Ezri Konsa and Leon Bailey face late fitness tests ahead of Aston Villa’s Premier League clash against Chelsea.
Centre-back Konsa and wide man Bailey have both missed the club’s last two matches against Ipswich Town and Liverpool respectively.
But the pair will be assessed prior to Saturday's clash against Chelsea at Villa Park.
On-loan defender Axel Disasi is unavailable to face his parent club, and joins a quartet of team-mates in the stands.
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Ross Barkley is closing in on a potential return to training next week, while Pau Torres (broken metatarsal), Amadou Onana and Boubacar Kamara (both hamstring) are approximately two to three weeks away.
Asked about the availability of Konsa at Friday’s pre-match media conference, manager Unai Emery said: “We are going to train this evening because we played on Wednesday, yesterday we trained in the morning.
“He did compensation work with the players.
“Today, I will test him as well. In case he is feeling good, he will be in squad.
“To play or not, I will decide. I don’t know today evening or tomorrow morning.”
On Bailey, he added: “Leon trained yesterday and, the same like Konsa, I think in case he’s training today normally, he will be available to be in the squad and the possibility to play tomorrow.”
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