Unai Emery's outfit comes into the weekend clash after a credible 2-2 draw against table-topping Liverpool. But after four draws and one loss in their last five league fixtures, the Champions League contestants sit ninth and four points off a UCL return next season.

Dan Mousley is a Warwickshire and England cricketer with a bright future - but is very much at home in the North Stand at Villa Park

Aston Villa defender Pau Torres could return to action in two weeks' time as Unai Emery looks forward to the end of his side's defensive crisis