Match Pack: Bournemouth vs Saints
It's an all-south coast affair on Monday night as we head to Bournemouth in the Premier League. Get game ready with our Match Pack...
THE MATCH
Bournemouth vs Saints
Premier League
Vitality Stadium
Monday 30th September, 8pm BST
THE OFFICIALS
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistants: Stuart Burt, Dan Cook
Fourth official: Simon Hooper
VAR: Paul Tierney
Assistant VAR: Harry Lennard
WHICH KIT WILL SAINTS BE WEARING?
Saints will be in their yellow away kit for the short trip along the coast.
HOW TO WATCH?
UK fans can watch the action at Vitality Stadium live on Sky Sports, with live audio commentary available worldwide via Saints Play.
WHAT’S AT STAKE?
After a season apart, Saints will want to maintain their good form away at Bournemouth in recent years.
Winning their last three encounters along the south coast, Russell Martin's side will be desperate to collect a first win of the season against a Cherries side who have lost their last two.
The key point heading into the game? It's not a derby...
TEAM NEWS
Will Smallbone and Kamaldeen Sulemana remain the only injured absentees for Saints, with captain Jack Stephens suspended.
THE MANAGERS
Andoni Iraola: To follow.
Russell Martin: [Andoni Iraola] has done a brilliant job, a really brilliant job, but it’s taken a bit of time. He went through a tough time but they’ve been brilliant ever since.
“We have to go there and try and bring the game we want and not them. We have to adapt, we have to adjust but I think it’s going to be a really interesting game. I’m looking forward to it.”
TOP SCORERS
Bournemouth
Goals:
Antoine Semenyo 2
Cook, Tavernier, Sinisterra 1
Assists:
Kluivert, Sinisterra, Semenyo, Ouattara 1
Southampton
Goals:
Cameron Archer 2 Dibling, Harwood-Bellis, Sugawara, Fernandes, Amo-Ameyaw, Bree 1
Assists:
Dibling, Lallana, Taylor 2
Mateus Fernandes 1
ONES TO WATCH
Antoine Semenyo: The 24-year-old has become an integral part of Andoni Iraola's attack, providing more goal contributions than any other Bournemouth player so far this season.
With two goals and an assist, Semenyo will want to continue his strong start to the campaign back on home territory.
Adam Lallana: The midfielder marked his first Premier League start of the season with an assist for Tyler Dibling's goal last weekend.
Providing an experienced head in the middle of the park, Lallana could be integral for Saints' management of the game on Monday night.
HEAD TO HEAD
Played: 34
Bournemouth: 9
Draws: 9
Saints: 16
LAST FIVE MEETINGS
April 2023: Saints 0-1 Bournemouth
October 2022: Bournemouth 0-1 Saints (Adams)
March 2021: Bournemouth 0-3 Saints (Redmond 2, Djenepo) FA Cup
July 2020: Bournemouth 0-2 Saints (Ings, Adams)
September 2019: Saints 1-3 Bournemouth (Ward-Prowse)
DID YOU KNOW?
Saints haven’t conceded a goal in any of their last three Premier League away games against Bournemouth – only against Swansea between 2013 and 2016 have they kept four consecutive clean sheets on the road in the competition.
Adam Lallana assisted Tyler Dibling’s goal against Ipswich Town last time out. Lallana is 17 years and 306 days older than Dibling, with that the biggest age gap between a goalscorer and assister since March 2006, when Teddy Sheringham set up Nigel Reo-Coker for West Ham against Wigan (18 years and 42 days older).
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