At A Glance
Aston Villa enter the home straight of their Premier League campaign when they begin their final five top flight fixtures against Bournemouth on Sunday.
Unai Emery’s squad are firmly in the fight for fourth place, with their position strengthened by a 2-0 away win at Arsenal last weekend.
Villa followed that victory up by beating LOSC Lille on penalties to reach the Europa Conference League semi-finals on Thursday night.

Bournemouth have overcome a slow start to the season, failing to win in their first nine league game, to mount a push for a top half finish.
The Cherries were just two points off 10th place Brighton & Hove Albion heading into the weekend’s fixtures.
Andoni Iraola’s team, who are led by top scorer Dominic Solanke, earned a 2-2 draw with Manchester United last time out.
Standout Stats
Aston Villa are unbeaten in four home games in all competitions, with three wins and a draw since a 4-0 defeat by Spurs in March.
Bournemouth have lost just one of their previous seven Premier League fixtures, winning four and drawing two.
Aston Villa have won just two of their seven Premier League clashes with Bournemouth, drawing one and losing four.

The Cherries won 2-1 in both of their first two Premier League visits to Villa Park in 2015-16 and 2019-20 but suffered a 3-0 defeat in this fixture last season.
Unai Emery's side have lost only one of their 18 top-flight fixtures this season against sides that started the day in the bottom half of the table (W12, D5), a 2-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest in November.
Bournemouth require five more points to set a club record total of 47 in the Premier League.
The Villans are vying to win 20 Premier League games in a season for just the second time, following the 21 victories they registered in 1992-93.
Andoni Iraola's side have taken just one point from eight Premier League clashes against sides currently in the top five and that was in a 2-2 home draw with Aston Villa in December.
Villa have scored 40 home league goals this term, their most in a top-flight season since they found the net 47 times at Villa Park in 1982-83.

Ollie Watkins is vying to become the first Villa player to score 20 goals in a top-flight season since Peter Withe in 1980-81.
Dominic Solanke's total of 17 Premier League goals is a club record for a top-flight season, surpassing Josh King's previous highest total of 16 in 2016-17.
Watkins is also one goal shy of equalling Dwight Yorke as Aston Villa's second-highest Premier League goalscorer on 60. Gabriel Agbonlahor leads the way with 76 goals.
The Cherries have scored in 14 of their 15 top flight away games this season, only failing to find the net in a 3-0 defeat at Everton in October.
The Last Meeting
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Ollie Watkins headed home a late leveller as Aston Villa won a hard-fought point on the road against Bournemouth in December.
The striker glanced a near post effort beyond Neto moments before the game ticked into stoppage time to salvage a draw for the visitors.
Antoine Semenyo had put the Cherries ahead with a close-range finish after ten minutes before the visitors struck back for the first time.
Team News

After playing 120 minutes on Thursday, Villa will wait and see how the squad recover ahead of the game.
Álex Moreno, Tyrone Mings, Emi Buendía, Jacob Ramsey and Boubacar Kamara are definitely out, while Douglas Luiz serves the second of his two-match ban.
Tyler Adams, Chris Mepham and Antoine Semenyo could return for the Cherries.
But Luis Sinisterra will miss out after picking up an injury in the draw with Manchester United.
The Boss
“Bournemouth are really playing very well, they are very, very competitive. They are demanding a lot from their opponent if we want to beat them. My first objective today is trying to recover as soon as possible the players who played yesterday for 120 minutes. The emotion we had yesterday was as well very important too, to reduce and recover full energy for Sunday. We will need today evening, tomorrow trying to recover with the players on Sunday to be again strong. I appreciate Bournemouth’s coach, the players, how they are playing – their style and their idea, always they are pushing and pushing and pushing.”
Unai Emery