Battling it out for a place in the group stage of this season's Europa Conference League, Hibernian and Aston Villa meet for the first leg of their playoff tie on Wednesday.
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Ahead of an enticing all-British contest at Easter Road, the Scottish side have progressed through two previous rounds of qualifying; Villa now enter the competition, making their return to Europe after 13 years away.
Scrapping out a draw was enough to see Lee Johnson's side through against FC Luzern, after they took a 3-1 lead from the first leg in Edinburgh with them to Lucerne.
Having increased their advantage when Elie Youan struck early on, Luzern levelled soon after and then went ahead on the night; however, when Youan set up Martin Boyle to make it 2-2 with less than 20 minutes remaining, Hibs were back in control of the tie.
As fate would have it, the draw had already teed up a meeting with Aston Villa's John McGinn, and the English club's captain now returns to Easter Road, where he excelled for three years before moving south in 2018.
Part of the Hibernian teams that won both the 2016 Scottish Cup - a first victory in the competition for 114 years - and promotion back to the Premiership, McGinn is remembered fondly in Leith. However, such memories will surely be pushed to one side on Wednesday evening.
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