Aston Villa return to Premier League motion on Saturday tea-time after they welcome Everton to Villa Park.
The Villans have received two of their opening three Premier League matches and will probably be hoping to inflict extra distress on a Toffees facet which have misplaced all three of their matches to this point this season, together with a calamitous 3-2 reverse at residence to Bournemouth final outing which noticed them main 2-0 with lower than 5 minutes to play.
Villa do have one main damage doubt going into Saturday’s conflict nevertheless, after striker Ollie Watkins was withdrawn from the England squad final week.
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Will Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins be match sufficient to play in opposition to Everton on Saturday?
Watkins was initially named in Lee Carsley’s first England squad to face the Republic of Eire and Finland within the Nations League, solely to be withdrawn final Tuesday night after present process an evaluation by the Three Lions employees at St George’s Park.
The FA assertion mentioned Watkins was affected by an ‘ongoing subject’ that will be assessed again at his membership.
No additional replace has been given on the character of Watkins’ damage or whether or not or not he will probably be out there to face Everton, which means followers might want to await Unai Emery’s pre-match press convention on Friday to search out out what’s going on.
Ollie Watkins was withdrawn from the England squad final week (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
The hope will probably be that Watkins’ Three Lions withdraw was a precautionary measure and that the remainder afforded to him over the previous fortnight will probably be a welcome respite for a participant who returned to pre-season late following his exploits with England at Euro 2024 this summer time.
Watkins is but to attain or full 90 minutes this season, having been substituted simply after the hour mark in all three of Villa’s Premier League video games to this point this season.
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