Southampton vs Bournemouth Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Southampton fans insist it isn’t a rivalry as we have two south coast sides meeting at St Mary’s this weekend with top four chasing AFC Bournemouth travelling to rock-bottom Saints.

Kick-off date/time: Saturday 15th February, 2025: UK – 3:00pm / US ET – 10:00am / US PT – 7:00am

How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – Cannot be streamed / US – Peacock

Southampton Preview: Saints require a miracle

Ivan Juric’s Southampton require a miracle but they have given themselves a confidence boost with a victory in their most recent Premier League outing, defeating Ipswich Town by two goals to one at Portman Road a couple of weeks ago.

Saints failed to back that up, though, as Marcus Edwards scored a second-half winner for Championship side Burnley in the fourth round of the FA Cup last weekend. Southampton begin the weekend sitting ten points adrift of Wolverhampton Wanderers in 17th.

Bournemouth Preview: Cherries on the push

In contrast to Southampton, Bournemouth actually recovered from a recent loss in the league with a cup win as Andoni Iraola’s Cherries eased their way through to the fifth round of the FA Cup thanks to a 2-0 win at Goodison Park against Everton last weekend.

Their recent league outing saw them suffer a 2-0 defeat at home to league leaders Liverpool at the Vitality Stadium a couple of weeks ago. They remain in contention for UEFA Champions League qualification with that being their only loss in their last 14 games in all competitions.

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Southampton vs Bournemouth Prediction

Southampton, as mentioned, have enjoyed some improvement in terms of their performance level and Saints managed to defeat fellow strugglers Ipswich to actually have something to show for that. However, during Juric’s reign, they have also been humiliated and Bournemouth are a side well set up and well coached to humiliate a weak side with their suffocating and attacking, pressurised style of football. A comfortable away win is to be expected, once again, at St Mary’s.

Southampton vs Bournemouth Tip: Bournemouth to win -1 handicap