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 21: Theo Walcott of Southampton (L) celebrates with teammate Carlos Alcaraz after scoring the group’s second objective in the course of the Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Southampton FC at Emirates Stadium on April 21, 2023 in London, England. (Picture by Julian Finney/Getty Photographs)
The Saints almost took all three factors from North London, which can in all probability give the Hampshire outfit an enormous confidence enhance for the conflict on Thursday.
Nonetheless, the Saints had been unable to play their favoured possession-based soccer towards the Gunners however had been in a position to be much more medical within the closing third. Their lack of objectives has been an issue for the Saints this season, due to this fact, they are going to be hoping to be nearly as good in entrance of objective as they had been towards Arsenal.
We are able to count on Selles’ aspect to assault the Cherries from the beginning with an excited residence crowd prepared to offer an power and ambiance enhance for the Saints. Nonetheless, Bournemouth are actually no pushovers and might pull out some essential outcomes.
The Cherries are at present sitting in fifteenth within the Premier League desk and can want a win towards their South Coast rivals to bolster their bid to stay within the league subsequent season.
Prediction: Southampton 2-1 Bournemouth
