Premier League duel: Close contest expected between AFC Bournemouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vitality Stadium (11700 seats)

AFC Bournemouth are welcoming Wolverhampton Wanderers for another highly important match following their 0-3 result against 16th-placed Everton.

Insights:
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest scored goals (5) in Premier League
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have scored at least twice as many goals away as AFC Bournemouth have scored home.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

0 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what AFC Bournemouth have to build on here at Vitality Stadium in the Premier League. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on AFC Bournemouth to get some points in this home game.

Bournemouth are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 245 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Solanke).

AFC Bournemouth faced defeat in their previous match, away at Everton (0-3).

Ahead of that match, AFC Bournemouth lost 0-4 at home to Arsenal.

This is expected to be a close game, with AFC Bournemouth perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Bournemouth as a small favourite), we find 5 games. AFC Bournemouth has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

The lack of attacking qualities in AFC Bournemouth means that they have only scored {1 goals} in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Wolverhampton Wanderers have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.

Wolves played 1-1 against Aston Villa in their previous match. Hwang, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.8. Hwang scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that, Wolverhampton Wanderers secured a home win against Manchester City with the score 2-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Wolves in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1 draw and 4 defeats.

Will both teams score? This club's fresh statistics suggest that, having completed 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each side.

5 goals have been conceded by Wolverhampton Wanderers in these games.

Head 2 Head

AFC Bournemouth-Wolverhampton Wanderers H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: AFC Bournemouth three wins, Wolverhampton Wanderers three wins, two draws. three of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Wolverhampton WanderersH. Hwang
H. Hwang
5 goals
AFC BournemouthD. Solanke
D. Solanke
3 goals
BournemouthD. Brooks
D. Brooks
1 goals

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Wolverhampton Wanderers missing players

AFC Bournemouth Wolverhampton Wanderers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 4 0 Played P 2 4 8
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 2
3 2 0 Drew D 1 1 2
5 2 0 Lost L 0 2 4
5 1 0 Scored S 2 4 9
18 7 0 Conceded C 1 5 14
88% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 75%
62% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 50%
50% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 25%
50% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 75%
12% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 12%
50% 75% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 12%
 
4.8 5.8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0.5 2.5 2.6
5.8 4.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 7.2 6.5
1.6 0.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 3.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.8 11.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7 12.2 10.9
4 3.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.8 3.2
16% 8% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 27% 35%
 
18.4 15.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 16.5 17.4
6.5 5.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 6.2 6.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Premier League
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest scored goals (5) in Premier League
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Premier League
  • AFC Bournemouth have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • AFC Bournemouth have yet to win a game.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers have scored at least twice as many goals away as AFC Bournemouth have scored home.
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tottenham Hotspur 8 6 2 0 18 8 3 3 0 0 6 2 5 3 2 0 12 6 10 20
2 Arsenal 8 6 2 0 16 6 5 3 2 0 10 6 3 3 0 0 6 0 10 20
3 Manchester City 8 6 0 2 17 6 3 3 0 0 8 1 5 3 0 2 9 5 11 18
4 Liverpool 8 5 2 1 18 9 3 3 0 0 9 2 5 2 2 1 9 7 9 17
5 Aston Villa 8 5 1 2 19 12 3 3 0 0 13 2 5 2 1 2 6 10 7 16
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 8 5 1 2 21 16 5 3 1 1 13 8 3 2 0 1 8 8 5 16
7 West Ham United 8 4 2 2 15 12 4 2 1 1 8 6 4 2 1 1 7 6 3 14
8 Newcastle United 8 4 1 3 20 9 4 3 0 1 9 3 4 1 1 2 11 6 11 13
9 Crystal Palace 8 3 3 2 7 7 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 12
10 Manchester United 8 4 0 4 9 12 5 3 0 2 7 7 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 12
11 Chelsea 8 3 2 3 11 7 4 1 1 2 4 3 4 2 1 1 7 4 4 11
12 Fulham 8 3 2 3 8 13 4 2 0 2 4 6 4 1 2 1 4 7 -5 11
13 Nottingham Forest 8 2 3 3 8 10 3 1 2 0 4 3 5 1 1 3 4 7 -2 9
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 8 2 2 4 9 14 4 1 1 2 5 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 -5 8
15 Brentford 8 1 4 3 11 12 4 0 3 1 6 8 4 1 1 2 5 4 -1 7
16 Everton 8 2 1 5 9 12 5 1 0 4 4 5 3 1 1 1 5 7 -3 7
17 Luton Town 8 1 1 6 6 15 4 0 1 3 3 6 4 1 0 3 3 9 -9 4
18 Burnley 8 1 1 6 7 20 5 0 0 5 4 16 3 1 1 1 3 4 -13 4
19 AFC Bournemouth 8 0 3 5 5 18 4 0 2 2 1 7 4 0 1 3 4 11 -13 3
20 Sheffield United 8 0 1 7 6 22 4 0 1 3 3 13 4 0 0 4 3 9 -16 1

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