Aston Villa welcome Italian juggernauts Juventus to the West Midlands as Unai Emery’s facet look to finish their dismal latest run of outcomes.
Emery’s facet are at present twelfth within the Champions League desk however have did not win any of their final six video games in all competitions. Their final victory got here within the 2-0 defeat of Bologna final month.
Regardless of occupying sixth spot in Serie A, Juventus, are unbeaten within the league to date this season, conceding simply seven objectives. Thiago Motta’s group are sixteenth within the Champions League desk.
It will likely be a case of instructor versus apprentice within the dugouts, on condition that Motta performed beneath Emery in the course of the Spaniard’s spell in control of PSG from 2016-18.
Right here’s how the 2 groups line up for what guarantees to be one other cracking European night time at Villa Park.
Aston Villa group information
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— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) November 27, 2024
Emery makes three modifications from the facet that drew 2-2 to Crystal Palace on the weekend.
Boubacar Kamara, Matty Money and Lucas Digne all return to the beginning line-up, whereas Ross Barkley is amongst these dropped to the bench.
John Duran, so typically the hero for Villa, begins amongst the substitutes.
Juventus group information
🚨 How we line up for #AVLJuve 📝#UCL pic.twitter.com/oPVSoleOCR
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The Outdated Woman have been beset with accidents, which means Motta names simply 4 outfield gamers on the bench for tonight’s conflict.
Weston McKennie, Dusan Vlahovic, Arkadiusz Milik, Nico Gonzalez, Vasilije Adzic, Gleison Bremer, Juan Cabal and former Aston Villa participant Douglas Luiz all miss out.
However with a ahead line that features Francisco Conceicao, Teun Koopmeiners, Kenan Yildiz, and Timothy Weah, the guests nonetheless pose a sizeable risk.