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Southampton made the short trip along the south coast to face Bournemouth on Monday night with Russell Martin chasing a first Premier League win. Russell Martin sprung a surprise with the way he set his Southampton side up as they effectively started in a 4-2-2 shape with no recognised striker. Instead, attacking midfielders Tyler Dibling and Mateus Fernandes played as unconventional centre-forwards who drifted deeper to pick up the ball and it looked like a tactic that could work as Southampton started the better of the two sides. However, the Saints defence were caught cold on 18 minutes as …

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