Aston Villa have made two changes to their side to face Sunderland in the West Midlands this afternoon.
Charles N'Zogbia and Andreas Weimann come in for Jores Okore and the suspended Gabriel Agbonlahor.
Kieran Richardson is also banned, while Ashley Westwood, Philippe Senderos, Nathan Baker, Libor Kozak and Joe Cole are all out through injury.
Sunderland, meanwhile, bring Wes Brown, Liam Bridcutt and Connor Wickham back into their starting XI.
The trio replace Sebastian Coates, Lee Cattermole and Ricky Alvarez as the Black Cats look to extend their unbeaten away run to five Premier League games.
Aston Villa: Guzan; Hutton, Vlaar, Clark, Cissokho; Cleverley, Delph, Sanchez, N'Zogbia, Weimann; Benteke
Sunderland: Pantilimon; Vergini, Jones, O'Shea, Brown; Bridcutt, Gomez, Larsson, Johnson; Wickham, Fletcher
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