AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from Vitality Stadium
Follow live coverage as AFC Bournemouth face Southampton today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton
Downes finds Dibling just outside the penalty area, and he looks to dance his way into the Bournemouth box. He works it onto his left and sends a shot towards goal, but it's deflected and falls into the arms of Kepa.
AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton
Dibling gets the game under way for Southampton at the Vitality Stadium!
AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton
The players are making their way out onto the pitch ahead of kick-off.
AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton
Meanwhile, Martin makes two alterations from Southampton's 1-1 draw with Ipswich nine days ago. Archer drops to the bench, leaving the Saints with no recognised strikers on the pitch. Lallana also makes way, with Ugochukwu and Cornet coming into the starting XI.
AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton
Iraola has made three changes from the Bournemouth side that started the 3-0 defeat against Liverpool at Anfield last time out in the Premier League. Smith returns at right-back, replacing Araujo - the experienced defender will captain the Cherries. Huijsen also drops to the bench with Senesi coming back in. In attack, Kluivert takes his place among the substitutes as Ouattara is given a start.
AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton
SOUTHAMPTON SUBS: Alex McCarthy, Kyle Walker-Peters, Joe Aribo, Adam Armstrong, Adam Lallana, Ross Stewart, Ben Brereton, Cameron Archer, Paul Onuachu.
AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton
SOUTHAMPTON (4-2-3-1): Aaron Ramsdale; Charlie Taylor, Jan Bednarek, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Yukinari Sugawara; Lesley Ugochukwu, Flynn Downes; Ryan Fraser, Mateus Fernandes, Maxwel Cornet; Tyler Dibling.
AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton
BOURNEMOUTH SUBS: Dean Huijsen, David Brooks, Alex Scott, Luis Sinisterra, Justin Kluivert, Julian Araujo, Max Aarons, Enes Unal, Mark Travers.
AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton
BOURNEMOUTH (4-2-3-1): Kepa; Milos Kerkez, Marcos Senesi, Illia Zabarnyi, Adam Smith; Ryan Christie, Lewis Cook; Marcus Tavernier, Dango Ouattara, Antoine Semenyo; Evanilson.
AFC Bournemouth vs Southampton
Southampton 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. Russell Martin’s men have picked up just one point in their opening five Premier League matches in 2024-25, their fewest at this stage of a league season since 1998-99 when they had no points after five games. In fact, the Saints are winless in their last 18 Premier League matches (D5 L13) since a 1-0 win over Leicester City in March 2023. The last side to have a longer winless run were Norwich City between March 2020 and October 2021 (20 games).
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