Gabriel Agbonlahor, Ashley Young, Gareth Barry, James Milner and captain Martin Laursen did not even make the trip to Germany with Villa already through to the knockout stages.

Brad Friedel, Stiliyan Petrov and Curtis Davies are also expected to return, while 17-year-old Nathan Delfouneso will be looking to play some part after scoring in Europe for the second successive match - with John Carew (back) still injured.

Team (from): Friedel, Guzan, L Young, Cuellar, Davies, Laursen, Knight, Shorey, Milner, Petrov, Barry, Sidwell, A Young, Reo-Coker, Gardner, Osbourne, Salifou, Agbonlahor, Delfouneso, Harewood.