Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery has made seven changes to his starting lineup for Thursday's Europa League fixture against Go Ahead Eagles. Having already won twice in this year's competition and with Manchester City to come on Sunday, Emery always had the temptation to rotate his team for this fixture.

Referee Filip Glova made some interesting decisions as Aston Villa claimed a 1-1 draw with Go Ahead Eagles away from Villa Park.

Match report as Aston Villa lost 2-1 to Go Ahead Eagles in the Europa League; Evann Guessand opened the scoring before Mathis Suray and Mats Deijl completed the comeback for the hosts; Emi Buendia missed a late penalty for Villa,

Man City predicted lineup vs. Aston Villa (4-1-4-1): Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly; Kovačić; Silva, Reijnders, Foden, Doku; Haaland.

BBC Radio WM's Steve Hermon has been speaking to Aston Villa fans in Deventer, Netherlands, before Thursday's Europa League game against Go Ahead Eagles. It costs a lot of money obviously but you wouldn't change seeing Villa back in Europe for the world.

Pep Guardiola is preparing his Manchester City side for what he believes is one of their toughest away assignments of the season at Aston Villa. City face Unai Emery’s team at Villa Park on Sunday hoping to extend their run of nine games unbeaten in all competitions.