Hibs vs Aston Villa LIVE score team news and build-up ahead of the Premiership clash

It may have been billed as John McGinn's homecoming, but there's a huge prize on the line for Hibs.

They are massive underdogs to beat Aston Villa over two legs and reach the group stage of the Europa Conference League.

But Lee Johnson 's men are determined to keep the tie alive when they head to Birmingham for the second leg next week.

But they face a team and a manager with serious pedigree. The English Premier League side won the European Cup back in 1982, but Unai Emery has tasted recent European success, lifting the Europa League three times in a row with Sevilla and once more with Villarreal.

The Hibees are without a point after two Premiership fixtures, but rose to the occasion to dump the more fancied Luzern out in the third qualifying round of this competition. And after a mixed start to the league season Johnson will be hoping to find some consistency from his side against a top side.

We'll have all the action on the LIVE blog as they look to pull off a massive shock.

It’s worth noting how the Premier League table would have finished from when Villa made the decision to sack former Rangers boss Steven Gerrard last season.

Unai Emery came in on October 24, five days after Gerrard was sacked - with just two wins from their first eleven Premier League games of the season.

And, when taking into account that Emery had two months to go until he could even bring any players in, it was a miracle that the Spaniard earned 49 points from his 26 league games in charge of the Villans.

Had the table started from his appointment, Villa would have finished SIXTH in the top-flight - and they could have finished fourth with an extra three points, given that Emery managed a game less than Liverpool and Newcastle in that