Bournemouth v Brighton

Neither side has started this campaign particularly well, so Friday night's battle between Bournemouth and Brighton on the South Coast takes on increased importance. Will the Cherries be more vulnerable this season, or will the addition of some decent signings allow them to kick on? It's a difficult one to answer, but they haven't exactly excelled so far.

While defeats to Man City and Arsenal can be excused, the manner of their reversals at West Brom and then at home to Watford will have been more concerning, and they really didn't look too creative in those matches.

It's been a similar story at Brighton, although they did bank an important win against the Baggies ahead of the international break, and troubled Watford plenty of times in a goalless match prior to that. On balance, Brighton have arguably looked the better of the pair, but not enough to convince us to wade in at 11/4.

Instead the bet for tonight has to be Under 2.5 Goals at 10/11. Neither side will want to risk getting too exposed early on, and this one could be played out at something of a snails pace.

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