March 18th features a match where Aston Villa will host AFC Bournemouth at Villa Park in a meeting of these two mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Aston Villa sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against West Ham United. Ollie Watkins struck first for Aston Villa in the 17th minute on a feed from Álex Moreno, then Saïd Benrahma tied it up for West Ham United in the 26th minute earning West Ham United at least a draw. Aston Villa should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, AFC Bournemouth recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Liverpool. Philip Billing scored the first goal for AFC Bournemouth in the 28th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Liverpool couldn’t manage to score, and AFC Bournemouth took the shutout win. AFC Bournemouth looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
On the 6th of August, AFC Bournemouth hosted Aston Villa at the Vitality Stadium in their last match together. AFC Bournemouth won by a score of 2 to 0. Jefferson Lerma scored the first goal for AFC Bournemouth in the 2nd minute, then Kieffer Moore added another in the 80th minute In the end, Aston Villa couldn’t muster any offence and AFC Bournemouth ran away with the shutout win.
For AFC Bournemouth, their top scorers are Marcos Senesi and Philip Billing, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Aston Villa is fortunate enough to have Ollie Watkins in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals
Unai Emery Etxegoien’s squad will be without Philippe Coutinho, Leander Dendoncker, Jed Steer and Diego Carlos, while Gary O’Neil’s AFC Bournemouth squad will be without Junior Stanislas, David Brooks, Hamed Junior Traorè, Matías Viña and Illia Zabarnyi.