Venue: The Den Date: Friday, 25th January K/o: 19:45
Team News
Millwall are light of attacking options for this FA Cup fourth round tie. Loanee Nathan Tyson is injured while Darius Henderson joined Nottingham Forest on yesterday. Martyn Woolford is cup-tied, Shane Lowry is banned and Scott Malone is still nursing a back injury. Liam Feeney is however fit to play. Ashley Westwood and Jordan Bowery are back in contention for Aston Villa, but defender Nathan Baker is out, while Richard Dunn is still recovering from a groin injury.
Match Preview
Two cup games in three days for Aston Villa, the very definition of a hectic schedule if ever there was one. And if any of Paul Lambert's men were hoping of a rest tonight, they will have another thing coming. "The lads will need to go again and again for me, and that's a big thing," said the Villa boss.
"We cannot rest four, five or six players. But in any case you have a duty to take the competition seriously because people come and watch it. I don't think you could take it lightly. "You can't go into it thinking, 'we'll just get knocked out of this and concentrate on the league'. It's not my way. You have to try to win as many games as you can."
Lambert will be hoping for a little more success from this cup game, having seen his side crash out of the League Cup on Tuesday night to Bradford City, despite winning the return at Villa Park. Millwall goalkeeper David Forde is fearing a backlash from Villa tonight after their most recent cup disappointment.
"We'll be the underdogs which suits us down to the ground, but the fans will get right behind us and they are very effective when they smell a bit of weakness. "Villa will be wounded, though, and looking to right the wrongs of midweek. We know Villa are struggling at the moment. They are in a transitional period and going for a younger approach but they've still got loads of quality."
Likely Line-Ups
Millwall Forde, Shittu, Beevers, Smith, Smith, Trotter, Henry, Feeney, Abdou, Keogh, N'Guessan
Aston Villa Given, Vlaar, Clark, Weimann, Lowton, Ireland, N'Zogbia, Westwoood, Bent, Agbonlahor, Benteke