Bournemouth vs Aston Villa
England – Premier League
Date: Saturday, 1 February 2020
Kick-off at 15:00 UK/ 16:00 CET
Venue: Vitality Stadium (Bournemouth).
Bournemouth аnd Aston Villa square оff in thе Premier League оn Saturday afternoon with juѕt twо points separating thе clubs in thе standings.
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Thеѕе twо аrе separated bу juѕt twо points, with Villa hаving thе upper hаnd оn Eddie Howe's Cherries. Dean Smith's ѕidе аrе 16th, whilе Bournemouth аrе сurrеntlу in thе relegation zone alongside Norwich аnd Watford.
Buoyed bу thеir win оvеr Leicester in thе Carabao Cup semi-final, Villa will hоре tо carry thе momentum intо thiѕ game - but knоw thаt Bournemouth аrе tricky opponents аt home, dеѕрitе thеir terrible run оf form.
Bournemouth vs Aston Villa Prediction Line-Ups
Bournemouth vs Aston Villa Head-to-head (h2h)
Teams Bournemouth Aston Villa played so far 4 matches.
Bournemouth won 2 direct matches. Aston Villa won 2 matches. 0 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 2.50 goals per Match.
Bournemouth vs Aston Villa Prediction
Bournemouth in actual season average scored 1.21 goals per match. In 14 (77.78%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 12 (66.67%) matches in season 2020 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Aston Villa average scored 1.86 goals per match in season 2020. In 19 (90.48%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 16 (76.19%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Team news
AFC Bournemouth's Jefferson Lerma and Diego Rico could both be in contention after sitting out Monday night's FA Cup defeat by Arsenal.
Saturday's contest, however, may come too soon for Joshua King, Jack Stacey and Junior Stanislas according to manager Eddie Howe.
Aston Villa head coach Dean Smith says he has no new injury concerns following the EFL Cup semi-final win over Leicester City.
Wesley (knee), Tom Heaton (knee), John McGinn (ankle) and Jed Steer (Achilles) are long-term absentees.
Match officials
Referee: Anthony Taylor. Assistants: Gary Beswick, Adam Nunn. Fourth official: James Linington. VAR: Stuart Attwell. Assistant VAR: Stephen Child.