Bournemouth vs Wolverhampton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 1st March 2025

This will be the first time that Bournemouth face Wolverhampton lately, as the teams have not shared a spot in the same division in this century.

Both Bournemouth and Wolverhampton aim to show their respective set of fans they are the better side on Saturday, and we are bound to see an exciting game.

Bournemouth show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 2.2 goals on average per match. That makes a total of 22 goals, whilst they allowed 13 goals against, for an average of 1.3 per outing. They pulled off three clean sheets.

Wolverhampton scored 15 goals, conceded 11 and managed three clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

This is the first time Bournemouth squares up against Wolverhampton in the FA Cup in the 21st century, thus both face a whole new experience of coming up against an unknown opponent.

Bournemouth vs Wolverhampton Prediction

Bournemouth Form

Bournemouth have been a bit bleak in their last three matches, although it opened with a 1-3 victory against Southampton. Unable to follow that up, they went down 0-1 against Wolverhampton, before handing over another win to Brighton in a 2-1 defeat. Bournemouth claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the FA Cup. They also drew zero and lost four, scored 12 goals and conceded ten.

Wolverhampton Form

It is all or nothing with Wolverhampton, who only triumphed once in their previous three outings. They were defeated 2-1 against Liverpool, before beating Bournemouth 0-1. Unable to build on that, they lost 1-2 against Fulham. Wolverhampton performed a very admirable four wins in six FA Cup away matches, as well as two draws but no defeats. They scored ten times, while also conceding four goals.

Bournemouth disappointingly lost their last two matches, but in front of their supporters at Vitality Stadium, they will kick back and book a much-needed win.

Bournemouth vs Wolverhampton Squads

Bournemouth Squad

Iraola will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Wolverhampton from the players listed below:

Adam Smith, Alex Scott, Antoine Semenyo, Ben Winterburn, Dango Ouattara, Daniel Jebbison, David Brooks, Dean Huijsen, Enes Unal, Evanilson, Illia Zabarnyi, James Hill, Julian Araujo, Julio Soler, Justin Kluivert, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Lewis Cook, Luis Sinisterra, Marcos Senesi, Marcus Tavernier, Matai Akinmboni, Michael DaCosta, Milos Kerkez, Remy Rees-Dottin, Ryan Christie, Tyler Adams, Will Dennis, Zain Silcott-Duberry.

Wolverhampton Squad

Here is the full team squad of Wolverhampton. The 56 year-old Vitor Pereira will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Daniel Bentley, Jose Sa, Sam Johnstone, Tom King, Bastien Meupiyou, Craig Dawson, Emmanuel Agbadou, Matt Doherty, Nasser Djiga, Nelson Semedo, Pedro Lima, Rayan Ait Nouri, Santiago Bueno, Toti Gomes, Yerson Mosquera, Andre, Boubacar Traore, Joao Gomes, Marshall Munetsi, Thomas Doyle, Carlos Forbs, Enso Gonzalez, Goncalo Guedes, Hee-Chan Hwang, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Joergen Strand Larsen, Leon Chiwome, Matheus Cunha, Pablo Sarabia, Rodrigo Gomes, Sasa Kalajdzic.

Bournemouth vs Wolverhampton Team News

Bournemouth have an almost full squad available against Wolverhampton at Vitality Stadium with only one player possibly missing. For their upcoming match in round 5, Bournemouth are unable to call upon Illia Zabarnyi, who is suspended.

Wolverhampton face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Saturday against Bournemouth. For instance, Wolverhampton won't be able to field Matheus Cunha as he serves out a ban following too many cards.

Yerson Mosquera, Boubacar Traore and Sasa Kalajdzic all face a spell on the sidelines for Wolverhampton due to various injuries.

Bournemouth vs Wolverhampton Lineups

Bournemouth vs Wolverhampton H2H

Having never played each other in the FA Cup in the 21st century, this is the first time Bournemouth comes up against Wolverhampton in this tournament as of late. Thus, any eventual h2h stats stems from meetings in cup matches or friendlies. Bournemouth picked up three wins in their previous ten matches against Wolves, while the latter claimed five wins in these, with the remaining finishing a draw. The bookies best betting odds on a draw at full-time are at 27/10.

Bournemouth vs Wolverhampton Results

Bournemouth vs Wolverhampton Betting Tips

While only scoring two goals in his last six outings for Bournemouth, Justin Kluivert has been good for them over the course of the season with one goals to his name so far. He should be highly motivated to expand of his tally against Wolverhampton, and he looks well worth a place in an accumulator on Saturday, depending on your betting strategy.

In their last 10 matches at Vitality Stadium across all tournaments Bournemouth won five times, drew two and lost three times. Wolverhampton claimed four wins, one draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. Both teams scored in five of the last 10 FA Cup matches for Bournemouth at Vitality Stadium. Both teams also found their way to the target in five of the previous 10 away games for Wolverhampton.

Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Bournemouth’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.3 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Wolverhampton, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of one time goals per game.