Overview
Before the 2024-2025 season started, Aston Villa were expected to lose strength when losing Douglas Luiz and having to compete in many arenas. However, they are proving the opposite with 17 points in the Premier League and ranked 4th. In the Champions League, the Villa Park team also won all 3 first matches.
Apart from the defeat at home to Arsenal in August, Aston Villa have gone 10 games unbeaten in all competitions, an impressive feat for Unai Emery's side and they have every reason to take that tally to 11 when they host Bournemouth at Villa Park.
Morgan Rogers has scored in two of his last three Premier League appearances for Aston Villa and will be expected to continue to threaten Bournemouth's defence.
As for Bournemouth, they surprisingly had an impressive 2-0 victory over Arsenal in round 8 of the Premier League. This victory not only helped them climb to the middle of the rankings with 11 points, but also boosted the team's spirit in the journey ahead.
Justin Kluivert scored one goal and assisted another against Arsenal and is expected to lead the line for Bournemouth.
Bournemouth have the physical advantage, having not played in Europe in midweek. However, they have been completely empty-handed in their last two away games at Villa Park, conceding six goals and scoring just one.
A similar result is likely to be repeated, especially when Aston Villa are in good form at the moment.
Human resources situation
Emery shuffled his squad in midweek, but he is likely to revert to the side that beat Fulham last week.
On the other side of the front line, Kluivert and Ryan Christie could both be brought back into the Bournemouth starting line-up this weekend.
Expected lineup:
Aston Villa: Martinez, Konsa, Carlos, Torres, Digne, Onana, Tielemans, Bailey, Rogers, Ramsey, Watkins.
Bournemouth: Kepa, Smith, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez, Cook, Christie, Semenyo, Tavernier, Kluivert, Evanilson.
The match between Aston Villa and Bournemouth takes place at 9:00 p.m. on October 26 (Vietnam time).
