Pelle helps Hak down Southampton’s south coast rivals Bournemouth

Southampton’s lead doubled just five minutes later, in fairly similar circumstances, but this time it was Dusan Tadic with the cross from the left and Graziano Pelle with the goal – a header this time.

The Italian celebrated with a New Zealand style Haka, perhaps in recognition of the Kiwi’s Rugby World Cup win, incidentally against Federici’s Australia.

It was the Serb who had the best chance of the opening 15 minutes after the break, but his long-range shot was just wide of the post.

Junior Stanislas had Bournemouth’s first meaningful effort, in the 66th minute, however his free-kick couldn’t quite curl enough to beat Maarten Stekelenburg.

Wanyama sees red but Saints hold on

Hosts Southampton had to face a nervy end to the game with 10 men, with Victor Wanyama given a second yellow card for a rash challenge outside the area on 78 minutes.

However, they were able to hold on to stay unbeaten in their last five league games, despite a late close-range effort by substitute Lee Tomlin which Stekelenburg was equal to.

It was to be a third successive Premier League defeat for the injury-hit Cherries and a losing return for Harry Arter, who was subbed off in the 73rd minute.

Eddie Howe’s men now just stand one point above the drop zone, while Southampton leapfrogged four clubs into seventh place as they aim to get back into Europe by the end of the season.

We hope you were able to take and profit on our bet of the day, in which we predicted the 2-0 scoreline in the Saints’ favour – a 13/2 price at the time of writing.

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