Premier League team news: Bournemouth v Aston Villa
Max Gradel and Lee Tomlin are in line for their Bournemouth debuts in Saturday's Premier League season opener with Aston Villa.
Manager Eddie Howe expects a challenging team selection for the Cherries' maiden top-flight encounter and has nine summer signings to choose from in his squad.
Sylvain Distin, the former Newcastle, Manchester City and Everton defender, is among those who could make his competitive debut.
Tim Sherwood will assess several of his new players before deciding whether to hand them their Aston Villa debuts.
Jordan Amavi, Jordan Ayew, Jose Crespo, Rudy Gestede, Jordan Veretout, Idrissa Gueye and Micah Richards could all make their Villa bows but Sherwood wants to ensure they are up to speed to face Bournemouth.
Jores Okore is out with a knee injury, though, but is Sherwood's only definite absentee.
Bournemouth squad: Camp, Francis, Cook, Gosling, Distin, Elphick, Surman, Pugh, Arter, Rantie, Daniels, Wilson, Smith, MacDonald, Kermorgant, Stanislas, Ward, Ritchie, Boruc, O'Kane, Atsu, Mings, Tomlin, Gradel.
Aston Villa squad: Guzan, Bunn, Baker, Clark, Amavi, Hutton, Crespo, Bacuna, Richards, Richardson, Senderos, Gueye, Veretout, Gil, Cole, Grealish, Sinclair, Gestede, Agbonlahor, Ayew, Kozak.