Southampton 2-0 AFC Bournemouth: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 1 November 2015
Result
Southampton 2-0 AFC Bournemouth
Premier League · Sunday 1 November 2015, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Southampton 2-0 AFC Bournemouth: match report
Southampton beat AFC Bournemouth 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 1 November 2015. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Steven Davis opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Southampton's goals came from Steven Davis (31') and Graziano Pellè (36'). AFC Bournemouth did not score.
Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; AFC Bournemouth received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Southampton were 11th on 14 points from 10 and AFC Bournemouth 18th on 6 points from 10. Southampton went on to finish that season 7th with 63 points, and AFC Bournemouth 16th with 38.
Southampton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Virgil van Dijk of Southampton (7.8), level with Steven Davis (7.8).
Going into the match Southampton's last five read D-D-W-W-L and AFC Bournemouth's L-L-D-D-W.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Victor Wanyama
- 31'Goal · Steven Davis
- 36'Goal · Graziano Pellè
- 57'Yellow card · Simon Francis
- 64'Yellow card · Dan Gosling
- 78'Second yellow · Victor Wanyama
Team news
Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)
Maarten Stekelenburg, Cédric Soares, José Fonte, Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Bertrand, Victor Wanyama, Jordy Clasie, Steven Davis, Sadio Mané, Dusan Tadic, Graziano Pellè
AFC Bournemouth expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Artur Boruc, Steve Cook, Simon Francis, Charlie Daniels, Matt Ritchie, Andrew Surman, Dan Gosling, Marc Pugh, Callum Wilson, Tommy Elphick