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Emiliano Buendia scored his third Premier League goal of the season for Aston Villa At a glance Four different scorers as Aston Villa notch up fourth consecutive home league win Villa goakeeper Emiliano Martinez saves Antoine Semenyo penalty Bournemouth have won just once in last six league away games PLAYER RATER Aston Villa swaggered to their biggest Premier League win of the season with an emphatic four-goal victory over Bournemouth. Emiliano Buendia put Villa in front moments before the half-hour mark with an exquisite free-kick from just outside the box. Villa added a second when Morgan Rogers nutmegged Alex Jimenez and fed the ball to Amadou Onana, who arrowed a low shot into the corner of the net. Bournemouth were much improved after the interval and Alex Scott's deflected shot forced Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez to backpedal and tip over. The Cherries were then awarded a penalty after Rogers' arm blocked Evanilson's header back across goal. However, Martinez anticipated that Antoine Semenyo would strike the spot kick low to his right and produced a diving save to keep it out - to the glee of the Holte End behind him. What could have been a tricky final period for Villa had Semenyo converted became a cakewalk for the Claret and Blues. Ross Barkley notched a third with a glancing header from a Lucas Digne corner. Fellow substitute Donyell Malen then put the gloss on the result when he changed the path of a low drive from Youri Tielemans to wrong-foot Djordje Petrovic in the Bourenmouth goal. Villa moved up to seventh in the table with the win - level on 18 points with the Cherries, but above them and Manchester United on goal difference. This video can not be played Villa players' focus key to victory - Emery Villa's apparent attacking shortcomings - especially in the early part of the season - have been well documented. Those sluggish early games, when they went four matches without scoring, now feel like a distant memory. After a fourth consecutive home win, Villa Park looks to be back to the fortress Unai Emery made it last season, when they lost just once in the league. Their biggest margin of victory this season was underpinned by an impressive display by Buendia, as the revival of his Villa career continues. Buendia's future looked uncertain in the summer after he spent the second half of last season on loan at Bayer Leverkusen after struggling to break into the Villa side. His performance against Bournemouth was purposeful, and was capped with a fine goal. The 28-year-old Argentine won the Premier League's goal of the month award for October for his winner against Tottenham. He provided a contender for November with the opener on Sunday, getting his effort up and over the Bournemouth wall with goalkeeper Petrovic only able to watch it fly into the net. While Bunedia enjoyed a good day - he is now Villa's top scorer with three - it was one of frustration for Ollie Watkins. Watkins has scored just once in 16 games in all competitions for the club this season. Getting a tune out of the 29-year-old striker will be high on Emery's to-do list. What did you make of Aston Villa's display? This video can not be played Everything went wrong in the first half for Bournemouth - Iraola Plenty of plaudits have come Andoni Iraola's way this season for his team's impressive start. But the supporters who follow Bournemouth on the road might be slightly frustrated by the lack of cutting edge away from home. Bournemouth have now won just one of their last six Premier League away games this season. Against Villa, they had their chances but failed to be decisive in key moments. Evanilson should have done better with a couple of opportunities - heading against the post from a corner, and miscontrolling when put through on goal. Iraola was also guilty, perhaps, of a tactical misstep. Bournemouth were 2-0 down but applying the pressure, and Villa were wobbling. However, Iraola decided to make a treble substitution just after the hour mark. From that point, the Cherries lost momentum and rhythm, and Villa killed them off. What did you make of Bournemouth's display? Aston Villa are away to Leeds in the Premier League on 23 November (14: 00 GMT) before a home Europa League fixture against Swiss outfit Young Boys four days later (17: 45). Bournemouth host West Ham at the Vitality Stadium on 22 November (15: 00). After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 9th November 2025 at 18: 27 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Unai Emery Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Andoni Iraola Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Unai Emery Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Andoni Iraola Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Premier League All competitions All competitions All competitions Aston Villa are unbeaten in their last five Premier League games against Bournemouth (W3 D2), having lost four in a row against the Cherries before this. Having won their first two Premier League away games against Aston Villa, Bournemouth are now winless in three visits to Villa Park (D1 L2). Aston Villa have lost just one of their last 23 home Premier League matches (W14 D8), a 3-0 defeat to Crystal Palace in August. In the last two seasons, only Liverpool (58), Man City (54) and Arsenal (52) have more home points in the division than Villa (50). Bournemouth lost 3-1 against Manchester City last time out but haven’t lost consecutive Premier League games since May – which were defeats against Man City and Aston Villa. Aston Villa have scored first in both of their last two home Premier League matches, winning both against Burnley and Manchester City. Villa have won 83% of league games under Emery at Villa Park when going 1-0 ahead (29/35), with only Graham Taylor (92%, won 12/13) having a better Premier League win ratio when scoring first on home soil as Villa boss (3+ games scored first). Only Chelsea (29) have had more shots on target in away Premier League matches this season than Bournemouth (24). It’s their second-best ratio for shots on target per away game in a top-flight season (4. 8), behind their 5. 2 last season. Emiliano Martínez’s error led to Liverpool’s opening goal on MD10 – since the 2020-21 campaign when he joined Aston Villa, only three players have made more errors leading to Premier League goals than the Argentinian (7). Aston Villa’s Ross Barkley has only been involved in more Premier League goals against Newcastle (6 goals, 2 assists) than he has against Bournemouth (4 goals, 3 assists), scoring Villa’s goal in the 1-1 draw at Villa Park in 2024-25. Bournemouth full-back Adrien Truffert has made the most overlapping runs in the Premier League this season (33), while only Ryan Sessegnon (18) has made more underlapping runs than he has (16). Indeed, only Crystal Palace’s Daniel Muñoz (106) has more off-ball runs into the attacking third among full-backs than Truffert (93). Tyler Adams has made the sixth-most tackles in the Premier League this season (29) and the third-most interceptions of any player (17). The Bournemouth midfielder scored his first Premier League goal in their 3-1 defeat to Man City on MD10. Delay over. They are ready to continue. Delay in match because of an injury Adam Smith (Bournemouth). Attempt saved. Evanilson (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa). Assisted by Justin Kluivert. Foul by John Mc Ginn (Aston Villa). Adrien Truffert (Bournemouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half. First Half begins. Lineups are announced and players are warming up. Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.