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Aston Villa will continue their Europa League quest with an away fixture against Swiss Super League side FC Basel on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Villa<\/a> have won four of their five league phase matches in this season\u2019s Europa League<\/a> and are level on points with Lyon of France and Danish side Midtjylland at the top of the lease phase table. There\u2019s work to do to secure automatic qualification and, ideally, to finish in the top two.<\/p>\n

Unai Emery<\/a> is well aware of the benefits of home advantage throughout the knock-out rounds but the first order of business is to keep pace at the top of the table by beating Basel in Switzerland on Thursday. That\u2019s easier said than done.<\/p>\n

Basel\u2019s home form threatens to throw Villa off course<\/h2>\n

While Basel are fighting for their lives in terms of a play-off place in the next round of the Europa League, the location of Villa\u2019s game against the Swiss side is significant.<\/p>\n

Basel have played three Europa League matches away and two at home. Every one of their fixtures has been won by the home side.<\/p>\n

Ludovic Magnin\u2019s team have beaten Stuttgart and FCSB in their two home games at St Jakob-Park but have only won four of their seven home fixtures in the Super League this season. They\u2019ve been beaten on their own turf by Luzern and Lugano, drawing with St Gallen in their most recent home fixture.<\/p>\n

Villa team news<\/h2>\n

Emery will be without injured duo Tyrone Mings<\/a> and Ross Barkley<\/a>, who will likely be out for another month and two months respectively.<\/p>\n

Villa are also assessing the apparently minor injury that kept Evann Guessand<\/a> out of the side for the Premier League win against Arsenal<\/a> at Villa Park on Saturday. Guessand has returned to full training.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, the squad is in good shape and everyone will be available for Thursday\u2019s trip to the city where Switzerland, France and Germany meet.<\/p>\n

Villa predicted line-up v Basel<\/h2>\n

Guessand\u2019s potential absence creates a puzzle for Emery, who has been minded to play the Ivorian winger in Europa League matches so far this season. I think he\u2019d rather let John McGinn<\/a> sit the game out but my bet is the Villa captain will come in for Guessand on the right.<\/p>\n

Morgan Rogers<\/a> plays whenever he\u2019s available, leaving one spot out on the left. After seeing more positive link play between Ian Maatsen<\/a> and Jadon Sancho<\/a>, Emery could plump for both from the start in Basel.<\/p>\n

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Villa\u2019s back four has been unpredictable in Europe this season. Maatsen is a Europa League regular and Pau Torres has no fit back-up, but I can see Emery resting Matty Cash and Ezri Konsa.<\/p>\n

The same could be true for Boubacar Kamara, which would bring Amadou Onana<\/a> back into the starting eleven.<\/p>\n

Where to watch Basel v Villa<\/h2>\n

Villa\u2019s away game against Basel will be broadcast live on TNT Sports 1 <\/strong>and Discovery+<\/strong>\u00a0in the UK.<\/p>\n

Read more \u27a1\ufe0f How to watch Basel v Aston Villa: kick-off time, TV channels and streams<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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