25th Jan 2015 | FA Cup
The Likeliest Upset
When the FA Cup 4th round draw was made, everybody looked at this tie as a potential problem for the hosts.
It doesn’t take a genius to predict an upset at Villa Park on Sunday but at best odds of 11/5 (Bet365) we shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
Bournemouth are the top scorers in the country having found the net 57 times to take themselves to the very top of the Championship. Villa have the worst attacking record in the land; they have scored only 11 times in the Premier League.
Many teams have demonstrated that the gap between the bottom half of the top flight and the best sides in the second tier is minimal; whatever quality difference there is can be compensated for with confidence here.
The Cherries are buzzing while Paul Lambert is clinging onto his job for dear life.
Odds correct at time of publishing: 09:50 25th Jan, 2015 but subject to change