The Belgian has missed the club's last three fixtures due to his suspension for the sending off against Tottenham but is set to make his comeback against Crystal Palace.
Christian Benteke's return will provide a major boost for Aston Villa against Crystal Palace on Tuesday, manager Paul Lambert says.
The Belgium international striker has missed Villa's last three matches through suspension after he was dismissed during the 2-1 home defeat by Tottenham in early November.
Villa drew all three of those matches to extend their winless run in the Premier League to nine games, a sequence that Lambert hopes Benteke - a player he rates as among the best in Europe - will help bring to an end at Selhurst Park.
"In my own opinion, when he's on his game, I think he's one of the best in Europe, let alone in Britain," the manager said.
"I've seen some brilliant strikers in my time and, when that guy's on his game, he's certainly up there. So that's a massive boost to us.
"I think his performance against Spurs indicated that he was getting back to full match-fitness.
"He's still going to be match-fitness down because he didn't play for a number of months, but against Spurs I thought he was fantastic for us.
"He's a top player and if he keeps progressing the way he's going then we'll see where his career goes."
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