da bet vitoria： Aston Villa take a break from league action later this evening as they welcome local rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers to Villa Park in the Carabao Cup.
da bwin： Both teams know that a victory would advance them into the quarter-finals of the competition and to within a touching distance of a shot at silverware – but will that influence team selection?
Dean Smith’s men go into this one on the back of their first defeat in three matches, handed to them by Manchester City, who Wolves beat before the international break. It ended a run of back-to-back victories for the first time this campaign.
We already know that skipper Jack Grealish will be absent through injury, so here are the changes the 48-year-old is likely to make…
Smith has rotated his starting XI in both ventures into this tournament when thrashing Crewe Alexandra 6-1 and beating a youthful Brighton & Hove Albion.
So it seems plausible that he’ll do the same with only three players expected to remain.
Those will be goalkeeper Tom Heaton, who has been talking about this tie in the media this week, Douglas Luiz and Trezeguet.
With no Grealish or Jota, Anwar El Ghazi is sure to be recalled to play while Keinan Davis gets an opportunity to lead the line, considering he’s quite highly-rated amongst the Villa staff with assistant coach Richard O’Kelly claiming ‘he’s got some potential.’
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Luiz is another who keeps his place as John McGinn earns a well-deserved rest having been called upon late for that Brighton game due to Henri Lansbury’s injury, but the 29-year-old should be fit to play this one.
The entire back four is likely to change with several of Smith’s fringe players getting a start with the likes of Tyrone Mings and Bjorn Engels getting a rest in favour of Ezri Konsa and Kortney Hause.