Can AFC Bournemouth surprise Manchester United in their own stadium?

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 04.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Old Trafford (75635 seats)

The league table in Premier League tells a story about these teams so far, with Manchester United leading AFC Bournemouth by 25 points. Match preview to follow:

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Manchester and AFC Bournemouth.

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Manchester United form and stats

Manchester United have performed here at Old Trafford this season with 9 wins from 16 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 2. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Manchester, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Manchester are confident in defense, having played 243 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A good away victory last time out for Manchester, who won 3-0 against Brighton & Hove Albion (placed 15th). In the game before, an away victory in the FA Cup match versus Norwich City (after extra-time) with a 2-1 scoreline.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (32 in 16 games), Manchester United's attacking play is working. Manchester are not conceding a lot of goals here at Old Trafford in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 16 matches.

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for AFC Bournemouth so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-12 (win-draw-lose). A depressing seven defeats in a row for AFC Bournemouth in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Chelsea. It's looking increasingly bleak for Bournemouth who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Chelsea was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Bournemouth's previous game was their home loss versus Newcastle United (1-4). A 0-1 defeat away at Wolverhampton Wanderers before that.

With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Bournemouth as the away team, we found four results. Statistics from these were one away win, zero draws and three defeats. The outsiders lost two of these games by at least two goals.

The attacking power of Bournemouth when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 16 league matches away. As for defending, Bournemouth rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 27 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

AFC Bournemouth - Manchester 1-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Manchester won six games, one match ended with a draw and AFC Bournemouth has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / four

Top Goalscorers

Manchester UnitedA. Martial
A. Martial
14 goals
ManchesterM. Rashford
M. Rashford
14 goals
AFC BournemouthC. Wilson
C. Wilson
8 goals

Manchester United missing players

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Manchester United AFC Bournemouth
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
14 9 3 Won W 1 3 7
10 5 1 Drew D 0 1 6
8 2 0 Lost L 3 12 19
51 32 12 Scored S 3 12 30
31 12 3 Conceded C 6 27 54
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
88% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 62% 72%
41% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 59%
22% 31% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 31%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
47% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 53%
31% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 12% 12%
25% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 50% 41%
 
5.5 5.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.9 5
5.2 4.6 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.1 6.7
1.8 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.2 2.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
459 258 71 Total Shots T S 26 147 308
172 92 28 Shots on Target S O 8 46 95
30% 35% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 26% 32%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth has the fewest clean sheets (4)
  • AFC Bournemouth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • AFC Bournemouth is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Manchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Manchester United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as AFC Bournemouth have scored away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 32 28 2 2 70 26 16 16 0 0 44 12 16 12 2 2 26 14 44 86
2 Manchester City 32 21 3 8 82 33 16 12 2 2 46 12 16 9 1 6 36 21 49 66
3 Leicester City 32 16 7 9 60 31 16 9 4 3 30 15 16 7 3 6 30 16 29 55
4 Chelsea 32 16 6 10 57 44 16 8 3 5 24 16 16 8 3 5 33 28 13 54
5 Manchester United 32 14 10 8 51 31 16 9 5 2 32 12 16 5 5 6 19 19 20 52
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 13 13 6 45 34 16 6 7 3 22 17 16 7 6 3 23 17 11 52
7 Sheffield United 32 12 11 9 33 32 16 8 3 5 20 14 16 4 8 4 13 18 1 47
8 Arsenal 32 11 13 8 47 41 16 8 5 3 30 20 16 3 8 5 17 21 6 46
9 Tottenham Hotspur 32 12 9 11 51 44 16 9 3 4 30 16 16 3 6 7 21 28 7 45
10 Burnley 32 13 6 13 36 45 16 8 2 6 21 19 16 5 4 7 15 26 -9 45
11 Everton 32 12 8 12 40 47 16 8 5 3 21 16 16 4 3 9 19 31 -7 44
12 Crystal Palace 32 11 9 12 28 37 16 6 4 6 12 14 16 5 5 6 16 23 -9 42
13 Newcastle United 32 11 9 12 33 43 16 6 7 3 16 13 16 5 2 9 17 30 -10 42
14 Southampton 32 12 4 16 41 55 16 4 2 10 16 33 16 8 2 6 25 22 -14 40
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 32 7 12 13 34 44 16 5 6 5 19 19 16 2 6 8 15 25 -10 33
16 West Ham United 32 8 6 18 38 56 16 5 3 8 26 30 16 3 3 10 12 26 -18 30
17 Watford 32 6 10 16 29 49 16 4 6 6 18 21 16 2 4 10 11 28 -20 28
18 Aston Villa 32 7 6 19 36 60 16 5 3 8 19 27 16 2 3 11 17 33 -24 27
19 AFC Bournemouth 32 7 6 19 30 54 16 4 5 7 18 27 16 3 1 12 12 27 -24 27
20 Norwich City 32 5 6 21 25 60 16 4 3 9 19 30 16 1 3 12 6 30 -35 21

Manchester United:
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Premier League:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 32 28 2 2 70 26 16 16 0 0 44 12 16 12 2 2 26 14 44 86
2 Manchester City 32 21 3 8 82 33 16 12 2 2 46 12 16 9 1 6 36 21 49 66
3 Leicester City 32 16 7 9 60 31 16 9 4 3 30 15 16 7 3 6 30 16 29 55
4 Chelsea 32 16 6 10 57 44 16 8 3 5 24 16 16 8 3 5 33 28 13 54
5 Manchester United 32 14 10 8 51 31 16 9 5 2 32 12 16 5 5 6 19 19 20 52
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 13 13 6 45 34 16 6 7 3 22 17 16 7 6 3 23 17 11 52
7 Sheffield United 32 12 11 9 33 32 16 8 3 5 20 14 16 4 8 4 13 18 1 47
8 Arsenal 32 11 13 8 47 41 16 8 5 3 30 20 16 3 8 5 17 21 6 46
9 Tottenham Hotspur 32 12 9 11 51 44 16 9 3 4 30 16 16 3 6 7 21 28 7 45
10 Burnley 32 13 6 13 36 45 16 8 2 6 21 19 16 5 4 7 15 26 -9 45
11 Everton 32 12 8 12 40 47 16 8 5 3 21 16 16 4 3 9 19 31 -7 44
12 Crystal Palace 32 11 9 12 28 37 16 6 4 6 12 14 16 5 5 6 16 23 -9 42
13 Newcastle United 32 11 9 12 33 43 16 6 7 3 16 13 16 5 2 9 17 30 -10 42
14 Southampton 32 12 4 16 41 55 16 4 2 10 16 33 16 8 2 6 25 22 -14 40
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 32 7 12 13 34 44 16 5 6 5 19 19 16 2 6 8 15 25 -10 33
16 West Ham United 32 8 6 18 38 56 16 5 3 8 26 30 16 3 3 10 12 26 -18 30
17 Watford 32 6 10 16 29 49 16 4 6 6 18 21 16 2 4 10 11 28 -20 28
18 Aston Villa 32 7 6 19 36 60 16 5 3 8 19 27 16 2 3 11 17 33 -24 27
19 AFC Bournemouth 32 7 6 19 30 54 16 4 5 7 18 27 16 3 1 12 12 27 -24 27
20 Norwich City 32 5 6 21 25 60 16 4 3 9 19 30 16 1 3 12 6 30 -35 21

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