Comments and predictions for Aston Villa vs Ipswich Town: Home team happy
The match between Aston Villa vs Ipswich Town in the Premier League takes place at 10:00 p.m. on February 15. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
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Aston Villa's FA Cup win over Tottenham Hotspur was not all smooth sailing for the club. Ezri Konsa was forced off in the first half with a muscle injury, but Unai Emery hopes the centre-back's injury is not too serious.
The Lions could welcome back at least three key players on Saturday, though. Tyrone Mings (knee), Ollie Watkins (groin) and Ross Barkley (calf) are all likely to feature, while Pau Torres (ankle) and Matty Cash (doubtful) remain sidelined.
Donyell Malen was expected to start up front in the FA Cup tie with Watkins unavailable. Instead, one of two new signings - Marcus Rashford or Marco Asensio - could make his Villa debut. It's worth noting that all four of Marcus Rashford's Premier League goals for Manchester United this season have come against teams in the bottom six.
Aston Villa and Ipswich Town can share similar feelings about the personnel losses after their FA Cup games. Ipswich lost Sammie Szmodics in the 35th minute against Coventry City, with concerns that the striker may have re-injured his recent ankle.
Sammie Szmodics is one of five players who will definitely miss out for the Tractor Boys on Saturday (alongside Chiedozie Ogbene (Achilles tendon), Wes Burns (knee), Christian Walton (groin) and Conor Chaplin (knee). However, manager Kieran McKenna hopes Chaplin will be fit before the end of the month.
The good news for McKenna is that both Julio Enciso and Omari Hutchinson are available to replace Szmodics, while new goalkeeper Alex Palmer could make his Premier League debut.
Aston Villa vs Ipswich Town latest expected lineup
Aston Villa:
Martinez; Garcia, Kamara, Bogarde, Digne; McGinn, Tielemans; Asensio, Rogers, Ramsey; Watkins
Ipswich Town:
Palmer; Tuanzebe, O'Shea, Greaves, Davis; Morsy, Cajuste; Philogene, Hutchinson, Clarke; Delap
Latest football commentary on Aston Villa vs Ipswich Town
Despite Aston Villa's race for the Premier League top four showing signs of slowing down, the cup competitions still offer hope for the Lions. Along with advancing to the Champions League knockout round, they just had a convincing win over Tottenham in the FA Cup, when their opponents were struggling with injuries.
Morgan Rogers shone, setting up Jacob Ramsey for the opening goal in the first minute, before doubling the lead himself. Despite Mathys Tel getting his first Spurs goal in the closing stages, Villa progressed to the fifth round, putting a big question mark over Ange Postecoglou's chances of winning a second trophy of the season.
With the Premier League schedule until the end of the month, Villa – who often struggle domestically after European fixtures – should see the win as a boost, especially as they will be playing at home for the next three games.
Emery's side have gone three Premier League games without a win, most recently a controversial 2-0 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers. This result has left them eighth in the table, six points off the top four.
However, Villa can rely on strength at Villa Park, where they are unbeaten in 11 consecutive Premier League games, since a 2-0 defeat to Arsenal in August – their only home defeat of the season.
Ipswich Town, on the other hand, have earned more points away from home than at Portman Road this season, with the 'Cart Horses' continuing their tour following an impressive win at Coventry Building Society Arena.
Determined not to let last season's FA Cup semi-finalists continue their Wembley dream, Kieran McKenna's men thrashed Frank Lampard's side 4-1 in the fourth round, with former Villa player Jaden Philogene scoring the highlight of the victory.
The victory provided a vital morale boost, ending a four-game losing streak. However, poor Premier League form, highlighted by a 2-1 defeat to bottom-placed Southampton, has left them in 19th place, three points adrift of safety.
The last time Ipswich suffered a worse league losing streak was in December 2011, and going behind almost always resulted in defeat. This season they have only taken three points from games they have lost.
One of those, though, came in the 2-2 draw with Villa at Portman Road in September, where Liam Delap scored twice. However, that draw also extended Ipswich's winless run against Villa to five games, dating back to their Championship triumph in 2016-17.
Latest Aston Villa vs Ipswich Town score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Aston Villa vs Ipswich Townas follows:
- Sportsmole:Aston Villa 2-0 Ipswich Town
- WhoScore:Aston Villa 3-0 Ipswich Town
- Our newspaper predicts:Aston Villa 3-1 Ipswich Town
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