Bournemouth (Premier League), Villans vs. Cherries

Non diciamo niente…..😬

BBC STATS AND PREVIEWS

TEAM NEWS

Bournemouth defender Lloyd Kelly has been ruled out for an unspecified period after he was forced off in the win at Sheffield United with a hamstring injury.

Max Aarons, Tyler Adams, Alex Scott and Ryan Fredericks remain out.

Aston Villa will see if they can "take a risk" with Ollie Watkins after he missed Thursday's Europa League win against Legia Warsaw due to experiencing "small pain" in training.

Boubacar Kamara serves a one-game ban.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

Bournemouth have won four of their six Premier League meetings with Aston Villa. Their win rate of 67% is bettered only by winning 75% of their Premier League games against Huddersfield Town.
Villa's 3-0 win in March ended a run of four league defeats in this fixture.
Bournemouth

Bournemouth have won three of their past four Premier League games, having previously been winless in 13 (D3, L10).
They could win three successive top-flight matches in the same season for the first time since March 2016.
The Cherries can also equal the club Premier League record of three successive home victories, last set in February 2018.
Bournemouth have both scored the fewest (1) and conceded the most (10) goals from set-piece situations in the Premier League this season (including penalties).
Dominic Solanke has scored six of Bournemouth's 14 Premier League goals this campaign. He has already equalled his final league goal tally scored in 33 appearances last season.
Justin Kluivert's goal against Sheffield United last weekend made him just the second player this century to score in each of the top five European leagues (England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France), emulating Stevan Jovetic. The 24-year-old has actually scored goals in six countries, having begun at Ajax.
Andoni Iraola and Unai Emery were opposition managers in the 2021-22 La Liga. Emery's Villarreal defeated Iraola's Rayo Vallecano 2-0 at home and 5-1 away (including a goal by Pau Torres).
Aston Villa

Aston Villa's tally of 22 Premier League wins in 2023 is bettered only by Manchester City's 26. It is already twice as many victories as Villa managed in 2022, while they last won more in a calendar year as a top-flight club in 1931 (24).
They have scored 31 Premier League goals this season, second only to Manchester City's 33. Villa's rate of 2.4 goals per game is their highest across a league season since 1931-32 (2.48).
This is the latest stage of a season in which Villa have started a match day in the top four since December 2009, when they lost 3-0 at Arsenal.
Unai Emery has the best win rate (63.2%) and highest points-per-game average (2) of any permanent Villa manager in Premier League history.
Villa have equalled their highest points tally after 13 matches of a Premier League season: also 28 in 1998-99 under John Gregory, when they drew 2-2 at Nottingham Forest in their 14th league fixture.
Villa are the only Premier League club not to have dropped a point from a winning position this season, winning all nine games in which they have led.
Ollie Watkins has been directly involved in 10 goals in his last eight league games, scoring seven and assisting three. His 12 total goal involvements this season are the most of any English top-flight player.
Watkins has scored 19 Premier League goals in 2023, behind only Erling Haaland (29) and Mohamed Salah (22). It is the second-most Premier League goals by a Villa player in a calendar year, after the 21 scored by Dwight Yorke in 1996.
Emery has won 24 of his 38 Premier League games as Villa manager (D5, L9), only one short of his total number of victories in 51 league games in charge of Arsenal (D13, L13).
Eight players have started all 13 of Villa's Premier League matches this season, including Boubacar Kamara, who is suspended on Sunday.

v abene ingolosirsi ma ricordiaomoci che con un budget molto inferiore a queste squadre e una rosa non certo profondissima, siamo a un punto dal City (ovvio che il divario aumenterà, ma intanto.....) abbiamo appena battuto il Tottenham che ha pareggiato col City!

Il bello del Villa di quest’anno è che quando una partita viene fuori storta, con giocatori un po’ scarichi, qualcuno fuori ruolo (Konsa terzino destro, ad esempio, che però ha fatto un grandissimo salvataggio), la difesa in grossa et strana sofferenza, la difficoltà a far partire le solite improvvise accelerazioni, comunque alla fine un punto lo prendi grazie a un grandissimo goal nel finale di quel grande attaccante che è diventato Ollie Watkins. Lui e Emi, gli opposti, tanto per cambiare, i migliori.
La partita era alla portata ma non si possono vincere tutte, e adesso occhio un calendario molto difficile a partire da mercoledì col City.
















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Edited by Buon Vecchio Zio William - 4/12/2023, 23:50

Partita da vincere assolutamente per tenere vivo il sogno ma da non sottovalutare perché il bilancio delle 7 partite in Premier con le Cherries è negativo dato che vede solo 2 vittorie del Villa anche se quella dell’anno scorso è stata netta, e poi anche all’andata abbiamo fatto molta fatica per strappare un pareggio.
Adelante Villa, ma con juicio.

BBC STATS AND PREVIEWS

TEAM NEWS

Aston Villa full-back Alex Moreno has a minor calf issue and will be sidelined for a number of weeks.

Nicolo Zaniolo will be assessed after suffering an injury during Thursday's Europa Conference League tie, while Douglas Luiz is suspended.

Bournemouth are boosted by the return of forward Antoine Semenyo.

Tyler Adams and Chris Mepham are out, while Luis Sinisterra is also absent after aggravating a hamstring injury in the recent draw with Manchester United.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

Aston Villa have won just two of their seven Premier League clashes with Bournemouth, drawing one and losing four.
The Cherries won 2-1 in both of their first two Premier League visits to Villa Park in 2015-16 and 2019-20 but suffered a 3-0 defeat in this fixture last season.
Aston Villa

Aston Villa are unbeaten in four home games in all competitions, with three wins and a draw since a 4-0 defeat by Spurs in March.
Unai Emery's side have lost only one of their 18 top-flight fixtures this season against sides that started the day in the bottom half of the table (W12, D5), a 2-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest in November.
The Villans are vying to win 20 Premier League games in a season for just the second time, following the 21 victories they registered in 1992-93.
Villa have scored 40 home league goals this term, their most in a top-flight season since they found the net 47 times at Villa Park in 1982-83.
Ollie Watkins is vying to become the first Villa player to score 20 goals in a top-flight season since Peter Withe in 1980-81.
Watkins is also one goal shy of equalling Dwight Yorke as Aston Villa's second-highest Premier League goalscorer on 60. Gabriel Agbonlahor leads the way with 76 goals.
Bournemouth.

Bournemouth have lost just one of their previous seven Premier League fixtures, winning four and drawing two.
They require five more points to set a club record total of 47 in the Premier League.
Andoni Iraola's side have taken just one point from eight Premier League clashes against sides currently in the top five and that was in a 2-2 home draw with Aston Villa in December.
The Cherries have scored in 14 of their 15 top flight away games this season, only failing to find the net in a 3-0 defeat at Everton in October.
Dominic Solanke's total of 17 Premier League goals is a club record for a top-flight season, surpassing Josh King's previous highest total of 16 in 2016-17.

Waiting for the game….

Dopo il rigore di Solanke bella rimonta dei boys in claret and blue, due assist di Ollie Watkins per Diaby e Bailey ma il gol gol più bello è il primo con Rogers che si destreggia in profindità dopo un lancio telecomandato di Bailey..,

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