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Bournemouth
Bournemouth will make a late decision on midfielder Junior Stanislas ahead of Sunday’s Premier League match against Southampton.
Stanislas has been out since the end of October with a groin problem, but has resumed some training.
Defenders Brad Smith (hip) and Tyrone Mings (back) continue their rehabilitation.
Provisional squad: Begovic, S Cook, Francis, Ake, Daniels, Arter, Pugh, Surman, Ibe, King, Wilson, Boruc, Gosling, Afobe, A Smith, Fraser, L Cook, Defoe, Stanislas.
![Bournemouth will make a late decision on midfielder Junior Stanislas ahead of Sunday's derby](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/01/13/46DFFBD100000578-0-image-a-50_1512134140208.jpg)
Bournemouth will make a late decision on midfielder Junior Stanislas ahead of Sunday’s derby
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Bournemouth have recorded just one win in their last nine league meetings with Southampton (W1 D2 L6), winning 2-0 in this exact fixture in March 2016.
There hasn’t been a draw in the last eight league clashes between these two sides at the Vitality Stadium, with both sides sharing four wins apiece.
After losing their first eight Premier League games on a Sunday, scoring four goals and conceding 21, the Cherries have picked up four points from their last three (W1 D1 L1).
Southampton have won just one of their last seven away league games on a Sunday (D4 L2), though this did come at Bournemouth in December last season (3-1).
This is Southampton’s lowest points tally after 14 games of a Premier League season (16) since 2012-13 (12) – they finished that campaign in 14th place.
Southampton have scored just 14 goals in their 14 Premier League games so far – at this stage last season, they’d netted just 13 times.
![In midweek Joshua King scored only his second goal in 12 league games so far this season](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/01/13/46D535C400000578-0-Joshua_King_scored_only_his_second_goal_in_12_league_games_this_-m-49_1512133456162.jpg)
In midweek Joshua King scored only his second goal in 12 league games so far this season
Since the start of April, Southampton have scored only 22 goals in their 25 matches in the Premier League (0.88 per game).
The first of Jermain Defoe’s four Premier League hat-tricks came against Southampton, for Tottenham back in December 2004.
Joshua King scored only his second goal in 12 Premier League appearances this season in Bournemouth’s midweek defeat to Burnley. In his final 12 league games of 2016-17, he netted 10 goals.