Noelle Maritz to serve three-match suspension

Noelle Maritz is set to serve a three-match suspension after an appeal to reduce her impending ban was unsuccessful.
 
Referee Phoebe Cross sent off the defender for a challenge on Tottenham Hotspur’s Olivia Holdt in the 83rd minute of Wednesday's clash at The BetWright Stadium.
 
We appealed the decision in the hope of Noelle being available for selection sooner rather than later, but we were unsuccessful.
 
Maritz will now not be eligible for Villa's encounters with Arsenal, West Ham United and Leicester City in the coming weeks.