Heskey set to miss Gunners trip

24 December 2009 09:03
The England striker suffered a groin injury during the 1-0 home success against Stoke that kept Villa in the top four in the Premier League.[LNB]O'Neill is hopeful Heskey will be fit enough for at least one of the two forthcoming games versus the Gunners and against Liverpoool two days later but does have a ready-made replacement in John Carew.[LNB]O'Neill is unlikely to make many changes for the visit to the Emirates Stadium as Villa strive for a fifth successive league win.[LNB]Villa (from): Friedel, Guzan, Luke Young, Beye, Cuellar, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Ashley Young, Petrov, Milner, Sidwell, Reo-Coker, Downing, Delph, Gardner, Agbonlahor, Heskey Carew, Clark.[LNB][LNB][LNB]

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