O'Leary to name unchanged side

Aston Villa manager David O’Leary is poised to name an unchanged side as he returns for the final time to Highbury where he spent nearly 20 years as a player.

O’Leary has few options with skipper Olof Mellberg (hamstring and flu) and midfielder James Milner (virus) still on the sidelines.

Aaron Hughes and Liam Ridgewell will have the task of trying to halt Thierry Henry in central defence.

Ten-goal leading scorer Milan Baros is also unlikely to have recovered from an ankle injury in time to face Arsene Wenger’s side although a late decision will be made.

But midfielder Patrik Berger is set to resume training on Monday after suffering an Achilles injury in the warm-up to the FA Cup replay with Manchester City.

Squad (from): Sorensen, De la Cruz, Hughes, Ridgewell, Bouma, Hendrie, McCann, Davis, Barry, Phillips, Moore, Angel, Taylor, Agbonlahor, Gardner, Cahill, Baros.