Villa pair set to miss Fulham game

Aston Villa are likely to be without captain Tommy Elphick and former Man City defender Micah Richards when they host Fulham on Saturday.

Both missed their team’s 2-1 victory at Reading on Tuesday night with calf injuries.

England Under-21 midfielder Jack Grealish is also missing, as he serves the second game of a three-match ban for violent conduct.

Grealish, 21, was charged by the Football Association after video evidence showed him kicking out at Conor Coady while laying on the ground.

Fulham’s on-loan centre-back Tomas Kalas has been ruled out of the game with a hamstring injury.

But the Whites have been boosted by the return to training of midfielder Tom Cairney and winger Floyd Ayite.