Aston Villa travel to Bournemouth looking to return to winning ways. Last Sunday saw the Villans’ title challenge take a massive blow, as they lost 1-0 at home to 10-man Brentford.

Things don’t get much easier for Unai Emery’s side with this trip to the south coast. The hosts beat bottom-of-the-table Wolves last weekend to extend their unbeaten league run to four (W3 D1). There’s still an outside chance of a European place available for the Cherries.

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This could be a belter. Despite Aston Villa’s title chase suffering a blow following defeat to Brentford last weekend, only leaders Arsenal (20) have managed to pick up more points than the Villans (19) in the last 10 league games.

Over the same period of time, Bournemouth have only lost twice (W3 D5), with those matches seeing a total of 38 goals scored – 19 at each end. That’s an average of 3.8 per game, so expect goalmouth action.

Given that train of thought, it’s worth highlighting that Bournemouth average 13.4 shots per league game – joint-fifth most – while Villa rank ninth with 12.7, so we should be looking at a healthy shot tally too.

With Villa’s fine recent form, you have to mention how good they’ve been on their travels. They’ve won 50% of their away games (six of 12), collecting a points haul of 21. Once again, only the Gunners have won more away matches (7) and picked up more points (24).

Head-to-heads can help to paint a picture of any superiority, and in recent times, it’s Villa who have had the upper hand. They won the reverse fixture 4-0, scoring twice in both halves.

That extended their unbeaten run against the Cherries to six, winning three and drawing three, including a 1-0 victory at the Vitality Stadium in May when Ollie Watkins was the matchwinner.

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Both Bournemouth and Aston Villa kept their powder dry on Deadline Day having already dipped into the transfer market to strengthen their squads.

The Cherries added Brazilian forward Rayan from Vasco da Gama, who made an instant impact on his debut away at Wolves last weekend. Replacing Amine Adli, the 19-year-old teed up Alex Scott’s stoppage-time goal that added a level of comfort to the scoreline.

Andoni Iraola also handed another debut to Hungary international Alex Toth at Molineux. While fellow Christos Mandas was made to wait for his first Bournemouth appearance. The three signings could all feature in this one.

Tammy Abraham made his second Aston Villa debut last weekend and had a goal disallowed. He started in the absence of Ollie Watkins, who might be close to returning from a hamstring injury.

Another familiar face in claret and blue is Douglas Luiz. He’s returned for a second spell and strengthens a midfield, which is without injured trio John McGinn, Youri Tielemans and Boubacar Kamara.

Like Bournemouth, the Villans also went shopping in Brazil. They added winger Alysson from Gremio, but he’s set for a spell on the sidelines.

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