Bournemouth vs AC Milan Prediction & Preview - Europa League

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Bournemouth vs AC Milan prediction and preview for the Europa League tie at the Vitality Stadium, with form, team news and a score call.

Bournemouth keep ending up in loud, high-scoring games while AC Milan keep drawing quiet ones, and that is the gap to settle before this UEFA Europa League tie at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth on Thursday 22 October 2026, kick-off 20:00 BST. Five of Bournemouth's last six matches have had three or more goals in them. Milan have drawn three of their last six.

Seven days before this meeting, both put a big number on someone. Bournemouth won 3-0 at home to SK Sturm Graz; Milan won 4-0 away at Red Bull Salzburg. Everything either side had done before those two nights was a good deal messier.

What time is Bournemouth vs AC Milan kick-off?

Bournemouth v AC Milan kicks off at 20:00 BST on Thursday 22 October 2026 at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, in the UEFA Europa League. You can make a free call on the score on the Bournemouth vs AC Milan match page.

  • Fixture: Bournemouth v AC Milan
  • Competition: UEFA Europa League
  • Date: Thursday 22 October 2026
  • Kick-off: 20:00 BST
  • Venue: Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth

Bournemouth's form before facing AC Milan

Bournemouth have won three, drawn one and lost two of their last six, taking 10 points and scoring 12 while conceding 9. The two defeats were nothing alike. One was 1-5 away at Chelsea, 12 days before this match. The other was a one-goal game, 0-1 at home to Liverpool FC, 32 days before it, and the only match in the six they failed to score in.

The good nights have been emphatic. Beyond the Sturm Graz win there was 4-0 at home to Lincoln City in the EFL Cup 44 days before this fixture, and 2-1 away at Real Sociedad in the Europa League 35 days before, with a 2-2 home draw against Brentford in between. They scored two or more in four of the six and kept two clean sheets. At home they have won two of four.

AC Milan's form before the trip to Bournemouth

Ruben Amorim's AC Milan have won two, drawn three and lost one of their last six, for 9 points, 11 scored and 6 conceded. The draws all came in Serie A: 1-1 at Sassuolo 11 days before this match, 2-2 at Lazio 40 days before, 1-1 at Juventus 46 days before. Their single defeat came at home, 0-2 to Benfica in the Europa League 36 days before this one.

On the road they have won one of four. The 4-0 at Salzburg and a 3-0 against Lecce 32 days before this match are the two occasions the attack properly opened up; they managed two or more in three of the six. The defence is the better half of the team right now.

Team news and how the two sides match up

Bournemouth head coach Marco Rose said he expects to be without Alex Scott for four or five weeks after the midfielder was injured on England duty, calling it a big loss (ESPN), while Justin Kluivert and Amine Adli are back in the squad after muscle and calf problems, though Rose said they are ready for some minutes rather than a full game (Yahoo Sports). At Milan, Matteo Gabbia has a left thigh flexor tear with partial tendon involvement and is not expected back until much later in the season, and Alexis Saelemaekers is heading for ankle surgery and around four months out (LiveScore); Filippo Terracciano was also sent off in the 83rd minute at Salzburg for denying a goalscoring opportunity (Goal).

Put the runs side by side and Milan are the tighter side and the slower one to finish a game off: 6 conceded in six, two clean sheets, three draws. Bournemouth are the opposite, nine conceded and five matches with three or more goals in them. One of those habits has to break.

Bournemouth vs AC Milan prediction

Our call is a 2-1 Bournemouth win over AC Milan in the UEFA Europa League at the Vitality Stadium on Thursday 22 October 2026. Bournemouth have scored two or more in four of their last six and won two of four at home, and Milan have won only one of four away. Milan should get a goal, because Bournemouth have conceded nine in six and both sides scored in three of them.

Our prediction: Bournemouth 2-1 AC Milan

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