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equalise on the stroke of halftime through Boufal but the Moroccan lashed his effort over the bar.

The Cherries started the second half where they left off at the end of the first and almost doubled their lead in the 50th minute. Defoe picked out King in the area and he trickled a shot across the face of goal which went narrowly wide before Junior Stanislas could prod it home.

Southampton fought their way back into the game and could have levelled through Dusan Tadic when his close-range shot was deflected over.

Their pressure paid off in the 61st minute, though, after Oriol Romeu nicked the ball off Lewis Cook before finding substitute Nathan Redmond.

He squared it for Austin, who made no mistake in burying his right-foot shot past Begovic from close range for his seventh goal in his last 10 Premier League appearances.

The chances continued to flow and Bournemouth should have found themselves ahead again in the 75th minute but were again denied by the excellent Forster.

This time it was King who tried to beat the inspired Saints No.1 after the striker turned his defender in the box before firing his effort on target, but the England shot-stopper was again equal to the task.

Goal hero Austin should have scored when was picked out in the area by Ryan Bertrand.

But the striker could not keep his header down as the south coast bragging rights were shared. BOURNEMOUTH (4-4-1-1): Begovic 6; Smith 5, Francis Daniels 6; 6, A Stanislas 5 (Ibe 68, 5), SURMAN 7, Co Fraser 6 (Afobe 90); Defoe 5 (Wilson Ki 68, 5). Subs: Boruc Cook, Gosling, Pugh. UP NEXT: Crystal Palace (a), Prem League, Saturday. SOUTHAMPTON (4-2-3-1): FORSTER 7; Pied 6, 5, Van Dijk 6, Bertrand 6; Davis 6 (Gabbiadini Romeu 6; 8 Ward-Prowse 5 (Redmon 6), Tadic 6 (Lemina 74), 6. Boufal 6; Au Subs: McCarthy, Yoshida, Targett. Hojbjer UP NEXT: Arsenal (h), Premier Le Sunday. Referee: Jon Moss 5. YOUR TURN: Which striker score twice in the second half to seal Sai 3-1 win at Bournemouth last seaso