• Aston Villa start the weekend 11th after taking 15 points from their opening 10 games

• Bournemouth are three points and six places better off than their hosts

• Recommended bet: Bournemouth draw no bet 

Aston Villa’s four-game Premier League winning run was snapped by last week’s 2-0 loss at Liverpool and while they bounced back by defeating Europa League opponents Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-0 on Thursday, there is no guarantee they can string together another streak. 

Unai Emery’s side host Bournemouth on Sunday and the Cherries will be keen to bounce back from a defeat of their own - a 3-1 loss at Manchester City. 

Andoni Iraola’s men held their own in that defeat, however, and they continue to impress under the Spaniard, making their odds look a touch big for this Villa Park showdown. 

Team news

Tyrone Mings has suffered another setback, this time a hamstring injury, and he has joined Andres Garcia in Villa’s infirmary. 

Youri Tielemans came off the bench on Thursday and should return to the starting XI for the first time since September, with Ollie Watkins, Emi Buendia and Boubacar Kamara all set to come back in from the off, too. 

Bournemouth also have a short injury list, with Tyler Adams and Alejandro Jimenez their only potential absentees. Both will be assessed prior to kick-off. 

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The stats

Bournemouth have lost just one of their last eight matches. 

Aston Villa have lost two of their last four matches in all competitions.

The Cherries’ only losses in 10 away league games have come at Manchester City (twice) and Liverpool.

That sensational run from the Dorset side includes wins at Arsenal and Tottenham.

Aston Villa have won just three of the last nine head-to-heads and only two of the five at Villa Park.

Ahead of this weekend, only Erling Haaland (13) had scored more Premier League goals than Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo (six) this season.

Prediction

A slow start saw Aston Villa fail to win any of their first five Premier League games and while they have bounced back to win four of the five since, the underlying numbers suggest they are running hot. 

Villa have 15 points to their name but their expected-points figure of 9.53 is the fourth-lowest in the Premier League and there is a good chance that their luck runs out against Bournemouth. 

The Cherries are an excellent side capable of mixing it with the best, as shown by wins over Tottenham and Arsenal in their last 10 away league games, as well as strong showings in road defeats at City and Liverpool. 

Stopping Antoine Semenyo is proving to be a near-impossible task and a Villa side who have lost two of their last four games are hard to fancy at such short odds. 

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