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Bournemouth v Aston Villa

Bournemouth
19:45Upcoming
Aston Villa

League Cup · WED 28 OCT · Vitality Stadium

The match pulse

BEFORE KICK-OFF

Match outcome probability (%)

BournemouthDrawAston Villa
Our pre-match numbers · the line starts at kick-offKick-off 19:45
Before kick-off · Match result · Bournemouth 42%

AI match analysis

Pitchside prediction · before kick-off

Bournemouth are narrow favourites.

The Pitchside prediction: Bournemouth 42%, draw 26%, Aston Villa 33%. Over 2.5 goals 55%, both teams to score 58%.

The AI’s read on Bournemouth v Aston VillaBefore, during and after the match · From £5.99 + VAT · paid once, never renewsSee the passes

Pre-match prediction

First published 22 Oct 00:01 · locked at kick-off

Bournemouth win42%
Draw26%
Aston Villa win33%

Kick-offWED 28 OCT · 19:45

RoundRound of 16

VenueVitality Stadium

Rest & schedule

Before kick-off · every competition we cover

Bournemouth

Aston Villa

6Days since last match4

Last match: 22 Oct · UEFA Europa League

Last match: 24 Oct · the English Premier League

3Matches in previous 14 days4

Counted across every competition we cover, before kick-off. Club friendlies are not counted.

Match statistics

Match statistics aren’t available yet.

Line-ups

Confirmed line-ups aren’t available for this match.

Our number · bournemouth winFirst published 22 Oct 00:01 · locked at kick-off
42% The market43%
Us42%
Market43%

We make Bournemouth a 42% chance to win. The market has them at 43%. We are within 1 point of the market. The model expects 1.6–1.4.

What the number rests on

Our model
Expected goals · Bournemouth v Aston Villa1.55 – 1.35
Form · League Cup this season · since 8 SeptW1 D0 L0 · W1 D0 L0
The market · Bournemouth win43% · ours 42%

Built from every result and the chances each side creates and concedes, recent matches counting most, with home advantage in it. Line-ups, injuries and rest are not in the number.

How the number movedSince we published
40%45% 22 OCT 00:0124 OCT 22:52
Our probability · Bournemouth win The market, margin stripped

Our number has not moved since we published. No bookmaker had priced it when we published; the market has it at 43% now.

Every market, from one calculation
MarketUsMarketGap
Bournemouth win42%43%−1
Draw26%27%−1
Aston Villa win33%30%+3
Over 2.5 goals55%55%0
Both teams to score58%59%−1
Over 1.5 goals79%78%+1
Over 3.5 goals33%35%−2
Bournemouth or draw67%70%−3
Bournemouth clean sheet26%––
Aston Villa clean sheet22%––

Every figure here is read off one scoreline distribution, so no two can contradict each other. The market is the median of 10 bookmakers, each with its margin stripped — what we are measured against, never an input to the model.

Every scorelineMost likely 1–1 at 11.9%
0123450 6.2 7.0 5.0 2.3 1 8.0 11.9 7.6 3.5 2 6.6 8.8 5.9 2.7 3 3.4 4.6 3.1 4 5
under 2% 5% 12%+Bournemouth down, Aston Villa across0–5 goals a side shown (99.1% of outcomes)

This is a probability, not a recommendation. We take no bets and hold no affiliate relationships with any gambling operator. Model 1.2 — Pitchside Lab's own model.

Head to head

8 meetings since 2021/22
Goals a meeting2.75
Over 2.54 of 8
Both scored4 of 8
Last meetingsBOU 1–1 AST · AST 4–0 BOU · BOU 0–1 AST · AST 1–1 BOU

Every competition we cover, the latest meeting first.

Form · League Cup this season · since 8 Sept

BOURNEMOUTH

W4–0

ASTON VILLA

W3–1