Aston Villa stepped up their preparations for the new campaign on Saturday night with their seventh and penultimate friendly of the summer, away to Marseille.

Unai Emery’s side lost 3-1 , though half of his first-team squad did not feature, with another fixture against Villarreal at the Estadi de la Ceràmica scheduled for this evening (8pm).

Mason Greenwood capitalised on an early Tyrone Mings mistake to open the scoring, before John McGinn equalised in the eighth minute.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang then came off the bench to score a quick-fire double, sealing victory for Marseille in their final friendly before their Ligue 1 campaign kicks off on Friday night.

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