Unai Emery has selected his starting XI to face Villarreal in Aston Villa’s eighth and final pre-season friendly of the summer.

Villa lost 3-1 against Marseille at the Stade Velodrome last night, which followed a 4-0 victory over AS Roma last Wednesday.

Emery will give some of the players who didn’t start against Marseille the chance to get 90 minutes under their belts against Villarreal, who will play in the Champions League next term.

Today, Emi Martinez starts in goal behind a defence of Triston Rowe, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres and Ian Maatsen.

Boubacar Kamara and Youri Tielemans operate in the double pivot, while Leon Bailey, Emi Buendia and Jamal Jimoh-Aloba support the striker, Ollie Watkins.

Villa vs Villarreal: Martinez, Rowe, Konsa, Torres, Maatsen, Kamara, Tielemans, Bail

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