Bertrand Traore was handed his Aston Villa debut for the Carabao Cup Round Three tie at Bristol City.
The summer signing, who arrived from Lyon for an undisclosed fee last Saturday, lined up in attack at Ashton Gate.
Head Coach Dean Smith made 11 changes from the starting XI who triumphed over Sheffield United in the club’s opening Premier League fixture of the campaign on Monday.
Ahmed Elmohamady was awarded the captain’s armband, while Academy graduate Jacob Ramsey, 19, again started having impressed in the Round Two triumph over Burton Albion.
Villa: Steer, Guilbert, Elmohamady (c), Hause, Taylor, Lansbury, Nakamba, J Ramsey, Traore, Davis, El Ghazi.
Subs: Kalinic, Targett, Mings, McGinn, Hourihane, Trezeguet, Watkins.
