Aston Villa vs Bournemouth Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th October 2024

Bournemouth could close the current gap on the top four, when they face off against Aston Villa this coming Saturday. Their current position in the Premier League standings naturally favours The Villans, but Bournemouth won't be short on motivation.

Ranked as number 4 in the Premier League standings, Aston Villa, have so far collected 17 points this season, while Bournemouth collected 11 points. This puts them up as number 11 after eight rounds.

Aston Villa took down Bournemouth in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario this coming Saturday.

Aston Villa scored an average of 1.8 goals in ten matches or a total of 18 while allowing 18 goals against. This is an average of 1.8 goals against per match with one clean sheets along the way.

Bournemouth managed a bearable 12 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.2 goals per game. They conceded 14 goals in total, and while claiming one clean sheets, they conceded 1.4 goals an average per game.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Aston Villa played against Bournemouth. It finished 3-1 in a great match between the pair.

Aston Villa vs Bournemouth Prediction

Aston Villa Form

Their last three matches saw Aston Villa drawing 0-0 with Manchester United, before taking out Fulham by 1-3, and Bologna by 2-0. Aston Villa managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew three and lost one, as they scored 11 and conceded ten goals.

Bournemouth Form

Two victories are what Bournemouth have to show from their past three matches, as they first beat Southampton 3-1. This was followed by a 1-0 defeat against Leicester, before winning again 2-0 against Arsenal. Bournemouth only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Premier League. In these six matches they drew one and lost four as well as being outscored by 12 goals to five.

Aston Villa are well up for the task of building on their current momentum, and we expect them to deliver the goods in their upcoming clash at Villa Park against visitors Bournemouth.

Aston Villa took 14 points from their last six encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to four wins after scoring 12 times and conceding seven. Bournemouth fought their way to one wins and three points from their last three games against teams inside the top six. They were on target two times in these matches, but also let in four goals. Aston Villa lost just once so far this season in the Premier League and after eight games played they recorded five wins and two draws Bournemouth have a record of three wins, two draws and three defeats in the Premier League.

Aston Villa vs Bournemouth Squads

Aston Villa Squad

Emery will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Bournemouth from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Emiliano Martinez (0/8), Joe Gauci (0/0), Robin Olsen (0/0), Diego Carlos (0/4), Ezri Konsa (1/7), Ian Maatsen (0/7), Kortney Hause (0/0), Kosta Nedeljkovic (0/3), Lamare Bogarde (0/2), Lucas Digne (0/8), Matty Cash (0/4), Pau Torres (0/8), Tyrone Mings (0/0), Amadou Onana (2/7), Boubacar Kamara (0/0), Emiliano Buendia (0/4), Jacob Ramsey (0/7), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (0/5), John McGinn (0/6), Leon Bailey (0/7), Morgan Rogers (2/8), Ross Barkley (0/7), Youri Tielemans (0/8), Jhon Duran (4/8), Ollie Watkins (5/8).

Bournemouth Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Bournemouth players that the manager Andoni Iraola will choose from for the upcoming game:

Kepa Arrizabalaga (0/5), Mark Travers (0/1), Will Dennis (0/0), Adam Smith (0/8), Dean Huijsen (0/3), Illia Zabarnyi (0/8), James Hill (0/0), Julian Araujo (0/6), Marcos Senesi (0/6), Max Aarons (0/0), Milos Kerkez (0/8), Alex Scott (0/8), Dango Ouattara (1/7), David Brooks (0/1), Justin Kluivert (1/8), Lewis Cook (1/8), Marcus Tavernier (1/8), Philip Billing (0/2), Tyler Adams (0/0), Antoine Semenyo (3/8), Enes Unal (0/5), Evanilson (1/7), Luis Sinisterra (1/8), Ryan Christie (1/8).

Aston Villa vs Bournemouth Team News

At the time of writing, Aston Villa have five players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Bournemouth on Saturday. There is no need for Jaden Philogene-Bidace to show up in the Aston Villa dressing room, as he is suspended.

Boubacar Kamara, Kortney Hause, Tyrone Mings and Emiliano Buendia are missing from the squad, Aston Villa will field against Bournemouthon Saturday.

Aston Villa vs Bournemouth Lineups

Aston Villa vs Bournemouth H2H

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Aston Villa played against Bournemouth. It finished 3-1 in a great match between the pair. A draw might be high-priced, but nevertheless seems fairly unlikely, judging by their nine recent outings against each other. Aston Villa managed four wins, while Bournemouth grabbed all three points four times in these eight matches. Picking the home win gets you odds at 9/10 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 27/10.

Aston Villa vs Bournemouth Results

In the last eight matches between Aston Villa and Bournemouth over 2.5 goals came out two times. Odds on at least three goals are at 8/13 with bookies.

Aston Villa vs Bournemouth Betting Tips

Antoine Semenyo shows decent form right now for Bournemouth, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Premier League. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Aston Villa, who are strong favourites this coming Saturday. Siding with Ollie Watkins also look a nice prospect as he scored five goals in his last six Premier League matches.

Aston Villa won five of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing three and losing two as well. Bournemouth won two from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew three and lost five in this run. Strap yourselves up for a goals at Villa Park since both teams scored in six of the last 10 home matches for Aston Villa. The same occurred in five of the last 10 league games away from home for Bournemouth.

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the last eight encounters between these two teams. Aston Villa managed an average of 1.51 goals, with Bournemouth averaging 1.38 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. Aston Villa saw over 2.5 goals in seven of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 2.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Bournemouth's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.3 goals in these matches.