Aston Villa’s Martin Laursen (knee) and Darius Vassell (ankle) have only been given a 50-50 chance of being fit to face Charlton in the Barclays Premiership at Villa Park tomorrow night.

Aston Villa are optimistic that Darius Vassell and Martin Laursen could both be fit for tomorrow’s Premiership home match with Charlton.

Robbie Keane gets a rare start for Tottenham today as they bid to halt Liverpool's Champions League push. See all today's teams below.

Ecuador international Ulises de la Cruz will return as part of a reshuffled Villa defence for the trip to St Mary’s.

Alan Shearer, who signed a new new one-year contract yesterday, led his Newcastle side into their Barclays Premiership clash with Aston Villa.

Birmingham 2 Aston Villa 0

Aston Villa are without Juan Pablo Angel, on-loan Carlton Cole, Mark Delaney and Eric Djemba-Djemba for Sunday’s Barclays Premiership derby at Birmingham.

Aston Villa 2 Middlesbrough 0

Aston Villa striker Darius Vassell is set to start his first game since October against Middlesbrough at Villa Park tomorrow after the Barclays Premiership team were hit by a striker crisis.

Portsmouth, playing their last home match for five weeks, had Steve Stone back in midfield after injury to face Aston Villa.

Fulham 1 Aston Villa 1

Tonight's Premiership team news.

Eric Djemba-Djemba will make his debut for Aston Villa in tomorrow night’s clash with Fulham at Craven Cottage.

Gary Neville won the brotherly battle with Phil for the right-back slot and returned to Manchester United’s Premiership starting line-up for the first time in a month as the pursuit of Chelsea continued against Aston Villa at Old Trafford.

Thomas Hitzlsperger is pushing for a recall to the Aston Villa midfield for the trip to Old Trafford.

Aston Villa 3 Norwich 0

Gavin McCann’s absence for the rest of the season after undergoing knee surgery has left a gaping hole for Aston Villa manager David O’Leary ahead of the visit of Norwich.

Aston Villa welcome back skipper Olof Mellberg from suspension for tomorrow’s FA Cup clash at Sheffield United.

Aston Villa boss David O’Leary made two changes for the clash with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park today.

Aston Villa were boosted by the return of defender Jlloyd Samuel and midfielder Gavin McCann who had missed the Christmas programme with groin and knee problems respectively.

Aston Villa 0 Manchester Utd 1

Aston Villa have suffered a fresh injury blow with the loss of full-back Mark Delaney for tomorrow’s Premiership clash with Manchester United.

Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 0

David O’Leary has challenged Mathieu Berson to prove he can cope with the demands of the Barclays Premiership when he finally makes his full Aston Villa debut at Chelsea on Boxing Day.

Aston Villa manager David O’Leary will be without the injured Jlloyd Samuel and Gavin McCann for the trip to Stamford Bridge.

Middlesbrough boss Steve McClaren turned to his big guns once again as he looked to keep his side’s Champions League bid on track.

Blackburn: Friedel, Neill, Todd, Short, Matteo, Reid, Flitcroft, Ferguson, Emerton, Dickov, Bothroyd. Subs: Stead, Pedersen, Enckelman, Johansson, Gallagher.

Aston Villa manager David O’Leary is boosted by the return of midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger for Sunday’s local derby against Birmingham City at Villa Park.

Norwich v Fulham

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