Dean Smith named an unchanged starting XI for Aston Villa’s Boxing Day test against Crystal Palace.
The Villa head coach, taking charge of his 100th match for the club, kept faith with the same line-up who started last weekend’s 3-0 victory at West Bromwich Albion.
Fit-again Tom Heaton returned to the matchday 18 for the first time since New Year’s Day having recovered from knee ligament damage.
The goalkeeper was named among the substitutes alongside Ezri Konsa, who returned after illness.
Talismanic captain Jack Grealish led out Villa for the Premier League encounter in what was his 200th appearance for his boyhood club.
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Villa: Martinez, Cash, Hause, Mings, Targett, Luiz, McGinn, Traore, Grealish, El Ghazi, Watkins.
Subs: Heaton, Guilbert, Taylor, Konsa, Elmohamady, Nakamba, Hourihane, Ramsey, Davis.
