Get predictions, team news, and betting tips for the Premier League match between Bournemouth and Aston Villa on Saturday, 10th May 2025 (5:30pm BST).
Tip 1
Despite both teams knowing where the net is, I’m somewhat controversially expecting a competitive match that doesn’t return three or more goals on Saturday evening.
The Cherries seem to be far more open on the road, with almost 80% of away league games breaching this line. At the Vitality Stadium, 64.7% of fixtures have been limited to two or fewer goals, which indicates a lot more control from the hosts.
In Villa’s case, they tend to score and concede no matter the venue, although tricky away trips to Anfield, Goodison Park, Molineux and the Gtech Community Stadium have produced lower scorelines and fits a similar narrative to this match on the South Coast.
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Tip 2
Villa’s centre forward has 11 assists for the season, with seven of those coming while on league duties.
Although there have been shouts of his profligacy, Watkins is selfless in his work rate and has plenty of targets to find with Villa’s glowing attacking talent.
He’s netted only once against Bournemouth but has set up four goals, providing more assists against the Cherries than any other club in the league.
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Although Champions League circumstances may have had an influence on Arsenal’s performance, don’t let that in any way diminish Bournemouth’s 2-1 victory away to Arsenal last weekend.
There was a casualty from that result, however, as Dango Ouattara suffered a groin injury in the second half. Fellow winger Luis Sinisterra is also unlikely to feature, and neither will Ryan Christie or Enes Unal, who are both out for the remainder of the season.
Bournemouth Predicted XI: Kepa; Araujo, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Adams, Cook; Semenyo, Kluivert, Tavernier; Evanilson.
In the opposing corner, Villa navigated a tight home fixture with Fulham last Saturday lunchtime, claiming all three points thanks to a Youri Tielemans header in the opening 15 minutes of the match.
It seems unlikely that Marcus Rashford will play again this season for Aston Villa after the forward picked up a thigh issue and has jetted off to Dubai to complete his rehabilitation.
Aston Villa Predicted XI: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; McGinn, Rogers, Ramsey; Watkins.
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