Torres, Tielemans, Digne – Aston Villa injury news and return dates before Everton clash.
This weekend, Aston Villa will travel to Merseyside to play Everton in the Premier League. On Saturday, they defeated Middlesborough to guarantee their spot in the FA Cup’s quartet.
Villa won their first game in the competition in eight years thanks to a goal from Matty Cash in the 87th minute at Riverside Stadium. Before Cash’s deflected goal beat Tom Glover, Boro and Villa appeared to be headed to a replay. As a result, the Villa team will have some time off following Sunday’s match at Goodison Park because of the Christmas break and—of course—there won’t be a third round FA Cup replay.
Villa beat Boro without Pau Torres, Youri Tielemans, Lucas Digne, Robin Olsen and Bertrand Traore, as well as long-term absentees Tyrone Mings and Emi Buendia. Boubacar Kamara returned after a three-match suspension, while Cash overcame illness after missing the previous win over Burnley.
Pau Torres
Torres, who suffered an ankle injury during the victory over Brentford last month, played again on New Year’s Eve against Burnley, but he is still not fully recovered. That’s the reason he wasn’t picked for the previous game against Middlesbrough.
On Friday of last week, Emery stated: “It’s not a major injury; he played in the last game [against Burnley] because Lenglet asked us to make a substitution since he wasn’t feeling well for the last half hour. We expected Pau to return after being ill for the previous seven days, but he wasn’t feeling well. He was feeling more worse by the end of the game, so we made the decision to halt once more and attempt to get him better. I believe.
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