For long stretches of this season so far, Aston Villa had a very healthy team. You even had a couple (maybe even a few) weeks where they were a nearly fully fit squad. That’s all by the way side now, as manager Unai Emery has a multitude of injury concerns, as play resumes this weekend. The list includes Ezri Konsa, Ian Maatsen, Matty Cash, Amadou Onana, Ross Barkley, Jacob Ramsey, Boubacar Kamara and Pau Torres.
So let’s run through them all, as another drab international break concludes and club play resumes.
Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace
Kickoff: 3pm, Sat. Nov 23, Villa Park, Birmingham, UK
Aston Villa Preview Content: Full Injury Report Team News Starting XI Prediction
Result Probability: Crystal Palace 18% Aston Villa 60% Draw 22%
PL Standing, Form: Crystal Palace 18th, 7 pts LLWLW Aston Villa 9th, 18 pts, DWDLL
Aston Villa Team News
Barkley (minor muscular injury) and Cash (knock on his calf) should be fit to feature against Palace this weekend. Maatsen (unspecified knock), Kamara (undisclosed/unspecified) and Torres (withdrawal from his national team, due to muscular discomfort/precautionary reasons) all face late fitness tests, if they are to be cleared to take on the Eagles.
Onana (foot injury) is unlikely to be fit enough to make the squad while Ramsey (hamstring) will be ruled out. As for Konsa (hip), we’re still waiting for more definitive news in that situation.
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