Juventus are decimated by injuries, so launch Timothy Weah as a striker with Kenan Yildiz and Francisco Conceicao for this difficult trip to Aston Villa.

It starts at 8pm GMT at Villa Park.

You can follow all the build-up and action of this match and Bologna-Lille on the Liveblog.

The Bianconeri’s injury crisis is only getting worse as Weston McKennie is the latest addition to the absent list.

He joins Dusan Vlahovic, Arkadiusz Milik, Nico Gonzalez, Vasilije Adzic, Gleison Bremer, Juan Cabal and former Aston Villa star Douglas Luiz on the treatment table.

It means that coach Thiago Motta has no strikers available at all and therefore has to use Weah as a Valse 9, supported by Teun Koopmeiners, Conceicao and Kenan Yildiz.

Aston Villa made a sensational start to the season, winning their first three Champions League games, including 1-0 against Bayern Munich and 2-0 against Bologna.

However, they lost 1-0 to Club Brugge and are also stuttering domestically with only two points from their last six league games.

Amadou Onana and Jacob Ramsey are out, while Boubacar Kamara and Ezri Konsa are also not fully fit.

Ollie Watkins leads the attack with support from Leon Bailey, Morgan Rogers and John McGinn, while super-sub Jhon Duran is on the bench.

Lineups Aston Villa and Juventus

Astonvilla: Martinez; Cash, Diego Carlos, Pau Torres, Digne; McGinn, Tielemans; Kamara, Bailey, Rogers; Watkins

Aston Villa sofa: Olsen, Gauci, Nedeljkovic, Bogarde, Maatsen, Konsa, Mings, Barkley, Buendia, Philogene, Duran

Juventus: Di Gregorio; Savona, Gatti, Kalulu, Cambiaso; Locatelli, K. Thuram; Conceicao, Koopmeiners, Yildiz; Woe

Juventus bench: Perin, Pinsoglio, Danilo, Fagioli, Rouhi, Mbangula

Reference: Manzano (ESP)

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