Bournemouth vs Aston Villa Prediction

Bournemouth vs Aston Villa stats: key insights

• Bournemouth are the favorites to win.Opta supercomputerThink their chances of winning are 40.7%.
• Aston Villa were unbeaten in their previous four games Cherries.
• Two of the last three clashes between these two teams have seen the equalizing player score in the 90th minute or later.

Bournemouth and Aston Villa opened the weekend standings side by side in the Premier League, but both are in the race for European qualification, but are still far apart Separated in terms of points.

If you discount champions Liverpool and the three relegated clubs, then the Cherries and Villa are the biggest between any two clubs next to each other in the table.

Neither team is expected to change their position once they reach the top three Matchday is also over.Opta's predictions For the Premier League, Villa have a 56.5% likelihood of finishing in seventh place, with Bournemouth a 48.4% certainty of making it into the berth behind them.

For Villa boss Unai Emery, it's the first of three games in which he must seek to turn around his team's chances of finishing in the top five 15.5% finish to reality. It won't be easy.

Meanwhile, Bournemouth have been masters of the punch on the rise in 2024-25. They've won seven of their 13 Premier League matches against teams ranked one day ahead of them this season, losing just three. It gives them the highest winning percentage of any team to have played more than one such game this term (54%).

Andoni Iraola's men have also regained some form. Bournemouth are unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches (W2 D3), with only one point in five games prior. The Cherries are looking to win back-to-back league titles for the first time since January, beating Arsenal 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium last weekend.

Their improved results will be partly due to their injury troubles easing up. Tuan Vatara went off injured against Arsenal, while Ryan Christie, Luis Sinisterra and Enes Unal remain out, but Bournemouth's goal tally is in double figures for those who missed out not so long ago.

The top pressure and energy of the people on the field is It's been integral to their success this semester. It's hard to maintain that. But there's a patched-up lineup.

Bournemouth have made more mistakes than any other team in the Premier League this season. 65 of their shots and 8 of their goals have been won this way and the closest they've come to an opponent's goal this season has been theirs in their 8 top flight seasons.

Villa need to be careful at the back. They've got it figured out and that's another advantage for the Cherries.

Bournemouth have scored more second-half injury-time goals than any other top-flight side in the 2024-25 season (8), while only Southampton (10) have conceded more than Aston Villa. Those stats clashed at Villa Park in October when Evanilson scored in the 96th minute to earn the Cherries a 1-1 draw.

Recently, the Brazilian has been in good form. He has been directly involved in six goals in his last eight Premier League appearances, more than his previous 20 (5).

Anthony Semenyo has also been doing everything he can to keep his team in contention for UEFA Conference League qualification. He has two goals and an assist in his last four league appearances, with his goals breaking deadlocks against Fulham and Manchester United have played their first two games at the Vitality Stadium.

While Villa don't have a player in such great form, they do have a striker with an excellent record against this opposition. Ollie Watkins has been directly involved in five of his four goals Premier League debut against Bournemouth, and his four assists against the Cherries are the most he's ever had against any opponent.

In association with Marcus Rashford is the only player currently on the visitors' injury list, with Watkins likely to start. He'll need to help Villa maintain their fine form of seven wins in their last nine league games if they're to crash into the top five before the curtain falls on the 2024-25 season.

Bournemouth vs Aston Villa Head to Head

Bournemouth are unbeaten in their last three home games Villa, who have won two, have scored two goals in each Time.

However, Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last four Premier League matches against the Cherries, winning two and losing four in their previous consecutive confrontations.

It's all a matter of perspective. To be sure, only one of the four top-flight encounters at the Vitality Stadium was settled by more than one goal, so this could be another close one.

They drew 1-1 in the reverse fixture in October, with Ross Barkley's goal for Villa cancelled out by Evanilson's last-minute equalizer.

Bournemouth vs Aston Villa Prediction

As with the history of head-to-headOpta supercomputerNo. Saw a big difference between the two teams in this game.

The hosts are the favorites, with Bournemouth winning 40.7% in the pre-match simulation. Aston Villa won more than a third of the rehearsal however, they (34.5%) and the remaining 24.8% of 10,000 ended in a draw.

The Cherries are unlikely to catch Aston Villa this season, but if the supercomputer proves to be correct, then that possibility continues as we head into the final two matchdays of the competition 2024-25.