Aston Villa is the dark horse this season and is ready to kick out the traditional teams that always occupy the top five rankings. Even though Aston Villa managed to get three points from strong teams like Arsenal and Manchester City, they are not strong candidates to win the championship. But there is nothing wrong with Emery being able to maintain the consistency of his squad then the EPL title will be theirs. However, finishing in the top four is very rational for them.
I don’t think Aston Villa will last the course. They’ve done incredibly well to be at the top of the table but I don’t think it’ll last. Then again, I thought that about Leicester too when they won it.
I think like you said, a real success for Aston Villa would be to get CL football. That would be massive for a club like them. Whilst they are up at the top of the league though, they can dream.