Good afternoon, and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Bournemouth v Southampton.

Lots of long balls being hefted about here by both sides.

Fraser and Daniels are combining well for Bournemouth at the moment, using the left side of the pitch well, but no final ball yet.

Boufal is twisting and turning down the left, and Bournemouth and closing him down in numbers.

The visitors are doing all the pressing at the moment.

The ball pings around but it's finally cleared.

Free kick to Southampton after a challenge from Defoe on Romeu.

Good defending from Nathan Ake, getting to the ball ahead of Austin.

Hefty kicking from Forster in these early minutes, seeking out Austin centrally.

It's a lovely sunny day on the south coast, by the way.

Kick-off!

The teams are lining up in the tunnel.

Mauricio Pellegrino: "We have to see the positive things. I think we competed really well against [Manchester City]...we had a chance to score more goals and try to get something. Hopefully we can bounce back from this performance."

Eddie Howe says he's freshened the team up. "I think it's a good game for us, hopefully the crowd will really get involved...At home, against Southampton, I think it should be a really good atmosphere today."

TEAMS - Bournemouth: Begovic, A Smith, Francis, Ake, Daniels, Stanislas, L Cook, Surman, Fraser, King, Defoe. Subs: Boruc, S Cook, Gosling, Ibe, Pugh, Afobe, Wilson. /// Southampton: Forster, Pied, van Dijk, Hoedt, Bertrand, Davis, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Tadić, Boufal, Austin. Subs: McCarthy, Yoshida, Targett, Lemina, Hojbjerg, Redmond, Gabbiadini.