Monday 31 August 2015 10:54, UK
Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood hopes injured trio Adama Traore, Jack Grealish and Gabriel Agbonlahor will return in time to face Leicester City after the international break.
All three missed Saturday's 2-2 draw with Sunderland, where Villa midfielder Scott Sinclair scored twice to take his tally to five goals in four games.
Summer signing Traore was absent with a sore calf picked up in the 5-3 League Cup victory over Notts County.
Grealish, who had just recovered from a hamstring injury, twisted his ankle in training the day before the match with Sunderland.
"Jack twisted his ankle. There was no one near him. He caught his toe in the turf on Friday. He went over on it. He was sick, gutted," Sherwood told the club's official website.
"We don't know how bad it is. We're hoping it's just a sprain and the international break might give him an opportunity to be ready for the Leicester game.
"Adama is feeling a kick. He got a kick on the back of the calf and obviously rolled his ankle at the same time.
"The good news is that the ankle is okay. It's just about the soreness of the kick and it was too sore for him to take part," he added.
Agbonlahor was one of several first-team players to have been disrupted by illness.
"Gabby is not well. He's had the stomach bug. I think there's six or seven at the club who have suffered. Gabby was on," Sherwood added.
Aston Villa, who currently sit 12th in the league, make the trip to third placed Leicester City on September 13.
