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Aston Villa have doubts over forwards Ross McCormack and Gabriel Agbonlahor for the visit of Cardiff City.
Both players have ankle injuries, but Jack Grealish could start after an impressive showing as a substitute in Villa's last game - the 1-1 draw at Brighton.
Cardiff defender Joe Bennett, who left Villa Park in August, is set to take on his former club for the first time.
Despite a sickness bug affecting his squad, boss Neil Warnock hopes to name the same side which beat Huddersfield.
Saturday's game sees two of the English Football League's most experienced managers coming up against each other.
Warnock, who fancied the Villa job in the summer, has managed 12 different clubs, three of which - Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town and Crystal Palace - have also been among Steve Bruce's eight-club managerial career.
Match facts
- Villa have won 10 of their last 12 home league meetings with Cardiff City, who have not won in Birmingham B6 since December 1954.
- Cardiff have failed to register a league goal at Villa Park in any of their last four trips there, having last scored in February 1970, in a 1-1 draw.
- Villa are the only unbeaten side at home in the Championship, although they have only won three of their eight games at Villa Park.
- Neil Warnock has not won any of his previous six league games against Villa, with four different teams.
- Villa have drawn more games this season (10 in 17 games) than any other side in the top four tiers.
- Cardiff's only clean sheet this season came on the opening day, also in Birmingham, across the city at St Andrew's.
Was quite bullish about this game, but as ko approaches am having doubts. Our record at Villa Park is poor, as is Warnocks. Villa are on a good run with a decent manager. Likely to be one of those unlucky 2-1 defeats.
Safe journey to our travelling fans. No bovver please. You've been very good lately.
Unchanged today: Amos, Bennett, Bamba, Morrison, Peltier, Whittingham, Ralls, Gunnarsson, Pilkington, Hoilett, Lambert.
Subs: Wilson, Richardson, Noone, Harris, O'Keefe, Connolly, Gounongbe
Healey just scored again for Newport/
Remember the good old days in the prem when we thought Albert Adomah wasn't good enough for us.
And I said Lambert wasn't good enough not long ago.
24'
Albert Adomah
28'
Rickie Lambert
1 - 1
Sounds like a battle according to Perry and Phillips (by the way passionate he may be but useless radio commentator).
Ref renowned for being card happy so be surprised if this ends up 11 v 11.
Cmon City!
2 - 1 Vile, bugger!!
Sounds like they've done alright so far.
'The next goal will be vital'
Yeah, thanks for that Rob Phillips!
Originally Posted by Thoth
Ref is a homer apparently, as per... Welcome to Cardiff Neil!
Well at least we weren't 3-1 up and the opposition made a come back and made it 4-3 now that would be a gutting
They are soooo going down. Shame it wasn't Ledders who got the fourth.
We could do with Newcastle equalising against Blackburn. At the mo we are in the bottom three.
Why's rudy taking the penalty?
So could City and County go down. Don't count your chickens. Swans 5-4 now
Sigh ...
Ah well.
Was just not to be today.
Has any ex player EVER played against us and NOT somehow been given the opportunity to have one on us as a gift?
Christ .. if we visited somewhere where an ex Groundskeeper now worked the ball would somehow bounce off his parked mower and into the net.
Last edited by Vimana.; 26-11-16 at 16:57.
Feck!
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