Aston Villa v QPR: Kranjcar and Hill start
Niko Kranjcar and Clint Hill start for QPR in the vital game against fellow strugglers Aston Villa.
Hill comes in at left-back for Yun Suk-Young, who picked up a head injury during Saturday’s 4-1 win at West Brom.
And Kranjcar starts in place of Eduardo Vargas, who will miss the rest of the season after suffering a knee ligament injury against the Baggies.
Aaron Mitchell is in Rangers’ matchday squad for the first time. Mitchell is named on the substitutes’ bench along with fellow youngsters Michael Doughty and Reece Grego-Cox.
Villa are without Alan Hutton, Scott Sinclair, Ashley Westwood and Aly Cissokho, but former Fulham man Kieran Richardson has been passed fit to play.
Aston Villa: Guzan, Bacuna, Vlaar, Clark, Richardson, Cleverley, Delph, Sanchez, Grealish, Agbonlahor, Benteke
Subs: Given, Baker, Okore, Weimann, Cole, N’Zogbia, Lowton.
QPR: Green, Isla, Onuoha, Caulker, Hill, Phillips, Barton, Sandro, Kranjcar, Zamora, Austin.
Subs: McCarthy, Traore, Hoilett, Henry Mitchell, Doughty, Grego-Cox.
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