Villa pushing for a second. Morgan Rogers has an effort blocked and it drops for Amadou Onana and his curled effort from 20 yards nips off the top of the post and away. Great technique on the strike.

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It is something as simple as that which can start you on a run of goals. You can see the joy on Ollie Watkins' face.

The presence of mind is first-class, he sees the goalkeeper is in no-man's land. That will do his confidence the world of good.

Vitor Pereira makes three changes to the Nottingham Forest side that drew 2-2 at Manchester City in the Premier League eight days ago.

Morato, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Omari Hutchinson come into the starting eleven with Nikola Milkenkovic, Ibrahim Sangare and Neco Williams dropping to the bench.

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Murillo, Morato, Cunha, Aina; Dominguez, Anderson, Gibbs-White; Hudson-Odoi, Igor Jesus, Hutchinson

Subs: Williams, Sangare, Gunn, Lucca, Yates, McAtee, Bakwa, Milenkovic, Abbott, Willows

Midtjylland advanced to the final of the Danish Cup in their most recent outing on Sunday and boss Mike Tullberg makes two changes.

Denil Castillo replaces suspended winger Dario Osorio and Ousmane Diao takes Lee Han-beom's place in defence.

Top scorer Franculino remains on the sidelines with a knee injury.

Midtjylland XI: Olafsson, Jensen, Bech, Erlic, Diao; Bravo, Billing, Castillo; Simsir, Brumado, Mbabu

Subs: Lossl, Han-beom, Gue-sung, Gabriel, Chilufya, Uhre, Byskov, Ze, Ugboh

Olivier Giroud with a looping header, but it is caught by a jumping Emiliano Martinez underneath his crossbar.

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The best of Lille's play is coming through Tiago Santos - he looks in the mood tonight.

Amadou Onana gives the ball away at the base of midfield so easily and Morgan Rogers needs a little bit more control before he shoots in the box for Villa.

Aston Villa so nearly with a four-on-three chance but Jadon Sancho's pass can't find its way through to Morgan Rogers and a good opportunity evaporates.

Aston Villa are searching for a route through, Emiliano Buendia passes when he could have had a shot from the edge of the penalty area and it is then cut out.

A frustrating night so far for the Villa attackers.

Morgan Rogers gets a chance to take his man on, but from a narrow angle can only send his shot into the stands.

Villa still yet to register a shot on target and test home keeper Berke Ozer.

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The two players with the fewest touches in the first half were Olivier Giroud and Ollie Watkins (12 each).

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Back under way.

Jean-Philippe Mateta is involved in a Crystal Palace match day squad for the first time since his failed move to AC Milan in January.

After missing almost six weeks with a knee injury, the France international is named on the bench for tonight's Conference League clash at Selhurst Park

Elsewhere, defender Maxence Lacroix is back in the starting XI after missing last week's win at Tottenham through suspension.

Crystal Palace XI: Henderson, Canvot, Lacroix, Richards, Johnson, Wharton, Kamada, Mitchell, Sarr, Strand Larsen, Guessand

Subs: Bentiez, Matthews, Lerma, Pino, Mateta, Clyne, Hughes, Sosa, Riad, Devenny, Rodney, Cardines

AEK Larnaca XI: Alomerovic, Godswill, Milicevic, Saborit, Garcia; Pons, Ledes, Miramon, Rohden, Ivanovic, Bajic

Subs: Paraskevas, Demetriou, Ioannou, Gurfinkel, Kyriakou, Cabrera, Mudrazija, Thoma, Loukaidis, Gerasimou, Gonzalez

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It is the decision-making that seems to be the problem for Aston Villa. They have controlled parts of the game and had a lot of possession in the final third.

Emery will be happy with the control they had, but in the last seconds can Villa make the right decision? Ollie Watkins has snatched at a few. They are creating opportunities but they have not tested the goalkeeper yet.

Republic of Ireland striker Troy Parrott has put AZ Alkmaar ahead in the first leg of their last-16 Conference League tie against Sparta Prague.

If Crystal Palace advance, they will face either Fiorentina of Italy or Polish side Rakow Czestochowa in the quarter-finals.

Three of the four early kick-offs in the Europa League are goalless, while Porto have a 2-1 lead at Stuttgart. Lille or Aston Villa will play Bologna or Roma in the quarter-finals, while Nottingham Forest or Midtjylland will face either Porto or Stutgart.

Both sides had chances near the end of the first half, but it is all square at the break in northern France.