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The Aston Villa U23 stars that could surprise Liverpool as FA Cup clash goes ahead
Aston Villa will be fielding a youth team for their FA Cup clash with Liverpool, following a coronavirus outbreak at their Bodymoor Heath training ground.The game is still set to go ahead despite a large number of the senior Villa squad testing positive for the virus.The first-team bubble, including manager Dean Smith, are set to stay away from the Cup clash with Mark Delaney leading the team.The FA have ruled that clubs must field a team if they have 14 fit players to choose from, including those in their youth ranks.And it gives Villa’s young stars a chance to impress and potentially stake a claim for a spot in Smith’s future plans.Villa are likely to have 19-year-old Akos Onodi in goal with the Hungarian having been the U23's No.
