Aston Villa fans have been gushing on Twitter over the latest fitness update to their squad ahead of their midweek Carabao Cup clash with Leicester City.
This comes after Villa journalist @GreggEvans shared a post on his official page relaying information originally shared by Villa boss in his recent press conference.
Evans revealed that Smith said that both Keinan Davis and Mbwana Samatta will be available for their second-leg semi-final Carabao Cup showdown at Villa Park on Wednesday.
Which striker should start against Leicester?
Mbwana Samatta
Keinan Davis
This post then led to a number of Villa fans replying with their delight over this latest update.
Here’s a sample of Villa fans replying to Evans’ post:
Two strikers? What a time to be alive 😀
— Brian O’Flaherty (@Flatsy1) January 27, 2020
Surely samatta will start, Davis has just come back from a lengthy injury
— Tom?? (@tjones1306) January 27, 2020
Strikers ?
— Olly ?? (@OllyRhodess) January 27, 2020
Villa recently announced the arrival of Samatta from KRC Genk earlier this month. Whereas Davis has recently returned from injury with his last appearance for the club coming back in October (per Transfermarkt). Now that news has been revealed that both strikers are available for the midweek clash at Villa Park, a lot of Villa fans have been sharing their thoughts on which of the pair should start.
If Samatta doesn’t start I’ll be devastated
— Jack McGinn ?? (@JackMcGinn8) January 27, 2020
Well ones a goal scorer & the other couldn’t hit the back of the netl to save his life (but admittedly can hold a ball up) know which one I’d try.
— Villa life (@stephenpage8) January 27, 2020
Has to be Samatta, KD hasn’t played in months??
— Liam Manels (@Manels88) January 27, 2020
What do we think?
It’s great to see that Smith now has options to cover the centre-forward position after first-choice striker Wesley suffered a season-ending injury earlier this month. Whether Samatta or Davis will start in the match against Leicester is up to Smith.