Villa at full strength

Aston Villa have a full strength squad available for tomorrow’s home Barclays Premier League clash with Stoke.

Midfielder Fabian Delph was the only previous absentee and he has recovered from a groin injury.

Villa are likely to be unchanged after collecting seven points from their previous three games to climb into the top half of the table.

Assistant boss Gary McAllister will take charge of the team while Gerard Houllier recovers from chest pains in hospital.

Provisional squad: Friedel, Walker, Collins, Dunne, L. Young, Downing, Petrov, Makoun, A. Young, Agbonlahor, Bent, Marshall, Clark, Heskey, Pires, Albrighton, Reo-Coker, Cuellar, Delph.