Team News: Three debuts for Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers manager Mark Hughes has handed out three debuts for this evening's trip to Aston Villa.

Defenders Nedum Onuoha and Taye Taiwo will make their first appearances, as does striker Djibril Cisse.

Hosts Villa are without the injured Gabriel Agbonlahor, who has been replaced in the starting lineup by Charles N'Zogbia.

Villa: Given; Hutton, Dunne, Cuellar, Warnock; Clark, Ireland, Petrov, N'Zogbia; Bent, Keane

QPR: Kenny; Young, Ferdinand, Onuoha, Taiwo; Derry, Barton, Wright-Phillips, Mackie; Cisse, Hulse