Aston Villa face Leeds United in the Premier League on Sunday, and Unai Emery has named his starting line-up for the encounter at Elland Road.
As per the Villa boss in his pre-match press conference on Friday, Tyrone Mings was ruled out due to injury, but it had been hoped that Ezri Konsa, Matty Cash, Amadou Onana and Lamare Bogarde would all come through the final training session to get the green light to feature.
Villa will be looking to pick up from where we left off prior to the international break after a 4-0 win over Bournemouth, but away at Leeds is always a difficult proposition, and so we know we’ll have to be at our best to get the desired result and return home with all three points.
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As confirmed in the club’s post below, we make one change from the Bournemouth win, with Youri Tielemans returning to the starting line-up in place of Onana, who misses out due to that injury issue he picked up over the international break.
Emiliano Martinez continues in goal, with a settled back four consisting of Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres and Lucas Digne in front of him.
Tielemans partners Boubacar Kamara in our deeper midfield pivot, while John McGinn, Emiliano Buendia and Morgan Rogers will provide support behind Ollie Watkins in the attacking third.
There is still no room for Harvey Elliott in the matchday squad, but Emery can call upon a strong bench if needed to change the game in the latter stages, while talented youngster George Hemmings is included in the squad as he looks to try and make a positive impression after impressing during pre-season this past summer.
It’s a balanced Villa line-up with Tielemans adding more creative quality, and so hopefully we produce a top performance to secure an important win.
How we start to face Leeds 👊 #LEEAVL pic.twitter.com/fUhJ6Gep3l
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