Callum Wilson's battle with Tyrone Mings could be crucial

Tyrone Mings will surely be relishing his return to Dean Court. He is now an England player and has been a central pillar in Aston Villa's season taking the chance he didn't really get at AFCB. What we never saw was how he did against Callum Wilson in training while he was at the Cherries, but on Saturday we will see the contest played out right in front of our eyes.

Callum needs to win his battle.

I always thought Tyrone would make a good captain, if he had stayed with AFCB. He reads the game as well as any centre half and always puts in 100 per cent effort in games. He is good in the air and doesn't seem to mind confrontation. In fact, he ups his game when players rattle him the wrong way.

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I wonder how Callum Wilson will go about trying to get the better of Tyrone? I don't think Callum will get much peace, but he'll have to have good movement to get past the long legs of Tyrone and if he does he'll have to shoot as soon as he can before Tyrone gets back to him.

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I am pretty sure that the two players will walk off with a friendly handshake when they finish the game, but I'd expect they will both be trying harder than ever to out do each other. In many ways I think the game could rest on this battle. If Tyrone can keep Callum out, that might be Bournemouth's best line of attack and he could find that achieving that wins Villa the game. But Callum has his own fight, not only with Bournemouth trying to win games, but trying to ensure he still has a place in the England squad. He could well damage Tyrone's chances by having a good day and getting past Tyrone a few times. Perhaps he'll even dream of a hat-trick against Tyrone - it's certainly been a long time since we have seen Callum score three goals in a game.

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