Aston Villa presents football at a fairly high level. Recently, the coach of the first team is Unai Emery, who is ambitious and intends to make the club one of the permanent participants of European competitions at least for the next season.
At the moment, Villans are not yet able to compete on equal terms with top teams, as evidenced by the recent matches against Arsenal (2: 4) and Manchester City (1: 3).
Despite this, in the final meetings they managed to score 7 points against weaker Everton (2-0), Crystal Palace (1-0) and West Ham (1-1).
On average, Aston Villa creates 1.22 xg per game, with 1.52 xg allowed.
Bournemouth is actively fighting for survival in the country’s elite division. There is no doubt that the Cherries will try to take points from Aston Villa, as they did in the last round against Liverpool (1-0). The victory over the “Reds” significantly increased the chances of saving the team to 53.5% (according to Opta).
Gary O’Neill’s football is all about playing counter-attacks and low-set defense in front of his own penalty area (41.1 meters – last place).
At the same time, in terms of the speed of the ball moving towards the opponent’s goal, Bournemouth is second only to Leeds.
I think a rebuilt Bournemouth will be able to capitalize on Aston Villa’s frequent defensive mistakes, but will not be able to resist Unai Emery’s positional attack.