Aston Villa get a free-kick in a good area after a poor challenge from Jefferson Lerma just outside the box.

Jack Grealish whips it in and it is easily headed clear by Callum Wilson. Not the best delivery.

Right, well, I don't think anyone was expecting that start.

"YOU WHAT?!" was the reaction I got when I shouted up in the office that a penalty had been awarded.

How will Villa react?

Oh my word. What a start.

Tom Heaton brings down Callum Wilson in the box in Bournemouth's very first attack of the match.

Bournemouth get us under way.

Martin Atkinson is the man in the middle for this one.

A great welcome for both sets of players as they emerge onto the pitch.

I can confirm Jack Grealish is without THAT hair band he wore last week.

Guy Mowbray
Match of the Day commentator

Villa's last Premier League home game finished goalless. It was a dismal match with Newcastle - enlivened only by the throwing of beach balls onto the pitch by angry fans.

What a difference 1,197 days make! Villa Park will be packed, with the Holte Enders expecting to be put sky high by a win against a side that tends not to travel well.

Beset by injury problems, Bournemouth will have to battle hard in these early weeks, but as Eddie Howe has said and his team has often proved: "When we're clicking we can win any game."

For Villa, it's a case of how soon their TEN players new to the club can click together.

Villa's return to the top flight didn't get off to the best start last week.

Away at Spurs, they led for 72 minutes after John McGinn's early goal, before the Londoners scored three late on to ensure three points wouldn't leave the capital.

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For Bournemouth, it was a similar tale. Chris Mepham's goal gave the Cherries the lead and they looked set for victory, until Sheffield United's Billy Sharp popped up late on to earn the Blades a point.

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Aston Villa fans have waited a long time for this. To be precise, 1,197 days.

But the time, at long last, has come.

Today, Premier League football returns to Villa Park.

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Aston Villa make just the one change from last week's defeat by Spurs. New signing Douglas Luiz makes his first start for the club with Conor Hourihane dropping to the bench.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton, Taylor, Luiz, McGinn, Wesley, Grealish, Trezeguet, El Ghazi, Engels, El Mohamady, Mings

Subs: Steer, Lansbury, Hourihane, Ngoyo, Targett, Jota, Davis

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Eddie Howe makes two changes to his Bournemouth starting line-up following last week's draw with Sheffield United. Last week's goalscorer Chris Mepham and Diego Rico are on the bench, with Charlie Daniels and debutant Harry Wilson starting.

Bournemouth XI: Ramsdale, S Cook, Ake, King, Lerma, Daniels, C Wilson, Smith, H Wilson, Fraser, Billing

Subs: Boruc, Surman, Solanke, Ibe, Stacey, Rico, Mepham

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Here is the team news for Aston Villa v Bournemouth.

Make sure you come back at 14:50 BST for all the build-up and live coverage.

See you then!