Aston Villa vs Bournemouth Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Aston Villa

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Aston Villa head into this game following a 1-1 Premier League drawn result vs West Ham United.

In that match, Aston Villa had 59% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Aston Villa was Ollie Watkins (17'). For their opponents, West Ham United had 17 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Saïd Benrahma (26') was the scorer for West Ham United.

Aston Villa haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.

They have managed to rack up 9 during that time and have conceded a total of 12.

Coming into this meeting, Aston Villa are winless against Bournemouth in their previous 4 league matches.

Bournemouth

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Bournemouth will go into the encounter after a 1-0 Premier League win vs Liverpool in their previous fixture.

In that game, Bournemouth managed 31% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Bournemouth was Philip Billing (28'). Liverpool got 15 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target.

In the course of their 6 previous matches, Gary O'Neil's Bournemouth have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 6 times, giving them a goals scored per game average of 1.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head meetings going back to 25/01/2015 shows us that Aston Villa have won 2 of these and Bournemouth 4, with the tally of drawn results being 0.

A combined total of 15 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them from The Villans and 9 for The Cherries. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.5.

📋 Team News: Aston Villa

The Aston Villa manager Unai Emery will be grateful to have no fitness worries at all before this match thanks to a fully healthy group ready to go.

It’s our opinion that The Villans could make use of the 4-4-2 formation for the game, handing starts to Emiliano Martinez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Alex Moreno, Leon Bailey, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey, Emiliano Buendia and Ollie Watkins.

ℹ️ Team News: Bournemouth

From a largely full-strength squad, there’s just the sole fitness issue for the Bournemouth boss Gary O'Neil to be concerned with. David Brooks (Fitness) won’t be in action.

We reckon that The Cherries seem most likely to play in a 4-4-1-1 system, choosing Neto, Adam Smith, Jack Stephens, Marcos Senesi, Lloyd Kelly, Dango Ouattara, Jefferson Lerma, Joe Rothwell, Jaidon Anthony, Philip Billing and Dominic Solanke.

⚡ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Aston Villa will probably get the win and a possible clean sheet against Bournemouth, who may well struggle to find the back of the net.

We’re therefore expecting to see a 2-0 victory for Aston Villa at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 02:23 14/03/2023