Football betting preview: AFC Bournemouth favourites when Stoke City arrive

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vitality Stadium (11700 seats)

2nd place in the Championship table for AFC Bournemouth at present, a fine showing. The match-going ticketholders pray for more fun as 14th-placed Stoke City visit Vitality Stadium.

Insights:
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Championship

The visiting Stoke City played their last game only three days ago, a Championship match.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

AFC Bournemouth have collected 27 points from their Championship home games so far after 8-3-3.

A strong away win for AFC Bournemouth against Blackpool the last match, as Lowe and Dembélé were on target.

Ahead of that match, AFC Bournemouth won a home game hosting Birmingham City (3-1).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from AFC Bournemouth's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played eight games, won five matches, drawn two and lost one.

Bournemouth can score goals in their home matches. After 14 league matches they have found the net 29 times. AFC Bournemouth have conceded 15 in these home matches.

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Stoke City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. Visiting Stoke City has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Stoke City failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Luton Town (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Midfielder Baker was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.12. Baker scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 37 successful passes (of 45 total).

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Birmingham City.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Stoke manager O'Neill as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Crystal Palace.

Stoke City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Stoke have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have fought earlier this season: Stoke City - AFC Bournemouth 0-1. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: five - one - three (Bournemouth wins - draws - Stoke City wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AFC BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
19 goals
AFC BournemouthP. Billing
P. Billing
8 goals
Stoke CityJ. Brown
J. Brown
8 goals

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
AFC Bournemouth Stoke City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 14 4 Played P 5 15 32
17 8 0 Won W 2 5 12
7 3 3 Drew D 1 4 8
6 3 1 Lost L 2 6 12
49 29 7 Scored S 5 16 41
26 15 8 Conceded C 6 16 36
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 94%
73% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 67% 69%
53% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 40% 47%
23% 36% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 19%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
47% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 50%
43% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 34%
17% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 27% 22%
 
5.3 5.2 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 5.5 5.3
4.9 4.7 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8.2 5.7 5.3
2.2 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.5 2.2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
12 12.1 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 13.5 11.9
4.5 5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.4 4.3 4.1
37% 41% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 25% 31%
 
10.3 9.1 10.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.6 11 10.1
3.6 3.6 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 3.4 3.2
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Championship
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Championship
  • AFC Bournemouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 32 20 7 5 81 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 67
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Queens Park Rangers 33 16 8 9 49 38 18 9 6 3 26 15 15 7 2 6 23 23 11 56
4 Huddersfield Town 34 15 11 8 44 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 17 6 6 5 20 19 8 56
5 Blackburn Rovers 33 15 9 9 45 34 16 10 3 3 31 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 11 54
6 Sheffield United 32 15 8 9 44 33 15 8 3 4 24 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 11 53
7 Middlesbrough 32 15 7 10 41 32 17 11 2 4 27 15 15 4 5 6 14 17 9 52
8 Luton Town 32 14 9 9 45 37 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 8 51
9 Coventry City 32 14 8 10 42 37 16 9 3 4 24 14 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 50
10 Nottingham Forest 32 13 9 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 10 48
11 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
12 Millwall 32 12 10 10 35 34 16 8 5 3 20 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 1 46
13 Preston North End 34 11 13 10 37 38 17 5 9 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 46
14 Stoke City 32 12 8 12 41 36 17 7 4 6 25 20 15 5 4 6 16 16 5 44
15 Blackpool 33 11 9 13 36 40 17 8 2 7 17 18 16 3 7 6 19 22 -4 42
16 Bristol City 34 11 7 16 45 61 18 7 5 6 23 23 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 34 9 10 15 40 53 16 6 4 6 21 21 18 3 6 9 19 32 -13 37
19 Cardiff City 33 10 6 17 40 53 16 5 2 9 18 21 17 5 4 8 22 32 -13 36
20 Hull City 34 9 7 18 27 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 17 4 4 9 12 19 -12 34
21 Reading 33 10 5 18 41 63 17 5 4 8 25 35 16 5 1 10 16 28 -22 29
22 Derby County 33 10 12 11 34 37 17 8 6 3 23 16 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 21
23 Peterborough United 32 5 6 21 24 63 15 4 5 6 15 18 17 1 1 15 9 45 -39 21
24 Barnsley 32 4 8 20 21 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 17 1 4 12 12 29 -25 20

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fulham 32 20 7 5 81 29 18 11 4 3 43 16 14 9 3 2 38 13 52 67
2 AFC Bournemouth 30 17 7 6 49 26 14 8 3 3 29 15 16 9 4 3 20 11 23 58
3 Queens Park Rangers 33 16 8 9 49 38 18 9 6 3 26 15 15 7 2 6 23 23 11 56
4 Huddersfield Town 34 15 11 8 44 36 17 9 5 3 24 17 17 6 6 5 20 19 8 56
5 Blackburn Rovers 33 15 9 9 45 34 16 10 3 3 31 19 17 5 6 6 14 15 11 54
6 Sheffield United 32 15 8 9 44 33 15 8 3 4 24 11 17 7 5 5 20 22 11 53
7 Middlesbrough 32 15 7 10 41 32 17 11 2 4 27 15 15 4 5 6 14 17 9 52
8 Luton Town 32 14 9 9 45 37 16 8 5 3 26 17 16 6 4 6 19 20 8 51
9 Coventry City 32 14 8 10 42 37 16 9 3 4 24 14 16 5 5 6 18 23 5 50
10 Nottingham Forest 32 13 9 10 43 33 16 6 4 6 21 20 16 7 5 4 22 13 10 48
11 West Bromwich Albion 33 12 10 11 35 30 15 8 6 1 21 8 18 4 4 10 14 22 5 46
12 Millwall 32 12 10 10 35 34 16 8 5 3 20 13 16 4 5 7 15 21 1 46
13 Preston North End 34 11 13 10 37 38 17 5 9 3 22 20 17 6 4 7 15 18 -1 46
14 Stoke City 32 12 8 12 41 36 17 7 4 6 25 20 15 5 4 6 16 16 5 44
15 Blackpool 33 11 9 13 36 40 17 8 2 7 17 18 16 3 7 6 19 22 -4 42
16 Bristol City 34 11 7 16 45 61 18 7 5 6 23 23 16 4 2 10 22 38 -16 40
17 Swansea City 31 10 8 13 32 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 16 3 4 9 13 29 -11 38
18 Birmingham City 34 9 10 15 40 53 16 6 4 6 21 21 18 3 6 9 19 32 -13 37
19 Cardiff City 33 10 6 17 40 53 16 5 2 9 18 21 17 5 4 8 22 32 -13 36
20 Hull City 34 9 7 18 27 39 17 5 3 9 15 20 17 4 4 9 12 19 -12 34
21 Reading 33 10 5 18 41 63 17 5 4 8 25 35 16 5 1 10 16 28 -22 29
22 Derby County 33 10 12 11 34 37 17 8 6 3 23 16 16 2 6 8 11 21 -3 21
23 Peterborough United 32 5 6 21 24 63 15 4 5 6 15 18 17 1 1 15 9 45 -39 21
24 Barnsley 32 4 8 20 21 46 15 3 4 8 9 17 17 1 4 12 12 29 -25 20

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.