UEFA CUP QUALIFYING

Round 2, leg 2

Thursday 28 August (agg 5-2)

ASTON VILLA 1

Craig Gardner (27)

FH HAFNARFJORDUR 1

Vldar Bjornsson (30)

Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill made six changes for tonight's UEFA Cup second leg clash with FH Hafnarfjordur at Villa Park.

O'Neill decided to hand a first start to former Tottenham midfielder Wayne Routledge, who joined the club during the January transfer window.

The former Celtic boss also gave a full debut to another midfielder, Moustapha Salifou - who had joined Villa from Swiss side Wil 1900 at the start of last season.

Marlon Harewood, Zat Knight, Craig Gardner and Isaiah Osbourne also came into the starting 11 for a Villa side who were expected to clinch their place in the next round after gaining a 4-1 lead over their Icelandic opponents in the first leg a fortnight ago.

Aston Villa: Friedel, Gardner, Knight, Davies, Barry, Routledge, Reo-Coker, Osbourne, Salifou, Agbonlahor, Harewood Subs: Taylor, Laursen, Ashley Young, Carew, Delfouneso, Petrov, Baker

FH Hafnarfjordur: Oskarsson, Asgeirsson, Nielsen, Siim, Valgardsson, Vihjalmsson, Vidarsson, Bjorn Sverrisson, Petur Sigurdsson, Bjornsson, Tryggvi Gudmundsson Subs: Larusson, Eiriksson, Bjarnason, Gardarsson, Gudnason, Saevarsson, Birkir Sverrisson

Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Holland)