Aston Villa tipped to sweep AFC Bournemouth aside

Aston Villa and AFC Bournemouth face off this Saturday at the Villa Park in an intriguing match in the Premier League . Currently, Unai Emery's team are 11th in the table with 35 points, while Gary O´Neil's team are 18th with 24 points.

After drawing 1x1 in the last match against West Ham (Premier League 2022/2023), Aston Villa receive AFC Bournemouth, who won 1x0 against Liverpool (Premier League 2022/2023). On arrival at this matchday, Unai Emery's team has recorded a thirteen-game unbeaten sequence in the Premier League 2022/23. On the other hand, Gary O´Neil's team is on a sequence of scoring at least one goal each match for the past five, in the Premier League 2022/23. When analysing the previous encounters between the teams, Aston Villa and AFC Bournemouth have faced each other ten times, with Gary O´Neil's team holding the advantage: 5 victories, against 4 victories of Unai Emery's team. Specifically in the Villa Park, AFC Bournemouth and Aston Villa have both 2 victories.

Considering only the Premier League, there have been five games played between the two teams, with 4 wins for AFC Bournemouth, 0 draws and 1 win for Aston Villa.

Considering the Premier League 2022/23, from Aston Villa's most influential players, Ezri Konsa is the most used player in a total of 26 games (2243 min). Ollie Watkins is their current best scorer with 9 goals. As for AFC Bournemouth, Adam Smith participated in 25 games, and Jefferson Lerma is the one with more minutes played (2190). Philip Billing has scored 6 goals, the most across AFC Bournemouth's squad.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with AFC Bournemouth winning 2x0. Aston Villa are given the favouritism to win this match.