Ollie Watkins is acceptable to instrumentality to the Aston Villa starting XI erstwhile they look Brighton & Hove Albion successful the Premier League connected Monday.
The England planetary has sat retired the erstwhile 3 league outings, with Unai Emery preferring Jhon Duran instead, pursuing a flimsy driblet disconnected successful signifier from Watkins.
However, Duran's reddish paper for perceived violent conduct against Newcastle United connected Boxing Day has opened the doorway for past season's apical scorer to return.
Villa were unsuccessful successful their entreaty of the reddish card, truthful Duran volition present miss this upcoming clash with Brighton, their archetypal fixture of 2025 against Leicester City, and the FA Cup clash against West Ham United.
That volition beryllium a stroke to the hosts, considering Duran had scored successful each six of his starts this play earlier his aboriginal dismissal astatine St James' Park.
Duran volition besides not beryllium the lone subordinate suspended, due to the fact that Matty Cash's booking against the Magpies volition spot him miss this clash too, conscionable 1 crippled earlier 5 yellowish cards are nary longer greeted with a ban.
Emery astatine slightest has a afloat acceptable defence to take a replacement from, and Kosta Nedeljkovic is the astir earthy lawman astatine right-back, but the manager whitethorn besides displacement Ezri Konsa over, bringing either Diego Carlos and Tyrone Mings successful to spouse Pau Torres.
Jacob Ramsey has been the lone Villa subordinate missing with wounded recently, and Emery is assured that helium has a bully accidental of being progressive successful the matchday squad for this one.
Aston Villa imaginable starting lineup:
Martinez; Konsa, Diego Carlos, Pau Torres, Digne; McGinn, Kamara, Onana, Tielemans, Rogers; Watkins
Click present to spot however Brighton could enactment up for this one.
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