Aston Villa Vs Bournemouth: Villa Park Hot! The Battle Of Two Basque Coaches Is Predicted To Rain Goals

Aston Villa captain John McGinn signed a new contract. (photo: x @AVFCOfficial)

JAKARTA - Basque against Basque will be presented at Villa Park on Sunday 9 November, when Unai Emery's team, Aston Villa, host Bournemouth made by Andoni Iraola in the Premier League continued.

Both teams failed to score points in their last Premier League match. Villa lost their spurs after losing 0-2 to Liverpool, while Bournemouth lost 1-3 to Manchester City.

The match at Anfield was originally an opportunity for Aston Villa to prolong Liverpool's suffering, because before the meeting Villa came with four consecutive league wins. However, Arne Slot's troops managed to break their negative trend through two goals from Mohamed Salah and Ryan Gravenberch, each of whom was created by goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez's mistakes.

The defeat was the third for Villa this season in the Premier League, leaving them temporarily on the centerboard of the standings. However, Emery's side are still very strong at home, with five straight wins at Villa Park in all competitions.

In the midweek match in the Europa League, Villa won a convincing 2-0 win over Maccabi Tel-Aviv. Their home record is also extraordinary: just one loss from the last 23 Premier League games at Villa Park.

Meanwhile, Bournemouth also lost his unbeaten record in the league after seven consecutive games without defeat. Against Manchester City, the Iraola team still had time to fight back through Tyler Adams' goal, but Erling Haaland scored two goals before Nico O'Reliance confirmed City's victory.

The defeat saw Bournemouth drop to fifth in the standings with 18 points, only three points ahead of Aston Villa on the centerboard. It also ended their four-game streak trend of always scoring at least two goals. Interestingly, Bournemouth lost twice in a row in the Premier League, the first defeat also came from Manchester City, and the second defeat occurred against Aston Villa.

The last meeting of the two teams took place at Vitality Stadium in May 2025, where Villa won and extended their unbeaten streak over Bournemouth to five consecutive matches. Before that, Bournemouth had won four consecutive wins against Villa.

Villa defender Badminton Mings is again unlucky after suffering a serious hamstring injury against Liverpool and is expected to be out until 2026. Andres Garcia is also still injured and unable to appear, but the rest of Emery's squad is in good shape.

Emery is likely to field back a number of major players who have just signed a new contract. Youri Tielemans has recovered from a calf injury, but is unlikely to appear from scratch.

In Bournemouth's camp, Tyler Adams, who was pulled out against City due to a mild knee injury, has recovered. Antoine Semenyo and Alex Jimenez are also ready to appear, so Iraola has a complete squad including Alex Scott who just received the first call to Thomas Tuchel's England national team.

Scott is expected to remain in the duet with Adams in midfield, with the American listing the three most intercepts in the Premier League this season (17 times).

Bournemouth became one of the most productive teams on his trip this season, only losing to Tottenham and Chelsea in the number of goals in the away game. They also recorded 24 shots on target in the second most away game in the league.

Villa are likely to remain aggressive at home, but the fragile defense and individual errors, especially from Martinez, who has made seven goals since 2020, Bournemouth can take advantage of. However, the return of the main players could make the match end in a goal-packed duel at Villa Park.

Estimated Lineup Of Players

Aston Villa (4-2-3-1):Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Kamara, Onana; Malen, Rogers, McGinn; Watkins

Bournemouth (4-2-3-1):Ptrodic; Jimenez, Diakite, Senesi, Truffert; Scott, Adams; Semenyo, Kluiver, Tavernier; Kroupi

Score Prediction: Aston Villa 2-2 Bournemouth