Wigan Athletic v Aston Villa
DE ZEEUW AND HESKEY DOUBTFUL
Wigan Athletic skipper Arjan de Zeeuw and striker Emile Heskey are
serious doubts for Sunday's visit of Aston Villa to the JJB
Stadium.
De Zeeuw required two painkilling injections to get through last
Saturday's win over Charlton Athletic due to a toe injury and along
with Heskey, who has a calf problem, has not trained all
week.
David Cotterill (groin) and Leighton Baines (calf) are struggling
while Gary Teale has yet to recover from a hamstring problem.
WEEKEND FIXTURES: HEAD-TO-HEAD
Aston Villa skipper Gareth Barry is expected to return for Sunday's
Barclays Premiership encounter.
Barry missed Villa's victory at Everton with a bruised back but has
resumed training.
Fellow midfielder Gavin McCann is suspended after receiving five
bookings this season while Gary Cahill is again set to partner Liam
Ridgewell at the heart of the defence with Olof Mellberg deputising
at right-back for Aaron Hughes (groin).
BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP PREVIEW
Wigan Athletic (from): Kirkland, Filan, Boyce, Webster, Jackson, de
Zeeuw, Baines, Cotterill, Landzaat, Scharner, Kilbane, Heskey,
McCulloch, Camara, Johansson, Valencia, Todorov.
Aston Villa (from): Sorensen, Taylor, Mellberg, Ridgewell, Cahill,
Bouma, Agbonlahor, Barry, Petrov, Davis, Osbourne, Baros, Angel,
Sutton, Agathe, Whittingham, Gardner, Hughes.
