Set to meet in Istanbul for this year’s Europa League Final, Freiburg and Aston Villa will fight it out for the trophy on Wednesday evening.
Having both hit their last domestic opponents for four – with Villa taking down outgoing Premier League champions Liverpool – the pair are primed for a winner-takes-all clash in the Turkish capital.
Here, Sports Mole rounds up all the team news for either side.
FREIBURG
Out: Yuito Suzuki (collarbone)
Doubtful: Patrick Osterhage (knee)
Sports Mole’s predicted XI: Atubolu; Kubler, Ginter, Lienhart, Treu; Eggestein, Hofler; Beste, Manzambi, Grifo; Matanovic
ASTON VILLA
Out: Boubacar Kamara (knee), Alysson (ineligible), Ross Barkley (ineligible)
Doubtful: Amadou Onana (calf), Victor Lindelof (foot)
Sports Mole’s predicted XI: Martinez; Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne; Lindelof, Tielemans; McGinn, Rogers, Buendia; Watkins
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