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Aston Villa v Bournemouth preview: Team news, head-to-head, stats and prediction

Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery will provide a squad fitness update later on Friday.

Midfielders Boubacar Kamara and Leander Dendoncker have missed out lately with respective ankle and hand injuries.

Bournemouth will assess the fitness of Marcus Tavernier, Illia Zabarnyi, Junior Stanislas and Hamed Traore.

David Brooks was named in the matchday squad against Liverpool last week for the first time since being diagnosed with cancer in October 2021.

He awaits his first appearance since September that year.

CHRIS SUTTON'S PREDICTION

Bournemouth have got a fighting chance of staying up, which I didn't think was the case a few weeks ago.