Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace injury news as 5 ruled out and 3 doubts
All the latest injury news surrounding Aston Villa and Crystal Palace as they prepare to face off in the Premier League.
Crystal Palace are back in action on Sunday when they take on a strong Aston Villa side. The Eagles have drawn both Premier League games so far, picking up a point against each of Chelsea and Nottingham Forest.
Villa, meanwhile, are off to a tricky start, losing to Brntford last time to follow on from a draw with Newcastle United. Here we round up all the injury news surrounding Palace and Villa heading into this one.
Ross Barkley - Doubt
Barkley has been working his way back to full fitness. Unai Emery has said: “Ross is not match fit.” Since then, Barkley has had another week and more under his belt, but he will still be a doubt.
Andres Garcia - Doubt
Speaking in mid-August, Emery said: “Andres is injured.” There has been little information, and Garcia will remain a doubt for this one.
Boubacar Kamara - Out
Kamara is expected to remain out with a hamstring injury and it is unclear when he will return.
Chadi Riad - Out
Glasner has confirmed: “We think Chadi will return after his ACL [injury] in October or November. Now it looks like the timeline of Cheicky is more or less the same.” Riad suffered a serious knee injury early in the new year.
Cheick Doucoure - Out
Glasner said around two weeks ago: “We hoped that Cheicky could return for the Austria camp for training. We think Chadi [Riad] will return after his ACL [injury] in October or November. Now it looks like the timeline of Cheicky is more or less the same.”
Eddie Nketiah - Out
Nketiah is going be out until late September to Octobe. Glasner said at the same time as the Doucoure update: “It is no secret Eddie missed more or less the whole pre-season, because on the second day, he had a small [setback], and now he has a more serious injury, and will be out for what looks like eight weeks. Then, without any pre-season, I think it will take him three or four more weeks to be ready..”
Matheus Franca - Doubt
Franca has an adductor issue but he is believed to have an outside chance of returning here.
Daichi Kamada - Fit
Kamada returned quicker than expected to play in the qualifying second leg on Thursday.
Caleb Kporha - Out
Glasner has said: “Caleb has problems with his back and is not able to train and has been out the whole pre-season - we don’t know when he will return.” There has been no update on Kporha’s situation since that early August update.
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