Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery makes four changes for Tuesday’s Champions League fixture against Bologna.
Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery has made four changes for Tuesday’s Champions League fixture against Bologna.
During Monday’s press conference, the Spaniard hinted that he would need to be open-minded to regularly shuffling his pack in order to burning out his first-choice picks.
Emery has backed that up by making four changes to his starting lineup from the match with Fulham three days ago, most notably handing a first Champions League start to Jhon Duran.
Ezri Konsa is restored to the right hand side of the defence, Ian Maatsen being handed an opportunity on the left for the first time in the Premier League or Europe during 2024-25.
Having made his return from injury at the weekend, John McGinn starts in midfield, seemingly on the right flank with Leon Bailey on the left.
Matty Cash, Lucas Digne, Jacob Ramsey and Ollie Watkins are the quartet to drop out of the team, all being named among the replacements.
There is also a return to the squad for Tyrone Mings for the first time since suffering a serious knee injury 14 months ago.
Aston Villa XI: Martinez; Konsa, Carlos, Torres, Maatsen; McGinn, Tielemans, Onana, Bailey; Rogers; Duran
Subs: Olsen, Cash, Mings, Digne, Nedeljkovic, Bogarde, Kamara, Ramsey, Barkley, Buendia, Philogene, Watkins
More to follow.
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