AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Premier League match on September 30th, 2024

AFC Bournemouth and Southampton will play on September 30th, 2024, Monday at 19:00h (UTC), in a game counting for the Premier League in England, check the AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton will occur

The game will be played in the small Vitality Stadium stadium, in the city of Bournemouth, with a capacity for 11700 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton betting tip 2024/2025

The Premier League has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 3.28 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.72 goals per match played.

AFC Bournemouth last match

AFC Bournemouth comes from a loss in the last match played. On that occasion the opponent was Liverpool, in a match valid for Premier League, and the match ended 3-0. Coach A. Iraola's team lined up with this formation: 4-2-3-1.

Before the match all forecasts pointed to a defeat. The odds of their win, 10.00 were the best proof of this.

The defense showed numerous shortcomings during the match. Julian Araujo was on a bad day, never on time for his appointment with the ball, definitely one of the worst on the field.

Southampton last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Premier League, Southampton, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Ipswich Town team with a final score of 1-1.

The game had all the elements to be an even game between both teams, for that reason it was logical that the draw was one of the most expected results, with odds around 3.40.

AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton h2h

The last face-to-face between these two clubs was on 25-07-2023 in a Club Friendlies match of the 2023 season. On that occasion, the match ended with a 2-3 win for AFC Bournemouth.

The last time these teams played, victory was hard-won.

In this football match, M. Oliver will be the referee while S. Burt and D. Cook will assist him.

AFC Bournemouth

Premier League leaderboard now

Having 5 points, 1 win, 2 losses, 2 draws, and a negative balance, AFC Bournemouth ranks 13th place in the Premier League as they enter this game.

With a 1 point advantage over the West Ham United team which is in position 14 in the 6th round. Also, it has 1 point less than Brentford team that is ranked in the 12th place.

AFC Bournemouth analysis

The goal difference is not positive for AFC Bournemouth: at the end of the round 5 it registers 5 goals scored against 8 taken by its goalkeeper.

AFC Bournemouth team comes to this game with a sequence of 2 losses in the Premier League that has been affecting the team's morale.

Recent performances have highlighted that AFC Bournemouth is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

AFC Bournemouth is not a team that imposes its rhythms on the field, it usually has a rather counterattacking game: in fact, during this league we see that it has an average ball possession of 42.6%. In the next match against Southampton a change of attitude on the field will be needed, AFC Bournemouth will have to try to maintain possession to create goal chances and win.

AFC Bournemouth has demonstrated their offensive prowess by scoring 5 times with 491 attacks, while Southampton has only scored 2 times with 481 attacks.

One of the team's signings for the season still seems to be in a slow pace of adaptation. Julian Araujo played another underwhelming game in the club's last appearance, against Liverpool. He failed to show the expected security and did not help AFC Bournemouth to come out with the victory.

Best goalscorer from AFC Bournemouth

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Antoine Semenyo is the player to highlight. Helping AFC Bournemouth with 2 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

Southampton

Premier League leaderboard now

With 1 point won, Southampton is in 18th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 0 wins against 4 losses, plus 1 draw.

This means that Wolverhampton Wanderers team, in 19th place, is close behind in the 6th round with the same number of points.

Southampton analysis

Southampton, with 2 goals scored and 9 conceded, has a negative goal difference after 5 rounds.

Recent games have demonstrated that Southampton is having difficulties in scoring goals, as they have recorded a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This suggests that their attacking play needs to be improved, with a focus on creating more quality chances.

Teams typically have some control over the opponents if they achieve ball possession above 50%. This is the reason why the Southampton team usually guns for an average ball possession of 60.8% to control the game.

The team starts as an underdog in their next match, both because they will be playing on a field that is by no means easy and because they are not showing very good finalization skills, averaging 0.4 scored per game.

Cameron Archer's life is not being easy in this beginning of his trajectory for his new club. Hired for this season, the player has not been performing well, a fact that was repeated in Southampton last game. Against Ipswich Town, once again he failed to score goals, accumulating another bad performance.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Taking into consideration that Southampton scores an average of 0.5 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.5.

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 5.9 corners per game.

AFC Bournemouth is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.6 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of AFC Bournemouth in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

AFC Bournemouth has an average of 2.7 yellow cards per game over the 5 rounds, while Southampton has an average of 2.2. In other words, these teams together are averaging 5.8 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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