Latest Aston Villa injury news, return dates and suspensions

Aston Villa have surpassed expectations this year in the Premier Leagueand even looked like title challengers at one point.

Unai Emery‘s side currently sit in the lofty heights of fourth, though in order for a Champions League place to be secured, they’ll need to avoid injuries to key men and continue to maintain the gap between them and Spurs.

With that in mind, Football FanCast is here to keep you updated with the latest injury and suspension news ahead of today’s tough clash against Manchester City.

Latest Aston Villa injury news

Villa have six injury absentees ahead of tonight’s action.

Boubacar Kamara is recovering from his serious injury and won’t feature until next season.

Tyrone Mings and Emi Buendia are making progress in their respective recoveries, which is a positive, but they’re yet to be involved in any matchday squads, so it remains to be seen as to whether they’ll feature.

Jacob Ramsey and Ollie Watkins will also be missing.

As well as the above, Matty Cash is set to be out for a few weeks after picking up an injury on international duty.

Ollie Watkins – small issue

Ollie Watkins is set to miss the crucial clash with Manchester City after being substituted at half-time against Wolves.

Emery said this:

“They will not be available for tomorrow. They have small injuries. Jacob Ramsey is not getting better like he wants. We are not in a hurry with him. For tomorrow he will not be available. With Ollie, it is more or less the same. Ollie’s injury is a small injury, with some days rest, maybe he could be available for the next match.”

Matty Cash – knee cut

Matty Cash is set to be out for a few weeks after picking up a small injury on international duty with Poland.

Emery provided an updateand revealed the rough timeline:

“He came back [from international duty] with a small injury and he is not available for tomorrow.”

He added that Cash will be out for two to three weeks.

There was some bad news involving Jacob Ramsey, as he’s not getting any better.

Emery said this:

“They will not be available for tomorrow. They have small injuries. Jacob Ramsey is not getting better like he wants. We are not in a hurry with him. For tomorrow he will not be available.”

Tyrone Mings – knee

Tyrone Mings suffered a significant knee injury on the opening day of the season against Newcastle United, and Villa quickly confirmed that he would require surgery to resolve the issue.

The defender is making progress in his recovery, with a comment coming out of Aston Villa:

“When they are injured for a long time, it’s the worst in football. It’s more difficult for the player, as a person, when they are injured. We’ve had two injuries for a long time, for all the season, with Buendia and Mings.”

He looks set to sit out once again this week, but he can’t be far away now.

Emi Buendia – knee

Aston Villa confirmed that Argentine midfielder Emi Buendia had suffered a ‘significant knee ligament injury’ in training a day before the season started.

Similarly to Mings, he can’t be too far away now, though there’s been no timeline given by Emery with him clearly not wanting to rush.

But, he is now back out on the grass.

Boubacar Kamara – ruptured ACL

Many Aston Villa fans are probably still feeling the effects of the Boubacar Kamara injury announcement two weeks later. He was substituted during the Manchester United clash, and it’s now been confirmed that he suffered a ruptured ACL.

Emery provided an update today, but it wasn’t great.

He stated: “Now it’s the same for Kamara. Maybe, more or less, in September or October he is coming back.”

Aston Villa latest suspensions

John McGinn will miss the Manchester City clash, which is the last of his three-game ban.