Bournemouth vs Aston Villa prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-05-09 16:30.
[p]Rewind 12 years and Bournemouth had just been promoted out of League One, but probably never in their wildest dreams did they envisage a potential European campaign over a decade on. But that’s a position the Cherries now find themselves in, sitting eighth in the Premier League pre-round, a placing which will more than likely be enough to secure a spot in next season’s UEFA Conference League. [/p]
[p]This fixture is historic for Bournemouth, as their first-ever Premier League game was against Aston Villa back in 2015. They’ll be keen to avoid a repeat of the 1-0 defeat they suffered back then, and a three-match unbeaten home H2H run since (W2, D1) suggests they’re good value to do so. They should be full of confidence here too after winning 2-1 away at Arsenal last weekend, stretching their unbeaten league run to five matches (W2, D3).[/p]
[p]They face a Villa side here with top-five aspirations, although their hopes will hinge on a strong end to the campaign as they’re three points adrift of fifth pre-round. All the signs point to Unai Emery’s side ending the campaign strongly as they’ve won six of their last seven league games (L1), but they perhaps won’t be keen to make the long journey down to the south coast.[/p]
[p]That’s because Villa have registered eight of their nine league defeats this term on the road and haven’t beaten a side starting this round inside the top eight away from home all season (D1, L5). All hope of victory here isn’t lost with Emery in the dugout, as the Spaniard is unbeaten in seven personal H2Hs against Bournemouth (W5, D2), while he has never lost a managerial clash with opposite number Andoni Iraola (W3, D2). [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Bournemouth’s Evanilson has been directly involved in six goals in his last eight Premier League appearances (G5, A1), more than he had in his 20 prior (G5). Villa frontman Ollie Watkins is renowned for scoring goals, but he’s actually amassed a joint-career high four assists against Bournemouth.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Bournemouth have only scored more than once in one of their last 12 home league games. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Chris Wilson[/i][/p]