Southampton vs Bournemouth Prediction: Cherries to boost top-four hopes

Bournemouth will be seeking to boost their Premier League top-four hopes when they travel to St Mary's on Saturday afternoon (15:00) to take on relegation-battling Southampton.

The hosts claimed a crucial win away at Ipswich Town last time out in the top flight, while the Cherries suffered at 2-0 defeat at home against Liverpool. Read on for my Southampton vs Bournemouth prediction, as well as the latest team news and match odds.

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Team News

The hosts will be without Ross Stewart, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jack Stephens and Ryan Fraser, while Adam Lallana and Flynn Downes will be be assessed prior to kick-off.

Nathan Wood will provide a boost to the Saints backline after recently recovering from injury, while Paul Onuachu will look to retain his place up top after his heroics against Ipswich.

As for the visitors, their injury list remains extensive with the likes of Enes Unal, Evanilson, Marcos Senesi, Adam Smith, Julian Araujo and Alex Scott all ruled out through injury.

Luis Sinisterra remains a doubt, and Julio Soler is on international duty with Argentina at the U20 South American Championship.

Southampton vs Bournemouth Odds

Bournemouth are 8/15 favourites for Saturday's contest, giving them an implied win probability of 65.2%. The draw is 18/5, and the Saints are 5/1 to claim a vital three points.

Justin Kluivert is favourite to net anytime at 11/10, while Onuachu is shortest-priced for the hosts at 23/10.

Bournemouth to win and both teams to score @ 7/4

As mentioned in the introduction, Bournemouth are enjoying a brilliant campaign up until this point, and are well within the mix of bringing European football to the Vitality Stadium next season.

Their quest for continental action should be further boosted by a trip to Southampton this weekend, who before the victory over Ipswich were on a six-game losing skid.

Only the Tractor Boys and Everton have failed to beat Southampton this term in the 11 matches that have been played at St Mary's, and the Saints even tasted defeat against Championship high-flyers Burnley in the fourth-round of the FA Cup last weekend.

Bournemouth have won four of their last six Premier League away games with both teams scoring in five, so that's the play I'm going for on Saturday afternoon.

Antoine Semenyo to score anytime @ 13/8

Antoine Semenyo has emerged as a key man for Bournemouth this season, with the former Bristol City forward netting nine times so far this campaign.

One of those goals came in the reverse fixture with the Saints, and he was on the scoresheet in the FA Cup victory over Everton last Saturday. The 25-year-old looks a decent pick to score anytime this weekend, especially since he's already scored at Stamford Bridge and Old Trafford this term.

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