Unai Emery’s side bounced back superbly from last week’s loss to Liverpool, while Bournemouth fell to its second consecutive Premier League defeat, after its loss to Manchester City.

Emiliano Buendia put Villa ahead in the 28th minute with a magnificent free-kick from around 20 yards out, curling the ball up and over the wall into the top corner before Amadou Onana doubled the hosts’ lead before half-time with a powerful low strike.

Alex Scott nearly pulled Bournemouth back into the game with a looping shot that looked destined for the net, only for a back-tracking Emiliano Martinez to produce a sensational fingertip save.

Evanilson struck the post with a header soon after and the Cherries were handed a lifeline when Morgan Rogers was penalised for handball, but Martinez guessed correctly to keep out Semenyo’s weak spot-kick and preserve Villa’s clean sheet.

Substitutes Ross Barkley and Donyell Malen then added gloss to the scoreline.

Barkley headed home from Lucas Digne’s corner before Malen diverted Youri Tielemans’s driven strike into the net to seal an emphatic victory.