Thursday, March 19

Aston Villa v Lille: Team news


Tammy Abraham starts ahead of Ollie Watkins as Aston Villa look to reach the Europa League quarter-finals.

Victor Lindelof also makes his first start for over a month in defence with boss Unai Emery making six changes from Sunday’s defeat at Manchester United.

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Jadon Sancho, Ian Maatsen, Pau Torres and Douglas Luiz return.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Bogarde, Lindelof, Torres, Maatsen, Luiz, Onana, McGinn, Rogers, Sancho, Abraham.

Subs: Bizot, Wright, Mings, Konsa, Digne Cash, Garcia, Elliott, Buendia, Bailey, Watkins.

Former Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud starts for Lille as they look to overcome their first-leg deficit.

Ex-Tottenham and Newcastle midfielder Nabil Bentaleb is also in for the French side, who are fifth in Ligue 1.

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Lille XI: Ozer, Ngoy, Alexsandro, Mbemba, Perraud, Bouaddi, Bentalab, Mukau, Meunier, Giroud, Correia.

Subs: Bodart, Lanssade, Fernandez-Pardo, Haraldsson, Edjouma, Tiago Santos, Mandi, Verdonk, Diaoune, Baret, Boussadia.

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SPORT
1
Özer
12
Meunier
18
Mbemba
4
Alexsandro Ribeiro
32
Bouaddi
6
Bentaleb
3
Ngoy
15
Perraud
17
Mukau
9
Giroud
Félix Correia
LILLE lineup

[BBC]



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