Our prediction for this Premier League match:
Southampton
Match Time & Date:
27/04/2023
20:45
Prediction: 2-1
Bournemouth
After dropping a two-goal lead in a 3-3 draw with Arsenal, Southampton will look to return to winning ways in the Premier League when they take on Bournemouth on Matchday 33. The Saints are desperate to escape the relegation zone, and they are likely to go all guns blazing at the Cherries. All Salisu, Larios, Livramento, and Adams remain in the recovery room, while there are no suspended players in the home team.
The visitors, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 4-0 loss to West Ham, and given Southampton’s fine display in the Emirates Stadium clash, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the hosts. The visitors will be without Stephens, Fredericks, Traore, and Stanislas in the midweek clash. In the first half of the season Che Adams’ goal helped the Saints pick up all three points from the Vitality Stadium showdown.
Highlighted Player (Theo Walcott):
Theo James Walcott is an English football player with roots from Jamaica born on 16th of March 1989 in London. Walcott started his football career for AFC Newbury and after scoring over 100 goals in his first season Southampton signed the young Walcott. After 2 seasons playing for the Saints scoring 4 goals in 21games Arsenal transferred Walcott to London for approximately 12 million GBP where he signed a 1 million GBP per year contract by the age of 17.
Walcott is known for being a very fast right-winger but is able to play as a striker as well. Walcott can be used very effectively to set up a counter attack but is the type of offensive player that is very dependant on the rest of the team.
Despite his young age Walcott made his debut for the English national team in May 2006 and played for over 40 games in the national team already. One of Walcott’s biggest weaknesses are his height (only 173cm) and the fact he get’s injured very quickly. Walcott won the FA Cup in 2013/2014 and 2014/15 with Arsenal and the Community Shield in 2015. During the World Cup in 2014 Walcott was injured.
Highlighted Team (Bournemouth):
Bournemouth are a professional football club that was formed back in 1890. The Cherries secured promotion to the Premier League in the 2015/2016 season, with the team making it to the English top flight for the first time ever.
Bournemouth play their home games at Dean Court and the capacity of the stadium is 11,469.
The Cherries enjoyed a very successful season on their Premier League debut, with the team beating the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United in the national championship. Glenn Murray scored the winner for Bournemouth in the 1-0 win over the capital club at Stamford Bridge and that is probably the greatest victory in the club’s history.
Bournemouth have been participating in the FA Cup since 1913, but they have yet to win the trophy in the prestigious competition. It has to be noted that the club’s original name Boscombe Athletic Football Club was changed to Bournemouth back in 1923 as the club owners wanted the Cherries to be more representative of the district.
