Aston Villa are looking to return to winning ways in the Europa League on Thursday when they host Maccabi Tel Aviv.

It will be the club’s fourth fixture in the competition, following wins over Bologna and Feyenoord, before a shock 2–1 defeat away to Go Ahead Eagles.

Their opponents, Maccabi, have won their last two domestic matches but remain winless in the Europa League, having lost their previous two home games against Midtjylland and Dinamo Zagreb.

Villa face an important Premier League match against fourth-placed Bournemouth on Sunday, and Unai Emery is likely to make changes from the side that lost 2–0 at Liverpool last weekend.

With the third international break of the season coming up after this weekend, a few players are in need of minutes. Lamare Bogarde is one of them, while Ian Maatsen is also expected to start in place of Lucas Digne.

Emi Martínez, who made a costly error at Anfield on Saturday, should keep his place in goal. He has started the last two Europa League matches, although he missed the trip...