Unai Emery has named his Aston Villa side to face Hull City, with Ibrahim Mbaye starting on the bench and both Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Leon Goretzka absent from the matchday squad.
Villa are searching for their first Premier League points and first goal of the season at the MKM Stadium, but Emery has resisted making wholesale changes despite the availability of several summer arrivals.
George Hemmings keeps his place in the starting XI, while Nicolas Jackson again leads the attack.
Aston Villa confirmed XI vs Hull City
Villa start with:
Suzuki; Cash, Lindelöf, Mings, Maatsen; Barkley, Kamara; Hemmings, McGinn (c), Buendía; Jackson.
The substitutes are:
Bizot, Ruggeri, Pau Torres, Garnacho, Abraham, Mbaye, Bogarde, Wan-Bissaka, Alysson.
The biggest call concerns Mbaye.
The £47million Deadline Day arrival is available for the first time but has been named among the substitutes rather than immediately entering Emery’s starting XI.
That differs from our Aston Villa predicted XI against Hull, where we expected Mbaye and Harwood-Bellis to be introduced from the start.
Harwood-Bellis does not make the matchday squad at all.
The £30m Southampton signing was already left out of Aston Villa’s Champions League squad earlier this week and will now have to wait for his first Villa appearance.
Goretzka is another significant absentee.
Confirmed team news ahead of the game states that the former Bayern Munich midfielder has not been included in the squad, while João Gomes remains suspended.
Emery keeps faith with Hemmings and Buendía
Emery has instead retained academy product Hemmings alongside Buendía and McGinn behind Jackson.
Matty Cash also remains at right-back despite Aaron Wan-Bissaka pushing for his first Villa start, while Tyrone Mings replaces Pau Torres alongside Victor Lindelöf.
Kamara and Barkley continue together in midfield.
Villa enter the game after opening defeats to Brighton and Arsenal, with Emery having demanded higher standards from his players following the closure of the transfer window.
Johan Manzambi is another absentee after Emery ruled the club-record signing out of the Hull trip despite his recent return to training.
Villa now need the players Emery has trusted to deliver.
Two games have produced no points, no goals and no shots on target.
Hull provides the next opportunity to change all three.
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