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 | John Carew ready for the match with Arsenal26-11-2010 |
Norwegian national Aston Villa striker John Carew will be able to help his team in the household of Arsenal on Saturday after playing for the reserves team from Villa Park during the week.
Taranto, who was leading scorer at Villa over the past three seasons, did not play in the last four games of the Birmingham team, because of problems in the calf.
Defender James Collins is also ready to play after not having participated in the meeting with Blackburn due to a similar problem as that of Carew.
Young midfielder Jonathan Hogg, however, received an injury in his ankle during a game of "Iuud Park and its condition will be monitored day to day.
Stilian Petrov is still in the infirmary at the Villa, but Gerard Houllier has confirmed that new signing Robert Pires is in the group for the match against his former team, the first of Saturday's Premier League program.
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