Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish is expected to be fit to face Liverpool.
The midfielder missed his side's 2-1 Carabao Cup victory over Wolves on Wednesday with a calf injury.
He took a knock in Villa's 3-0 defeat at Manchester City but is set to return ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash with the Reds.
Boss Dean Smith said after the Wolves win: “He’s OK. He’ll be pushing to be fit for Saturday. He wasn’t fit (for Wolves) but I wouldn’t have picked him anyway. He’s responded really well.
“I never worry too much when it’s a contact injury, a dead calf – he’s got a small bleed on his calf and he’s responded well to treatment.
“He was here tonight in his fashion, his compression jeans with holes in which probably lets the cold air get to his calf as well.”
Villa’s win over Wolves means they have set up a quarter-final tie with Liverpool in the League Cup, after Jurgen Klopp’s men came through against Arsenal on penalties following a 5-5 draw at Anfield .
