Southampton still winless after losing to south coast rival Bournemouth

BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) - Bournemouth beat Southampton 3-1 and prolonged the latter’s miserable start to the English Premier League on Monday.

Southampton remained without a win after six games and was tied on one point at the bottom of the table with Wolves. The run marks the newly promoted side's worst start to a league since 1998.

Brazilian striker Evanilson got his first goal for the Cherries and Antoine Semenyo starred, scoring one and making another as Bournemouth plundered all three goals in a rampant first 45 minutes.

Bournemouth moved up to 11th.

Tommy Elphick's side started well and took the lead after 17 minutes. Marcus Tavernier was the architect, cleverly taking a quick free kick that caught the Southampton defense off guard. Evanilson ran on and flicked the ball past the goalkeeper.

Former Bristol City winger Semenyo was always a threat on the right and after 32 minutes his cutback found Lewis Cook, whose shot was deflected in by Dango Ouattara.

Five minutes later, the Ghanaian international got his own name on the scoresheet with some nifty footwork before drilling an angled drive low into the far corner.

Taylor Harwood-Bellis pulled a goal back for Southampton early in the second half but it failed to spark a comeback. The home side had more of the ball in the second half but rarely threatened the Bournemouth goal.

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