Iraola On Outarra's Injury, Captain Smith And The Importance Of Data

Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Aston Villa (kick-off 17:30 BST).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Iraola says that Dango Ouattara is unlikely to feature again this season because of an adductor injury. Ryan Christie, Enes Unal and Luis Sinisterra are still not ready to return to action.
• Regardless of what happens in the last three games, he classes this as a special season for the club: "We have been really good this season, offensively and defensively we are up there with teams who are better than us - it is something to be proud of. Now we have to give the last push to get something tangible. To get big rewards you have to do big things."
• On Saturday's opponents: "If we want to make them suffer, we have to play like the big teams do at home [against them] and this is not easy. They have been a little bit better than us [in previous matches against them] but we have been quite competitive. We need to change some things to close the gap."
• He spoke highly of club captain Adam Smith, whose next game will be his 400th for the Cherries: "You have to be consistently performing very well [to reach 400 matches] and fighting against your team-mates for your position. He wants to train well every day and is someone who is very reliable. He understands his strengths and weaknesses. I think he can still add more games to that amount."
• On the importance of data in his success on the south coast: "Data is very valuable for me - now we maybe have too much! I like to analyse, we have data from past games and seasons, there are patterns and you see there are reasons behind things. You can't only focus on data but for the scouting department and us analysing our performance, it is a big help for us."

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