Emi Martinez, who has recovered from an injury, makes his Aston Villa debut tonight.
Due to a hamstring injury he sustained against Chelsea last month, Villa’s hero of the penalty shootout in the quarterfinal matchup against Lille was unable to play in their Premier League match at Brighton last weekend.
Due to suspension, he was also unable to participate in last week’s first-leg loss against Olympiakos; nevertheless, he is expected to start this evening.
Morgan Rogers, who is injured, is replaced at the beginning by Matty Cash.
Martinez, Cash, Diego Carlos, Konsa, Torres, Digne, Diaby, McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Bailey, Watkins are the players from Aston Villa.
Lenglet, Gauci, Olsen, Duran, Munroe, Kellyman, Young, Patterson, Iroegbunam, and Kesler-Hayden are the substitutes.
News about the Olympiakos team
Olympiakos: Tzolakis, El Kaabi, Fortounis, Rodinei, Retsos, Carmo, Quini, Hezze, Iborra, Chiquinho, Daniel Podence.
The substitutes are: Jovetic, Apostolopoulos, Prekates, Ndoj, Papadoudis, Joao Carvalho, El Arabi, Alexandropoulos, Masouras, and Paschalakis.
