Monaco v Aston Villa: Champions League – live
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Monaco: Majecki; Vanderson, Singo, Kehrer, Mawissa, Zakaria, Camara, Akliouche, Minamino, Seghir; Embolo. Subs: Kohn, Lienard, Teze, Golovin, Henrique, Ouattara, Salisu, Diatta, Diop, Michal, Bouabre, Magassa. Aston Villa: Martínez; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne; Kamara, Buendia; Bailey, Tielemans, Rogers; Watkins.
![[Adi Hutter]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/538ce18f421cbca3b5b3e04f1ebd0ad24059590a/0_400_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
Subs: Gauci, Olsen, Duran, Nedeljkovic, Maatsen, Bogarde, Ramsey, Swinkels, Young. Monaco form guide: Fourth in Ligue1, 15 points behind leaders PSG, Monaco are managed by the Austrian Adi Hutter and come into this game having won just two of their last 11 games in all competitions. The most recent of those victories came in the French Cup against Union Saint-Jean, a French regional side. More recently, on Friday to be exact, Hutter’s side were beaten by Montpelier, who are currently rock-bottom of the French top flight.
![[Denis Zakaria]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/714aaa3c70f071184452fea29f037641cf3096ec/0_49_1690_1014/master/1690.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
Their results in this season’s Champions League have been mixed, with Hutter masterminding victories over Barcelona, Red Star and Bologna, while watching his team lose their two most recent games against Benfica and Arsenal. In the second game of their campaign, away at Dinamo Zagreb, Monaco secured their only draw so far. Of the four Ligue1 teams in the Champions League, Monaco (16th) are behind Brest (7th) and Lille (8th) but ahead of PSG (25th).
Villa midfielder John McGinn is back in training after recovering from a thigh injury but is unlikely to feature in this match. Amadou Onana, who pulled up with a hamstring injury during Villa’s draw at Arsenal on Saturday is also likely to miss out. Ross Barkley and Pau Torres are also sidelined, while Diego Carlos is suspended. New signing Donyell Malen is cup-tied until the knockout stages, having already played five group games in this season’s competition for Borussia Dortmund.
