Bournemouth – Aston Villa: Vitality to decide 
Saturday’s Premier League serves up a clash of form. Bournemouth have picked themselves up after a shaky start to the year and welcome an Aston Villa side desperate for an instant response. At the Vitality Stadium the balance will be thin — a buzzing home team against a podium contender who needs to calm the nerves.
Bournemouth: momentum restored 
Bournemouth have turned the tide. After a messy spell around the new year, the Cherries have found bite again and, crucially, results. That controlled win at Wolverhampton confirmed the revival we’d already started to see.
The real spark probably came with that dramatic late victory over Liverpool. Since then Andoni Iraola’s side have been sharper in front of goal and brimming with belief. Ten points from the last four matches — talk of creeping back into the top half isn’t fanciful anymore.
At home they no longer act like the small fish. The Vitality is becoming a proper banana skin again, where intensity and punishing opponents’ slips can swing the contest, even against a big name.
Aston Villa: get the machine going again 
Villa are going through a wobble in the league. Beaten at home by Brentford last time out, Unai Emery’s men have taken only four points from their last four Premier League games. That’s a drop from the consistency they showed earlier in the season.
Still, it isn’t all doom and gloom. They qualified for the Europa League last 16 with authority, continue to impress in Europe and sit on the league podium. Squad depth and the experience accumulated recently work in their favor.
One clear advantage for Villa is the memory of the earlier clash. Back in early November they ran Bournemouth ragged and won comfortably. That result feeds confidence — even if the Cherries look a different prospect now.
Probable lineups
Bournemouth:
Petrovic ; Smith, Hill, Senesi, Truffert ; Scott, Cook ; Jimenez, Kroupi, Adli ; Evanilson
Aston Villa:
Martínez ; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Maatsen ; Onana, Luiz ; Sancho, Rogers, Buendia ; Abraham
Football Prediction Bournemouth vs Aston Villa
Aston Villa to win
Expect a tight, scrappy affair. Bournemouth arrive on a run and will play without fear in front of their fans, but Villa have the better cohesion and more experience for games like this.
If the visitors can smother Bournemouth’s early intensity, their quality in the key moments could tip the scales. A hard-fought, valuable win for Villa is on the cards.
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