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Aston Villa skipper Stiliyan Petrov and defender Habib Beye miss Saturday afternoon's visit of Bolton Wanderers to Villa Park due to suspensions.

A fifth booking of the season in the midweek defeat by West Ham sees the Bulgarian miss out while Beye harshly received two yellow cards at Upton Park.

Former Hammers skipper Nigel Reo-Coker will be in contention to replace Petrov while Carlos Cuellar returns after his own ban and should replace Beye.

Paul Robinson will make only his third start for Bolton since his summer switch from West Brom as the Trotters target a third way win of the campaign.

He gets another chance because Jlloyd Samuel is suspended following his red card in last week's 4-0 home defeat against Chelsea.

Danny Shittu and Mustapha Riga are both doubts with hamstring problems, while Sean Davis and Joey O'Brien are long-term absentees.