SOU vs BOU Dream11 : Bournemouth look to subject Southampton to their attacking might as the two sides get gameweek 6 underway today
Placed right adjacent to each other in the points tally, for 10th placed Southampton and Bournemouth in 9th spot, today’s math is a massive opportunity to make some headway in the echelons of the Premier League 2019-20 league standings. As we get ready to throw open our doors for gameweek 6 of the exhibition league to revel us in yet another intriguing set of fixtures, we have a tantalising fixture being proceedings for the imminent round.
For both the sides, the opening exchanges of the league have been completely identical. Both have recorded the two wins and two defeats along with the one draw to sit at 7 points apiece with the smallest margin of goal difference separating them, making today’s clashing pivotal owing to this narrative as well.
For Bournemouth, today’s contest is all about emanating their previous 3-1 win over Everton, a match which immersed us in the progressive football which has seen the side make such massive strides over the course of the last year. The side were caught unaware of how to emulate the same attacking displays of the bygone season but with the previous mach seeing them click once again as a unit, they’ll be buoyed by the prospect of that regained touch.
Elsewhere, Southampton just about managed to scrap to a 1-0 win over Sheffield United, a result which saw yet another red card involved in a fixture featuring them, the third successive Premier League match to do so. They’ll be looking to use their defensive resolve to counter Bournemouth’s attacking resilience, a narrative which promises to make today’s contest an edge of the seat thriller.
SOU vs BOU Match Prediction
Its tough calling a winner from this encounter with Bournemouth vulnerable to conceding, a predicament which should perturb them today. We see them just about scraping through to a win today though by a one goal margin with the side managing to create chances in abundance.
Probable Playing 11
Team News
- Kevin Danso returns for Southampton today with the defender’s ban after a red card earlier getting over today.
- Bournemouth on the other hand have far from a clean bill of health with the side looking to miss out on the services of upto 8 players today owing to injures with Lloyd Kelly and Groeneveld confirmed to be ruled out today.
Southampton
Gunn, Bednarek, Yoshida, Vestergaard, Cedric, Romeu, Hojbjerg, Bertrand, Ward-Prowse, Adams, Armstrong
Bournemouth
Ramsdale, Stacey, Cook, Ake, Rico, H Wilson, Lerma, Billing, Fraser, King, C Wilson
Match Details
Premier League 2019-20
Match: Southampton Vs Bournemouth
Date And Time: 21st September, Saturday- 12:30am IST
Venue: St Mary’s, Southampton
Where To Watch: Star Sports Select 1/HD
Pivotal Players
Southampton
- Ramsdale, Rico, Lerma, C Wilson
Bournemouth
- Ramsdale, Rico, Lerma, C Wilson
Top Scorer
Southampton
- Djenepo
Bournemouth
- C Wilson
SOU vs BOU Dream11 Goal-Keeper
Southampton’s Angus Gunn comes into our side for this one. Over the course of the side’s first 5 matches in the league, the shot stopper has laid down his credentials as a goal-keeper on ample occasions with a slew of incredible saves which have seen his positional awareness and ability to shift either come to the fore.
SOU vs BOU Dream11 Defenders
Despite us confident of neither side keeping a cleansheet today with the previous three matches between the two sides seeing scored draws being conducted, we have still decided to head in with the four defenders over here, the two apiece from either side. Both have divulged in a three man, two wingbacks defence during some course in the league, seeing us opt for the wingbacks from both the side owing to their involvement in the attacking plays.
Kevin Danso and Jan Bednarek become our picks from Southampton while from Bournemouth we have selected Diego Rico and Jack Stacey for the prevelant encounter.
SOU vs BOU Dream11 Midfielders
We have kept things finely balanced over here, getting in a level balance of players from both the sides with Sofiane Boufal as our only pick from Southampton while from Bournemouth we have selected both Philip Billing and Jefferson Lerma for this encounter. We wanted to keep things simple in our midfield, investing money in the attacking facet, an area where the goals will really come from.
SOU vs BOU Dream11 Strikers
Callum Wilson has once again started scoring for Bournemouth to become the side’s goal scorer with the three goals, all of them coming in the last two matches with the two in the last match itself. We are choosing Arnaut Danjuma as well from the side while from the opposition we have decided to venture in with their new singing, Che Adams for today’s match.
Captain And Vice-Captain
Callum Wilson is our side’s captain for today while Che Adams is being made the vice-captain.
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Dream 11 Disclaimer
All our selections are based on in-depth and astute analysis of the players partaking in the match and a perusal of other reasoning. Please incorporate a slew of factors while crafting your own side with this article serving as a guide to the match and players.
