Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins has hailed the form of Douglas Luiz and Boubacar Kamara.

Watkins says the midfield pair have been superb for the team this season.

"It's working really well and Dougie and Bouba are so good in midfield," the Villa striker said. “I think they are the key to it really. When they don't get on the ball as much, we don't get as many opportunities.

“For them, controlling the game and playing little passes between them to suck the midfield in and then play it to someone like Moussa, that's what we work on a lot."

Speaking about Villa's home form, Watkins added: “I think we have definitely made it hard for teams to come here. Before, it was a nice place to come for teams, they could come here and play football.

“Maybe they knew the crowd - if we hadn't scored after the first 20 minutes - they would get a bit edgy. Now, I think the fans have full confidence in us that we will score and it is a really nice place to play."