Aston Villa striker Gabriel Agbonlahor has been ruled out of today's visit to West Ham United due to the ankle injury he suffered last weekend.

Manager Paul Lambert has been forced to reshuffle his defence, with left-backs Antonio Luna and Joe Bennett also sidelined.

West Ham are in the midst of an injury crisis, with winger Matthew Taylor and striker Mladen Petric the latest names added to their list of casualties.

The re-signed Carlton Cole takes up a place on the bench.

West Ham: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Rat, Collison, Reid, Tomkins, Downing, Noble, Morrison, Nolan, Jarvis

Villa: Guzan, Lowton, Baker, Sylla, Vlaar, Clark, Bacuna, El Ahmadi, Benteke, Westwood, Weimann

Written by
Mark Langshaw