Confirmed Norwich City v Aston Villa line-ups: Smith makes two changes, Bruce misfits on bench

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Aston Villa travel to take on Norwich City in the Championship this evening.

Norwich City starting line-up: Krul; Aarons, Klose, Zimmermann, Lewis; Trybull, Leitner; Buendia, Stiepermann, Cantwell;

Norwich City substitutes: McGovern, Godfrey, Vrancic, Passlack, Hernandez, Srbeny, Thompson.

Aston Villa starting line-up: Nyland; Hutton, Chester, Tuanzebe, Taylor; Elmohamady, Whelan, Hourihane, Adomah; Grealish; Abraham.

Aston Villa substitutes: Bunn, Jedinak, Bjarnason, Lansbury, El Ghazi, Hogan, Kodjia.

Aston Villa play under Dean Smith for the second time tonight, as they look to build on the 1-0 win over Swansea City on Saturday afternoon with a win over Norwich City.

Villa have made two changes to the side tonight, as Birkir Bjarnason drops to the bench, whilst John McGinn is suspended, with Glenn Whelan and Conor Hourihane coming into the side.

Orjan Nyland keeps his place in goal, and will play behind a back four of Alan Hutton, James Chester, Axel Tuanzebe and Neil Taylor, with Whelan and Hourihane in front of them.

Ahmed Elmohamady and Albert Adomah feature out wide, with Jack Grealish in the No. 10 role behind lone striker Tammy Abraham, who will be hoping to score yet again.

Anwar El Ghazi and Henri Lansbury – two misfits under Steve Bruce – are on the bench alongside Mark Bunn, Mile Jedinak, Scott Hogan, Jonathan Kodjia and Bjarnason, though there is no sign of Yannick Bolasie.

Meanwhile, sixth place Norwich will hope for another win having beaten Nottingham Forest 2-1 at the weekend, with manager Daniel Farke making two changes to his side.

Onel Hernandez and Alexander Tettey drop out of the side, with Emiliano Buendia and Tom Trybull coming in, and Hernandez is on the bench.

Tim Krul starts in goal behind a back four of Max Aarons, Timm Klose, Christoph Zimmermann and Jamal Lewis, with Trybull and Moritz Leitner protecting them.

That gives freedom to Buendia, Marco Stiepermann and Todd Cantwell to go forward, and support lone striker Jordan Rhodes in the Canaries attack tonight.

Hernandez is joined on the bench by Michael McGovern, Ben Godfrey, Mario Vrancic, Felix Passlack, Denis Srbeny and Louis Thompson.