After losing their first two home games in the Premier League against Bournemouth in 2016 and 2019, Aston Villa have won the last two 6-1.

Bournemouth have won 50% of their eight Premier League games against Aston Villa (W4 D1 L3). Of the matches they have played so many times, they do not have a higher winning percentage against any team in the league.

Aston Villa have scored 17 points in eight Premier League games (W5 D2 L1) this season, only the third time they have achieved so many points at this stage, including in 1995-96 (17, finished 4th) and 1998-99 (20, finished 6th).

Bournemouth have lost six of their last nine away games in the Premier League (W2 D1), losing the last two without scoring since their late 3-2 comeback win against Everton at the end of August.

Only Manchester City (13) have gained more points from losing positions in the Premier League this season than Aston Villa (10), who have won three games despite being awarded top spot so far this season.

Only Manchester City (157) and Tottenham (145) have had more shots in the Premier League this season than Bournemouth (130). Their current average of 16.3 shots per game is the highest percentage in a single top-flight campaign.

The two teams benefiting from the most goals and assists from substitutes in the Premier League this season are Aston Villa (4 goals, 2 assists) and Bournemouth (3 goals, 3 assists). Only two substitutes have both scored and assisted in a match this season and both are Cherries players: Luis Sinisterra against Everton and Justin Kluivert against Arsenal last time.

No team has scored more goals from the 70th minute of Premier League matches this season than Bournemouth (six). The average minute of their goals was 63rd minute, the last average for any team in a single Premier League campaign.

Youri Tielemans has created seventeen chances in the Premier League this season, the most of any Aston Villa player. He is creating an average of 2.1 chances per 90 minutes in the 2024/25 season, his best ratio in a single Premier League season.

Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins has been involved in 15 Premier League goals in his last nine games against teams starting with B (eight goals, seven assists) and has one goal and four assists in his last three games against Bournemouth.