Aston Villa 4-0 Bournemouth: Emiliano Buendia, Amadou Onana, Ross Barkley and Donyell Malen on target

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.

More to follow.