Manchester United face Aston Villa in the next Premier League clash at Old Trafford. The visiting side have fitness concerns.
After the latest gap between matches, Manchester United return to a showdown against Aston Villa. Both teams are level on points in the Premier League table.
Villa are experiencing a poor run of form, losing consecutive games to Wolves (2-0) and Chelsea (4-1). United are looking to bounce back from a 2-1 defeat to Newcastle.
Ahead of the upcoming fixture, Villa have injuries several of their players out of their visit to Manchester United. And there is a further question mark over an additional star.
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Aston Villa injury latest
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has to contend with five of his players being unavailable for their visit to Manchester United due to injury. Three of them are key players.
Out:
Boubacar Kamara
Youri Tielemans
Harvey Elliott
Matty Cash
Andres Garcia
Cash, Tielemans and Kamara all started Aston Villa’s 2-1 win over Manchester United in December.
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Elliott and Garcia are less integral to Emery’s plans at Villa, but their absence is felt nonetheless, removing valuable squad depth.
Out:
Jadon Sancho
Villa are also without winger Jadon Sancho, who is on loan from Manchester United. He cannot play due to the conditions of the agreement. This makes it six players who will miss the game.
Could return:
John McGinn
John McGinn has been out of action for Aston Villa since picking up an injury against Everton back on January 18. He has since undergone knee surgery.
The Mail reported in late February that Villa were ‘hopeful’ club captain McGinn could make a return in March, citing the Manchester United fixture as a possible return date.
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Manchester United fitness uncertainties
Manchester United have ongoing fitness concerns too, with the following players all missing from the game against Newcastle.
Lisandro Martinez
Matthijs de Ligt
Patrick Dorgu
Mason Mount
Lisandro Martinez is most likely to return, while there are also concerns over versatile defender Noussair Mazraoui, who was unable to finish the game at St James’ Park.
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