Bournemouth vs Everton Prediction and Betting Tips: Side with Semenyo to score first on the south coast

Bournemouth face Everton in the Premier League on Saturday and the 3pm kick-off at the Vitality Stadium is a particularly significant fixture for Sean Dyche's Toffees.

An 11-game winless streak in the league has left Everton precariously placed just four points above the relegation zone and they have scored only one goal in their last six away matches in all competitions.

The Toffees were grateful for Bournemouth's stunning comeback against Luton, another relegation-threatened club, in the Cherries' most recent league match.

Trailing 3-0 at half-time, Bournemouth roared back to win 4-3 with in-form winger Antoine Semenyo netting the third and fourth goals.

Everton beat Bournemouth 3-0 in October's reverse fixture at Goodison Park, but they have won just one of their last 15 league and cup games.

Only bottom club Sheffield United have scored fewer league goals than the Toffees' tally of 29 and they desperately need to rediscover their finishing touch in front of goal this weekend.

Team news

Bournemouth hope to have right-back Max Aarons available after a thigh injury, but Lloyd Kelly and Marcos Senesi face fitness tests. Luis Sinisterra and Ryan Fredericks remain sidelined for the Cherries.

Everton will assess the fitness of midfielder Idrissa Gueye and former Bournemouth winger Arnaut Danjuma, but Dele Alli remains sidelined.

Possible starting line-ups

Bournemouth (4-2-3-1): Neto; Smith, Zabarnyi, Mepham, Ouattara; Christie, Cook; Semenyo, Scott, Tavernier; Solanke

Everton (4-4-1-1): Pickford; Godfrey, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Harrison, Garner, Onana, McNeil; Doucoure; Calvert-Lewin

Luton took advantage of some generous Bournemouth defending to race into a 3-0 half-time lead before the international break, but a quieter first 45 minutes is in prospect on Saturday.

Five of Everton's last seven league matches were goalless at half-time, including February's 2-0 defeat at champions Manchester City, who had to wait until the 71st minute to breach the Toffees' defence.

All four goals in Everton's 3-1 home loss to West Ham this month were scored in the second half, while Manchester United needed penalties from Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford to claim a 2-0 win at Old Trafford last time out.

As Bournemouth's spectacular comeback against Luton demonstrated, they tend to do their best work in the second half of matches.

The Cherries have scored 11 times in their last six league games and those goals came in the 50th, 51st, 69th, 13th, 88th, 74th, 91st, 50th, 62nd, 64th and 83rd minutes.

Winger Antoine Semenyo was Bournemouth's hero in the 4-3 thriller against Luton, scoring a couple of fine goals in the second half, and he is worth backing to be the first goalscorer against Everton.

The Ghana international has had 14 shots in his last three league outings against Burnley, Sheffield United and Luton, so he should be relishing a crack against another of the Premier League's strugglers.

Four of Semenyo's seven league goals this season have come in his last five appearances and he looks a value alternative to Bournemouth's star striker Dominic Solanke in the first-scorer betting.