📏 Form Guide

Bournemouth

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Bournemouth, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-2 Premier League success over Wolverhampton Wanderers.

In that match, Bournemouth had 48% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Bournemouth, goals were scored by Eli Junior Kroupi (33') and Alex Scott (91'). On the other side, Wolverhampton Wanderers had 17 attempts on goal with 7 on target.

Bournemouth have not been the best at stopping their opponents lately, but they’ve also done enough to convert their own chances into goals. Over their last 6 matches, Bournemouth have been punished defensively in 5 of them as well as managing to get on the scoresheet in 6 of those games.

Their previous form shows that Bournemouth:

• are winless against Aston Villa in their last 6 matches in the league.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

Aston Villa

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Brentford in Premier League action, Aston Villa will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Aston Villa had 72% possession and 27 attempts at goal with 5 on target. At the other end, Brentford had 6 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Dango Ouattara (45') scored for Brentford.

Unai Emery's Aston Villa have converted 8 times in the course of their latest 6 matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during that period equals 5.

Looking at their past form shows that Aston Villa:

• have not been beaten by Bournemouth when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head results going back to 18/03/2023 tells us that these fixtures have been disappointments for Bournemouth. They’ve not managed to come away with any wins at all while Aston Villa have remained in the ascendancy, winning in 67% of those matches played.

A combined sum of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 4 of them for The Cherries and 14 for The Villans. That’s an average goals per game of 3.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 11 on 09/11/2025 which ended up with the score at Aston Villa 4-0 Bournemouth.

In that game, Aston Villa managed 52% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 8 on target. The scorers were Emiliano Buendía (28'), Amadou Onana (40'), Ross Barkley (77') and Donyell Malen (82').

For their opponents, Bournemouth got 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was John Brooks.

📰 Team News: Bournemouth

It looks as if The Cherries could use a 4-2-3-1 system in the match featuring Djordje Petrovic, Alex Jimenez, James Hill, Marcos Senesi, Adrien Truffert, Alex Scott, Lewis Cook, Rayan, Eli Junior Kroupi, Amine Adli and Evanilson.

📰 Team News: Aston Villa

We reckon that The Villans seem likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Emiliano Martinez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Lucas Digne, Amadou Onana, Douglas Luiz, Jadon Sancho, Morgan Rogers, Emiliano Buendia and Ollie Watkins.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment is that Aston Villa and Bournemouth may both struggle to make a breakthrough here.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw with few scoring chances is looking likely to us. That’s why we have predicted a very even match with a 0-0 score by the conclusion of this game.

Lucas Pereira, 14:05 07/02/2026