S.P.Read Esq: Southampton v AFC Bournemouth

Our daily columnist and pundit S.P. Read Esq. looks ahead to the Premier League 4pm kick off on Sunday between SOUTHAMPTON v AFC BOURNEMOUTH and finds the best opportunities available on Star Spreads, the home of sports spread betting.

We normally go back only as far as 10 matches with the head to head stats below. But we’ll go back one match more in the case of Southampton v Bournemouth to when they met in 1957 and Southampton won 7-0. The very next time they met BOURNEMOUTH won 5-2 !!!! It’s a funny old game.

There could well be goals again this afternoon in the south-coast derby but whether we’ll get as many as at Goodison earlier is debatable.

Southampton are a short price for the win, they sit 10th in the table compared to Bournemouth’s perilous 17th – one place above the drop zone. At the beginning of the season Bournemouth would have surely taken ‘survival’ as being the number one priority and they may well achieve that simply by virtue of how poorly Newcastle, Sunderland and Aston Villa are playing.

Bournemouth have kept only one clean sheet so far this season and that came against (you’ve guessed it) Sunderland – they let in five against Spurs in their latest league game.

Southampton’s forward Jay Rodriguez is out struggling with a foot injury. Sadio Mane returns after serving a ban in the midweek League Cup win over Aston Villa. Shane Long remains sidelined with an ankle injury.

Bournemouth’s goalkeeper Artur Boruc has a thigh problem and misses the game against his former club.

Southampton v AFC Bournemouth
Premier League
16:00 Sky Sports 1 / Sky Sports 1 HD

HEAD TO HEAD
(Maximum 11 matches)
Mar 2011 LEAGUE ONE Bournemouth 1-3 Southampton
Oct 2010 LEAGUE ONE Southampton 2-0 Bournemouth
Aug 2010 CARLING CUP Southampton 2-0 Bournemouth
Oct 1987 LEAGUE CUP Southampton 2-2 Bournemouth
Sep 1987 LEAGUE CUP Bournemouth 1-0 Southampton
Apr 1960 DIV 3 (OLD) Bournemouth 1-3 Southampton
Feb 1960 DIV 3 (OLD) Southampton 4-3 Bournemouth
Feb 1959 DIV 3 (OLD) Southampton 0-0 Bournemouth
Oct 1958 DIV 3 (OLD) Bournemouth 2-1 Southampton
Feb 1958 DIV 3 (SOUTH) Bournemouth 5-2 Southampton
Oct 1957 DIV 3 (SOUTH) Southampton 7-0 Bournemouth

STARTING LINE-UPS

Southampton
22 Stekelenburg
02 Soares
06 Fonte
17 van Dijk
21 Bertrand
12 Wanyama
04 Clasie
08 Davis
10 Mané
11 Tadic
19 Pellè

AFC Bournemouth
23 Federici
15 Smith
02 Francis
25 Distin
11 Daniels
30 Ritchie
06 Surman
04 Gosling
07 Pugh
08 Arter
27 Murray

The buy of bookings yesterday at Stamford Bridge ended being neutral – I bought at 50 and that’s exactly what it made up at.

Today my Star Spreads trade is a sell of the time of the second match goal.

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RECOMMENDED BETS (scale 1-100 points)

SELL 2nd MATCH GOAL for 15 points at around 58 with STAR SPREADS

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