QPR v Aston Villa line-ups: Luongo starts, change up front, Villa changes

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Massimo Luongo starts for QPR at Loftus Road, where Matt Smith partners Jamie Mackie in attack for the home side.

Luongo plays despite only returning to London on Friday after international duty with Australia. Jordan Cousins is again deployed on the right-hand side.

Aston Villa, without the injured John Terry and strikers Jonathan Kodjia and Scott Hogan, make two changes, with Neil Taylor and former QPR man Chris Samba coming into the side.

QPR: Smithies; Baptiste, Lynch, Robinson; Cousins, Scowen, Luongo, Freeman, Bidwell; Smith, Mackie.
Subs: Lumley, Furlong, Washington, Manning, Wheeler, Wszolek, Sylla.

Aston Villa: Johnstone, Hutton, Samba, Chester, Taylor, Snodgrass, Whelan, Hourihane, Adomah, Onomah, Davis.
Subs: Steer, De Laet, Lansbury, Jedinak, Bjarnason, Grealish, O’Hare.