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Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has named his starting XI to take on Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.

He has made seven changes from the side which were dumped out of the Carabao Cup on penalties at Brentford.

Emi Martinez starts in goal behind a defence of Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings and Lucas Digne.

Boubacar Kamara and John McGinn operate in the double pivot, while Evann Guessand, Emi Buendia, and Morgan Rogers support striker Ollie Watkins.

Villa completed a league double over Sunderland when they last faced them in 2017-18 in the Championship and could win three in a row in the league against the Black Cats for the first time since December 2009 under Martin O’Neill.

Sunderland, meanwhile, are looking to win three consecutive home Premier League matches f

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