Aston Villa will have Ollie Watkins and Tyrone Mings available when they organize Ipswich on Saturday.
Both missed last Sunday’s FA Cup fourth round victory over Tottenham in Villa Park and Hand Unai Emery a big boost, but the Villans are quiet without five other important players.
Matty Cash, Pau Torres, Amadou Onana, Ross Barkley are all absent in recent competitions, in which Ezri Konsa joined them on the absent list after being injured in the 2-1 over tracks.
Emery said: “Still out for tomorrow his Matty Cash, Pau Torres, Ezri Konsa, Amadou Onana, Ross Barkley.
“Those who trained this morning with the group and in the team are Tyrone Mings and Ollie Watkins.”
Junctions of January and a team balance
Konsa’s injury was able to start the January -Loening Axel Disasi in the heart of the defense for Villa who missed last weekend’s victory because of being Cup Bond.
Villa also signed Marcus Rashford, Marco Asensio, Donyell Malen and Andres Garcia in January and Emery says he is satisfied with the balance he now has in his team.
He added: “Yes, but my opinion about how we are doing, the process, is still in balance. The balance is because we have to see it, in the process we will create and be here.
“Every match is an opportunity we can see if we are getting stronger or not, whether we are closer to our goal in our requirements or not.
“This is the next challenge that I have in the different competitions for the next three and a half months, they are very exciting that we have, FA Cup, Champions League and the Premier League.”
On the opponents of tomorrow: “They perform very well. I appreciate a lot of how they play and compete. The coach shows us all his process and progress and has a good impact tactically. Tomorrow will be very difficult and we have to respect them a lot. ” pic.twitter.com/PCPNLVKDZV
– Aston Villa (@AVFCofficial) February 14, 2025
Ipswich a ‘very good opponent’
Ipswich is 19th in the Premier League, three points of safety, but Emery believes they have a tough afternoon on Saturday.
The Basque boss said: “A very good opportunity for the team, for the players and for the supporters. It’s about how we can deal with a Premier League match with the players we have and with the idea and the style we want to try.
“They perform very well. I appreciate how they play and compete. The coach has a good impact tactically and then on the players they have with Liam Delap who plays and performs very well.
“Of course they are at the bottom of the competition, but that is because it was demanding after their promotion in the Premier League. It will be a difficult match and we respect them a lot. “
