The match will take place at Villa Park and memories of the Claret and Blue mauling of Inter Milan two years ago will inevitably be conjured up.
Villa won that game 3-0 and interestingly the goalscorers that day were the two players who Martin O'Neill faces the titanic task of replacing this summer.
Gareth Barry opened and finished the scoring with mountainous centre-back Martin Laursen netting in between times.
That victory was highly impressive and an equally competent performance will be required in August to defeat a side which is likely to include infamous ex-Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu
A large crowd will be expected to see Villa's final pre-season encounter and fans will hope to see the voids left by Barry's departure and Laursen's retirement filled by the time the Viola clash comes around.