Next Saturday, 8th August, Bournemouth AFC and Aston Villa will play their first match of the Premier League season at The Goldsands Stadium.
This is Bournemouth’s first match in the Premier League and they are sure to be keen to make an impression while Aston Villa will be hoping to improve on last season’s results. The teams have only played each other once before, in January this year and Aston Villa won the game 2 – 1.
However, at Winner Sports AFC Bournemouth is favourite to win the game with odds of 19/20 while Aston Villa is at 57/20 and a draw is at 23/10. Furthermore, in the correct score market the shortest odds of 11/2 are available on both a 1 – 0 win for Bournemouth and a 1 – 1 draw.
Last season AFC Bournemouth won the Championship League to be promoted to the Premier League for the first time in their history.
Aston Villa finished seventeenth in the Premier League with 38 points having won 10 games, drawn 8 and lost 20. They were tied for points with Sunderland.
