Southampton 2-1 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 28 April 2018

Result

Southampton 2-1 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Saturday 28 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Southampton 2-1 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Southampton beat AFC Bournemouth 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 April 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Dusan Tadić opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Southampton's goals came from Dusan Tadić (25') and Dusan Tadić (54'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Joshua King (45+1').

Discipline: Southampton received 4 yellow cards; AFC Bournemouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Southampton were 19th on 29 points from 34 and AFC Bournemouth 11th on 38 points from 35. Southampton went on to finish that season 17th with 36 points, and AFC Bournemouth 12th with 44.

Southampton lined up in a 3-4-3 and AFC Bournemouth in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Dusan Tadic of Southampton (9.7), ahead of Simon Francis (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Southampton wins, 2 draws and 1 for AFC Bournemouth.

Going into the match Southampton's last five read D-L-L-L-L and AFC Bournemouth's L-L-D-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Lewis CookAFC Bournemouth
  • 25'Goal · Dusan TadićSouthampton · 1-0
  • 45+1'Goal · Joshua KingAFC Bournemouth · 1-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Jan BednarekSouthampton
  • 54'Goal · Dusan TadićSouthampton · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Maya YoshidaSouthampton
  • 90+1'Yellow card · A. McCarthySouthampton
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Cédric SoaresSouthampton

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Southampton 2, draws 2, AFC Bournemouth 1.

Team news

Southampton line-up (3-4-3)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Jan Bednarek, Maya Yoshida, Wesley Hoedt, Cédric Soares, Oriol Romeu, Mario Lemina, Ryan Bertrand, Dusan Tadic, Charlie Austin, Nathan Redmond

AFC Bournemouth line-up (3-4-3)

Asmir Begović, Simon Francis, Steve Cook, Nathan Aké, Ryan Fraser, Lewis Cook, Dan Gosling, Charlie Daniels, Lys Mousset, Callum Wilson, Joshua King