Aston Villa vs Bournemouth prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2024-10-25 14:00.
[p]Aston Villa’s brilliant start to the 2024/25 season continued on Tuesday night as they made it three UEFA Champions League wins out of three by beating Bologna 2-0, just days after battling past Fulham 3-1 to go six Premier League games without defeat (W4, D2). “It’s exciting times being a Villa player” striker Ollie Watkins said after that league victory which means that his side have 17 points or more after eight games for just the third time in competition history.[/p]
[p]That’s been helped by the fact Villa have kept three consecutive clean sheets at home in all competitions (W2, D1), something they hadn’t done since a run of five between March and April 2023. That defensive solidity will be needed again here, as that sequence included a 3-0 win over Bournemouth, against whom the Villans actually have a negative H2H record at Villa Park (W2, D1, L4). [/p]
[p]The visitors have proved that they are a threat for any team after a fine 2-0 win over Arsenal last weekend, with the highlight being a perfectly executed set-piece routine scored by Ryan Christie. After producing what some might say was the shock of the Premier League season so far, they start this round just below the top half, with eight points more than they had after eight games last term![/p]
[p]That’s despite them picking up just four points on the road in the league this campaign (W1, D1, L2), winning just one of their last six such matches (D1, L4), so although their progress under manager Andoni Iraola has been impressive, he’s still got work to do with the Cherries on their travels. Doing much about it here will be challenging though, as they’ve lost their last two visits to Villa Park, conceding exactly three times in each defeat.[/p]
[p]Key battle: Key to Villa’s defensive solidity is goalkeeper Emiliano MartĂnez, who saved a penalty against Fulham and has kept three clean sheets across his last four appearances. Having scored twice in his last three games for club and country, Bournemouth’s Christie may feel confident of beating him with both of those goals opening the scoring.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Villa have conceded first but avoided defeat in four of their last five Premier League games (W3, D1)Â [/p]
[p][i]Written by John Pennington[/i][/p]