Aston Villa team news vs Tottenham: Unai Emery makes Martinez decision as Sanson returns to squad
Team news from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Antonio Conte and Unai Emery name their starting XIs ahead of 2pm kick-off
Unai Emery has named an unchanged line-up for this afternoon's showdown with Tottenham with Robin Olsen keeping his place in goal. Emi Martinez is amongst the subs against Spurs while Morgan Sanson returns to the squad after a recent injury.
From front to back it's Olsen in goal with a back four of Ashley Young, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings and Lucas Digne. John McGinn, Boubacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz and Emi Buendia make up the midfield four with Ollie Watkins and Leon Bailey up front. Philippe Coutinho, Danny Ings and Cameron Archer are options from the bench.
Here's the two teams in full, below.
ASTON VILLA 4-4-2: Olsen; Young, Konsa, Mings, Digne; McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Kamara, Buendia; Watkins, Bailey.
SUBS: Martinez, Cash, Sanson, Ings, Chambers, Augustinsson, Bednarek, Coutinho, Archer.
TOTTENHAM 3-4-3: Lloris; Romero, Lenglet, Davies; Doherty, Hojbjerg, Bissouma, Perisic; Bryan, Kane, Son.
SUBS: Forster, Dier, Tanganga, Sanchez, Sessegnon, Royal, Spence, Sarr, Skipp.
REFEREE: John Brooks
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