By Aston Villa FC

Unai Emery made five changes for Aston Villa’s Premier League clash against Brighton & Hove Albion.

Emi Martínez, Lucas Digne, Boubacar Kamara, Nicolò Zaniolo and Ollie Watkins all returned to Villa’s starting line-up from the side who faced Everton in the Carabao Cup in midweek.

It meant Villa head coach Emery named the same XI who triumphed 1-0 at Chelsea last Sunday.

There was also a place among the substitutes for Jacob Ramsey, who passed a late fitness test, as Villa looked to make it 10 successive league wins at Villa Park.



Aston Villa: Martínez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, Kamara, Luiz, McGinn, Diaby, Zaniolo, Watkins.

Subs: Olsen, Carlos, Tielemans, Traoré, Chambers, Lenglet, Durán, Dendoncker, Ramsey.

Brighton: Steele, Veltman, Webster, Dunk, Estupiñán, Hinshelwood, Gilmour, March, Welbeck, Mitoma, Ferguson.

Subs: Verbruggen, Lamptey, Julio, Dahoud, Pedro, Baleba, Adingra, van Hecke, Fati.