Regulars return for Villa

Aston Villa will return to virtually full strength for the Barclays Premier League clash at home to Stoke on Sunday.

Gareth Barry, Brad Friedel, Emile Heskey, James Milner, Ashley Young, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Carlos Cuellar and Stiliyan Petrov should all figure after being controversially rested for last night’s UEFA Cup defeat to CSKA Moscow.

John Carew should also be included after missing the 2-0 loss with a back injury. The only other absentees are the injured duo of Martin Laursen and Wilfred Bouma, although the latter is close to a return after recovering from dislocating his ankle.

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