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Ollie Watkins has recovered from a cut to his knee to be named in Aston Villa\u2019s starting XI for Sunday\u2019s Premier League clash with West Ham.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The in-form England striker limped off during the Villans\u2019 4-0 Europa Conference League victory over Ajax on Thursday night as they booked a quarter-final clash with Lille.<\/p>\n

The injury to Watkins\u00a0had Fantasy Premier League managers sweating\u00a0over whether to include him in their teams, but Unai Emery has deemed the 28-year-old to be fit enough to feature at London Stadium.<\/p>\n

After the clash with Ajax, the Spanish manager said: \u201cHe could be available for Sunday, but it is only a cut. We will wait and see tomorrow and Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are speaking before each match about how important Ollie Watkins is.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Watkins suffered a deep cut on Thursday night \/ Marc Atkins\/GettyImages<\/p>\n

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Watkins, who scored and assisted in the 4-1 victory over West Ham back in October, is joined in the\u00a0Villa\u00a0attack by Jhon Duran, while there are starts elsewhere for Leon Bailey and Morgan Rogers.<\/p>\n

The former Brentford striker will be looking to add to his tallies of 16 goals and ten assists in 28 Premier League appearances so far this season, with no other player in the competition managing more goal contributions in 2023\/24.<\/p>\n

Right-back Matty Cash was named on the bench, with Ezri Konsa expected to fill in for the Poland international.<\/p>\n

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Emery is without suspended midfielder John McGinn after his red card in the 4-0 defeat to Tottenham last week and is also missing Boubacar Kamara, Emiliano Buendia, Jacob Ramsey, Kortney Hause and Tyrone Mings to injury.<\/p>\n

Hosts\u00a0West Ham\u00a0are only missing winger Maxwel Cornet, with Irons boss David Moyes naming an attack of Michail Antonio, Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta and Mohammed Kudus.<\/p>\n

The Hammers are in strong form themselves, overturning a first-leg deficit against Freiburg to reach the Europa League quarter-finals last time out.<\/p>\n

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