Bournemouth continue to push towards Premier League safety against top-four chasing Aston Villa at Vitality Stadium.
Victory could see Bournemouth climb to 15th in the table, whilst Villa can go second for a few hours at minimum with a win if Liverpool lose elsewhere.
Team News
Lloyd Kelly is ruled out for Bournemouth with a hamstring injury.
Darren Randolph (illness), Ryan Fredericks (calf), Alex Scott (knee), Max Aarons, Tyler Adams (both hamstring) and Emiliano Marcondes (foot) remain absent.
Aston Villa could be without Ollie Watkins after he missed their UEFA Europa Conference League win over Legia Warsaw with a knock.
Boubacar Kamara is suspended for this match but Tyrone Mings (knee), Bertrand Traore (muscle) and Emiliano Buendia (ACL) remain ruled out.
When is Kick-Off?
Bournemouth host Aston Villa at the Vitality Stadium in a 2pm GMT kick-off on Sunday 3 December, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Bournemouth have won four of their last five meetings against Aston Villa (W4, L1).
- Aston Villa have won one of their three previous top-flight visits to Bournemouth (W1, L2).
- Bournemouth have scored twice in each of their last two home matches against Villa (W2).
- Three of Bournemouth’ last five goals at home have been scored by Dominic Solanke.
- Ezri Konsa has made more blocks than any other Villa player in the Premier League this season, with 10 blocks in 13 appearances.
Prediction
Having found form in recent games and clinically beat Sheffield United in a dominant performance away at Bramall Lane, Bournemouth should approach this game with a real confidence in their attacking ability now the results are coming their way.
Villa though aren’t a team to be underestimated after battling to a deserved home win over Legia Warsaw, although their domestic away form hasnn’t exactly been consistently strong this season but they really should come here looking to win this game against a leaky Cherries defence.
Bournemouth though won’t make this easy so I do expect this to be a tough scrap but if Villa want to push for the top-four, they must win this type of match and I can see them getting the result if they play clinically but a clean sheet might be a tricky ask.
Prediction: Bournemouth 1-2 Aston Villa
Result: Bournemouth 2-2 Aston Villa
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