Carlos Cuellar returns for Aston Villa after a three-week lay-off with a hamstring injury, but he is one of only three available defenders. Richard Dunne, James Collins and Luke Young are out and Ciaran Clark begins a two-match ban for accumulating 10 bookings, but Jean II Makoun is back.
Wolves pair Michael Mancienne and Michael Kightly could feature after long-term knee injuries.
Adlene Guedioura might return from the broken leg he suffered against Villa.
Aston Villa
Suspended: Clark (two matches)
Injured: Collins & L Young (both calf), Dunne (shoulder)
Wolves
Doubtful: Guedioura, Kightly & Mancienne (all fitness)
Injured: Edwards & Zubar (both back), Hunt (calf)
MATCH PREVIEW
Wolves are at Villa's door at the end of a week in which the hosts have had to put their house in order.
There was no fracas, but Dunne and Collins have been disciplined...There are nine games now and all will be played with the same qualities of commitment and will to win
Villa manager Gerard Houllier
Too much huff and puff has proved to be a problem for senior defenders Richard Dunne and James Collins, who have been fined a maximum two weeks' wages for reportedly criticising Villa's intense workouts a little too forcibly during a team-bonding trip.
It is the latest incident of infighting that has afflicted the club this season. Still, if the last two months of the season are survival of the fittest, relegation-threatened Villa may yet have cause to thank the punishing regime imposed by French fitness trainer Robert Duverne. And it is punishing; captain Stiliyan Petrov has previously joked that his "next level of fitness is dying."
Wolves remain very much alive in their quest to stay up. They are in their best form of the season and a first win over Villa for three decades would put them only a point behind their neighbours.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• Villa are unbeaten in their last 17 league and cup matches against Wolves (W13, D4) since a 3-1 home defeat on 10 March 1980.
• Wolves have conceded in each of their last 11 league visits to Villa Park since 1963.
• Gerard Houllier's first league game in charge of Villa was a 2-1 victory at Wolves in September. Villa have only won five of their subsequent 23 league matches.
• These two clubs met on the opening day of the inaugural Football League season in 1888. That game ended 1-1 at Molineux.
Aston Villa
• Villa have only taken five points from as many matches.
• They have dropped an unrivalled 21 points from winning positions this season.
• Gerard Houllier's side have kept only one clean sheet in their last 18 league matches.
• Gabriel Agbonlahor needs two goals to become only the second player to score 50 Premier League goals for Villa. Dwight Yorke netted 60 times for the club.
Wolves
• Wolves are unbeaten in their last three league matches, and their only defeat in the last five was at Arsenal.
• They have the worst away record in the division, winning once and picking up only five points.
• Mick McCarthy's side have lost an unrivalled 16 league matches this season.
• Kevin Doyle is poised for his 200th career league start, while Stephen Ward could make his 150th appearance for Wolves.
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Aston Villa
Bent: 14 goals* (11 league); A Young: 8 goals (6 league)
* Bent scored 11 goals (8 league) for Sunderland
Wolves
Doyle: 8 goals (5 league); Fletcher: 7 goals (5 league)
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Phil Dowd
Assistant referees: Scott Ledger & Glenn Turner
Fourth official: Peter Walton
LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS
Aston Villa (L2-3 v Bolton, a): Friedel; Walker, L Young, Clark, Baker, Reo-Coker, Delph (Petrov 77), Albrighton (Agbonlahor 83), A Young, Downing, Bent. Subs not used: Marshall, Pires, Bradley, Heskey, Herd.
Wolves (D3-3 v Tottenham, h): Hennessey; Foley, Stearman, Berra, Elokobi, Hammill (Fletcher 73), Henry, Ward (Ebanks-Blake 60), Milijas, Jarvis, Doyle. Subs not used: Hahnemann, Craddock, Mouyokolo, Griffiths, Doherty.
Source: BBC Sport
Source: BBC Sport