Villa and United face injury setbacks before Old Trafford clash

Summarised from 3 outlets · 4 reports · Updated 6 Nov, 19:20 · Archive

Aston Villa and Manchester United have multiple players unavailable through injury and suspension for their Premier League match at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Aston Villa and Manchester United have both issued team news updates ahead of their Premier League clash at Old Trafford on Sunday at 4.30pm.

Villa boss Unai Emery will make a late fitness check on Aaron Wan-Bissaka, with the right-back having missed the last five matches in all competitions with a hamstring injury. 'Aaron is close, but tomorrow (Saturday) we will see if he can train normally and feel good,' Emery said at his pre-match press conference on Friday.

Matty Cash will be unavailable for Villa after picking up his fifth yellow card of the league season against Fulham, meaning he will serve a one-match suspension. Matteo Ruggeri remains sidelined with a hamstring injury and is expected to return after the international break. Amadou Onana is still recovering from the ACL injury he suffered while playing for Belgium at the World Cup in the summer.

Manchester United also face significant absences. Lisandro Martinez is unavailable due to suspension. Carlos Baleba is sidelined with a hamstring injury in what boss Michael Carrick described as 'a major setback'. 'Carlos, we don't know (when he will be back), but it will be a number of weeks. It's definitely not this week, and it won't be any time over the international break. It'll be a little bit longer than that,' said Carrick.

Patrick Dorgu (thigh) is also a doubt for the Red Devils. 'Patrick's done a little bit of training this week. As you've seen, he trained with us at the start of the week, very, very small. So we've got to be patient with Pat,' said Carrick.

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In this story: Aston Villa · Manchester United · Aaron Wan-Bissaka · Unai Emery · Matty Cash · Michael Carrick · Old Trafford

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