"Unai Emery's men are the heavy favourites to take all three points, with Basel having only won two of their opening five games. The defending Swiss champions are seven points behind leaders Thun in the Super League, losing five games already in their domestic league after suffering in defeat in only nine games in the top flight last season. But only two of those losses have come at home, while they have not lost in the confines of St. Jakob Park in the Europa League."
"Villa remain without Tyrone Mings (thigh) and Ross Barkley (knee) and Evann Guessand is a doubt with a knock that kept him out of the victory over Arsenal. Basel forward Kaio Eduardo's availability for the fixture is in doubt because of an unknown injury. Basel starting XI: Hitz; Tsunemoto, Adjetey, Daniliuc, Schmid; Metinho, Bacanin; Shaqiri, Leroy, Otele; Broschinski Aston Villa starting XI: Bizot; Bogarde, Lindelof,"
Aston Villa enter the trip to Basel riding a five-match winning streak and sit three points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal. Villa have won two straight Europa League fixtures since October and top their group on 12 points alongside Lyon and Midtjylland, with a win in Switzerland boosting automatic qualification hopes. Basel have struggled domestically, sitting seven points off Super League leaders Thun and suffering five defeats, but remain relatively strong at home in Europa League fixtures. Both sides face selection issues, with injuries and doubts affecting key players and predicted starting XIs provided.
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