Despite his goal from the start, the "insane" Duran returns to the bench with Ollie Watkins taking his place in the starting lineup while Lucas Digne also earns a recall at left-back ahead of Maatsen. With Onana, who has also been described as "insane", hobbling off in midweek he was seen as a doubt, but he starts in midfield.

Having lost their first two Premier League home games against Bournemouth in 2016 and 2019, Villa have won the last two by an aggregate score of 6-1. However, Bournemouth have won 50 per cent of their eight Premier League games against Villa – of those they’ve faced as many times, against no side do they have a higher win rate in the competition.