Aston Villa vs Bournemouth Matchday Stats Preview
Having lost their first two Premier League home games against Bournemouth in 2016 and 2019, Aston Villa have won the last two by an aggregate score of 6-1.
Bournemouth have won 50% of their eight Premier League games against Aston Villa (W4 D1 L3) – of those they’ve faced as many times, against no side do they have a higher win rate in the competition.
Aston Villa have picked up 17 points in eight Premier League games this season (W5 D2 L1), just the third time they’ve had that many points at this stage, also doing so in 1995-96 (17, finished 4th) and 1998-99 (20, finished 6th).
Bournemouth have lost six of their last nine away Premier League matches (W2 D1), losing their last two without scoring since their late 3-2 comeback victory against Everton at the end of August.
Only Manchester City (13) have won more points from losing positions in the Premier League this season than Aston Villa (10), who have won three games despite conceding first so far this campaign.
Only Manchester City (157) and Tottenham (145) have had more shots in the Premier League this season than Bournemouth (130). Their current average of 16.3 shots per game is their highest ratio in a single top-flight campaign.
The two sides to benefit from the most goals and assists from substitutes in the Premier League this season are Aston Villa (4 goals, 2 assists) and Bournemouth (3 goals, 3 assists). Only two subs have both scored and assisted in a game this season and both are Cherries players – Luis Sinisterra vs Everton and Justin Kluivert vs Arsenal last time out.
No team has scored more goals from the 70th minute onwards of games in the Premier League this season than Bournemouth (six). The average minute of their goals has been the 63rd minute, the latest average by a team in a single Premier League campaign.
Youri Tielemans has created 17 chances in the Premier League this season, the most of any Aston Villa player. He is creating 2.1 chances per 90 minutes on average in 2024-25, his best ratio in a single Premier League campaign.
Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins has been involved in 15 Premier League goals in his last nine appearances against teams whose name starts with B (8 goals, 7 assists) and has one goal and four assists in his last three games against Bournemouth.
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