The brand new season is about to start and the supporters are trembling with excitement. It’s a new beginning as AFC Bournemouth welcome Aston Villa for the opening match at Vitality Stadium. Keep reading!
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Bournemouth as they were promoted from Championship last season. Happy days that were secured through 25 wins, 13 draws and 8 losses from 46 games. The team scored 41 goals at home last season and conceded 21. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the AFC Bournemouth friendly games in pre-season: AFC Bournemouth played four friendlies, won 1, drew 0 and lost 3. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that AFC Bournemouth scored 4 goals and conceded 6 in these four games.
Aston Villa form and stats
Let's have a look at how Aston Villa performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 13 victories, 6 draws and 19 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded 54 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 1 and lost 11 with 23/25 goals scored/conceded.
It's a day of discovery for Aston Villa as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Aston Villa have played three with the results W2-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Aston Villa has scored 8 goals and conceded 3 times.
Head 2 Head
AFC Bournemouth-Aston Villa H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: AFC Bournemouth three wins, Aston Villa two wins, zero draws. four of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).AFC Bournemouth missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| AFC Bournemouth | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AFC Bournemouth | Last season | Aston Villa | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 46 | 23 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 11 | 19 | ||
| 74 | 41 | Scored | S | 23 | 52 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Conceded | C | 25 | 54 | ||
| 91% | 96% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 97% | ||
| 74% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 79% | ||
| 50% | 61% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 58% | ||
| 20% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 29% | ||
| 9% | 4% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 13% | ||
| 46% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 53% | ||
| 46% | 35% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 29% | ||
| 17% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 21% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12.4 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 33% | ||
| 9.5 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 12.6 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Brentford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Chelsea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Crystal Palace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Everton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Fulham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Leeds United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Leicester City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Liverpool | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Manchester City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Manchester United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Southampton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | West Ham United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 106 | 43 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 23 | 63 | 90 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 46 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 74 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 35 | 88 |
| 3 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 64 | 47 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 17 | 82 |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 73 | 40 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 18 | 33 | 80 |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 63 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 18 | 75 |
| 6 | Luton Town | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 63 | 55 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 8 | 75 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 59 | 50 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 70 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 59 | 50 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 69 |
| 9 | Millwall | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 53 | 45 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 69 |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 52 | 45 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 67 |
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 60 | 59 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 34 | 1 | 66 |
| 12 | Coventry City | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 60 | 59 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 1 | 64 |
| 13 | Preston North End | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 52 | 56 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 28 | -4 | 64 |
| 14 | Stoke City | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 57 | 52 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 5 | 62 |
| 15 | Swansea City | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 68 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 41 | -10 | 61 |
| 16 | Blackpool | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 54 | 58 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 32 | -4 | 60 |
| 17 | Bristol City | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 62 | 77 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 48 | -15 | 55 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 50 | 68 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 39 | -18 | 53 |
| 19 | Hull City | 46 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 41 | 54 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 26 | -13 | 51 |
| 20 | Birmingham City | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 50 | 75 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 42 | -25 | 47 |
| 21 | Reading | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 54 | 87 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 43 | -33 | 41 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 46 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 43 | 87 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 33 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 54 | -44 | 37 |
| 23 | Derby County | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 45 | 53 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 31 | -8 | 34 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 46 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 33 | 73 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 44 | -40 | 30 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 38 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 99 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 73 | 93 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 38 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 94 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 68 | 92 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 76 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 11 | 43 | 74 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 69 | 40 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 21 | 29 | 71 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 38 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 61 | 48 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 13 | 69 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 57 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 35 | 0 | 58 |
| 7 | West Ham United | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 51 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 56 |
| 8 | Leicester City | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 59 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 36 | 3 | 52 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 44 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 21 | -2 | 51 |
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 43 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 18 | -5 | 51 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 44 | 62 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -18 | 49 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 50 | 46 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 48 |
| 13 | Brentford | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 48 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 35 | -8 | 46 |
| 14 | Aston Villa | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 52 | 54 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 45 |
| 15 | Southampton | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 67 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 43 | -24 | 40 |
| 16 | Everton | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 43 | 66 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 41 | -23 | 39 |
| 17 | Leeds United | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 79 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 41 | -37 | 38 |
| 18 | Burnley | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 34 | 53 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -19 | 35 |
| 19 | Watford | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 34 | 77 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 46 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 31 | -43 | 23 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 38 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 84 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 43 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 41 | -61 | 22 |
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