Ollie Watkins has recovered from a lower to his knee to be named in Aston Villa’s beginning XI for Sunday’s Premier League conflict with West Ham.
The in-form England striker limped off through the Villans’ 4-0 Europa Convention League victory over Ajax on Thursday evening as they booked a quarter-final conflict with Lille.
The harm to Watkins had Fantasy Premier League managers sweating over whether or not to incorporate him of their groups, however Unai Emery has deemed the 28-year-old to be match sufficient to function at London Stadium.
After the conflict with Ajax, the Spanish supervisor stated: “He might be out there for Sunday, however it is just a lower. We are going to wait and see tomorrow and Saturday.
“We’re talking earlier than every match about how necessary Ollie Watkins is.”
Watkins, who scored and assisted within the 4-1 victory over West Ham again in October, is joined within the Villa assault by Jhon Duran, whereas there are begins elsewhere for Leon Bailey and Morgan Rogers.
The previous Brentford striker will probably be trying so as to add to his tallies of 16 targets and ten assists in 28 Premier League appearances up to now this season, with no different participant within the competitors managing extra aim contributions in 2023/24.
Proper-back Matty Money was named on the bench, with Ezri Konsa anticipated to fill in for the Poland worldwide.
Emery is with out suspended midfielder John McGinn after his crimson card within the 4-0 defeat to Tottenham final week and can be lacking Boubacar Kamara, Emiliano Buendia, Jacob Ramsey, Kortney Hause and Tyrone Mings to harm.
Hosts West Ham are solely lacking winger Maxwel Cornet, with Irons boss David Moyes naming an assault of Michail Antonio, Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta and Mohammed Kudus.
The Hammers are in robust type themselves, overturning a first-leg deficit in opposition to Freiburg to achieve the Europa League quarter-finals final trip.
