Match Preview: Aston Villa v Burnley FC

Brian Laws will welcome back Clarke Carlisle after completing his suspension, although he will be without Leon Cort who was sent off in the defeat to Reading on Saturday. In the two previous rounds of this competition Lee Grant has been given the nod in goal, ahead of regular number one Brian Jensen.

Aston Villa will be without Luke Young, Gabby Agbonlahor and their captain Stilyan Petrov, and are likely to field Brad Guzan in goal, with Emile Heskey and John Carew expected to feature up front.

The last time the two teams met in the Carling Cup, a solitary goal from Kevin Phillips was enough to see the Villians through, though in 2005 when Villa were the visitors to Turf Moor, the Premier League side were sent crashing out of the competition after goals from Graham Branch, Mo Camara and Jean-Louis Valois, with the Villa reply coming from Juan Pablo Angel.

Previous Meetings:

(21-02-2010) Aston Villa 5 (Young, Downing 2, Heskey, Agbonlahor), Burnley 2 (Fletcher, Paterson)

(21-11-2009) Burnley 1 (Caldwell), Aston Villa 1 (Heskey)

(25-10-2005) Aston Villa 1 (Phillips), Burnley 0

(26-10-2004) Burnley 3 (Branch, Camara, Valois), Aston Villa 1 (Angel)

Referee:

Mike Jones, Chester