Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe: Charlie Austin can get into England’s Euro squad

We still have training on Monday afternoon but he is doubtful.

“They had a great season in the Championship, as champions, and it is close by”.

Koeman said: “You need luck to win games”. Normally we’re defending [corners] very good.

Goals from Steven Davis and Graziano Pelle were enough to give Southampton all three points on that occasion, despite playing the final 12 minutes with ten men after Victor Wanyama’s dismissal.

“We couldn’t keep the lad waiting for ever – it’s very frustrating because the player has gone on to do so well”. I watched Southampton’s game with Chelsea on Soccer Saturday and Fraser Forster will be so disappointed with the two goals he conceded.

“I had been prepared to be ready and maybe come on for the second half, but as [Saturday] showed you never know when you will be called upon”.

Junior Stanislas is expected to be missing for Bournemouth with hamstring trouble. “It is interesting for the rest of the teams to get an opportunity to get into Europe”.

Only a transfer embargo denied Howe signing Austin for Bournemouth in League Two following a pre-season trial back in 2009.

Shane Long will face a late fitness test for Southampton.

23/10 is a solid price on a draw; however, the fact that four of these sides’ last five meetings have swung under 2.5 goals (8/13) combines with Saints record of having kept three consecutive clean sheets on the road to make backing a draw at -2.5 goals appeal as an 11/4 shot.

If City finish in the top five in the Premier League, which they look very likely to do, then the team finishing sixth in the division will enter the qualifying stages of the Europa League next season.

The 26-year-old striker returned to the Premier League when joining Southampton from QPR last month and according to Bournemouth boss Howe, has the attributes Hodgson may feel are necessary to take to France this summer.

Under ex-Cherries boss Harry Redknapp, he won promotion from the Championship and netted 18 goals in his maiden Premier League campaign despite the Rs being relegated.

– Bournemouth have scored the most goals in the opening 15 minutes of Premier League games in 2015-16 so far (eight).

“Maybe at that stage of the season they had some problems, maybe still trying to adapt to the Premier League”, he said.