By Aston Villa FC

Pau Torres returned to Aston Villa’s starting XI for their Premier League clash against Fulham at Craven Cottage.

The fit-again centre-back, who replaced Diego Carlos following his hamstring injury, made his first start since Villa’s victory at Brentford in mid-December.

Youri Tielemans came in for long-term absentee Boubacar Kamara after he sustained knee ligament damage last weekend, with head coach Unai Emery making two changes to his starting line-up from the defeat to Manchester United.

There was a place in the matchday 20 for January signing Joe Gauci as he was named among the substitutes in west London.



Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Diop, Ream, Robinson, Palhinha, Cairney, De Cordova-Reid, Pereira, Willian, Muniz.

Subs: Rodák, Bassey, Adarabioyo, Reed, Wilson, Traoré, Ballo-Touré, Iwobi, Lukic.

Aston Villa: Martínez, Cash, Torres, Lenglet, Moreno, Tielemans, Luiz, Bailey, McGinn, Ramsey, Watkins.

Subs: Olsen, Gauci, Digne, Chambers, Diaby, Zaniolo, Rogers, Kesler Hayden, Iroegbunam.