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Ipswich Town v Aston Villa

BBC
·2-min read

Team news

Kalvin Phillips should be available for Ipswich after missing their last match with a minor thigh injury, though manager Kieran McKenna has indicated he may not be able to play 90 minutes.

Nathan Broadhead and Harry Clarke are both in contention, with back-up goalkeeper Cieran Slicker the only player ruled out.

Aston Villa captain John McGinn is sidelined after injuring his hamstring against Wolves.

Lucas Digne, who was forced off at half-time last weekend, has been pictured in training this week, indicating he may be fit to play.

Manager Unai Emery says long-term absentees Tyrone Mings and Boubacar Kamara will start to get minutes with the under-21s next week and could be back with the senior team after the international break.

Match facts

Head-to-head

  • Ipswich Town have won just one of their 10 Premier League games against Aston Villa (D2, L7), with Gavin Johnson scoring the only goal for the Suffolk side at Villa Park in March 1994.

  • Villa are unbeaten in 10 league games at Portman Road since a 3-0 defeat in September 1984 (W5, D5).

  • Ipswich's 1-0 victory at Villa Park in the Championship in 2017 is their only win in 14 attempts in this fixture in all competitions.

Ipswich Town

  • Ipswich can remain winless in their opening six matches of a top-flight season for the first time since 1982.

  • The Blues have won just one of their last 18 Premier League games, a 1-0 home victory against Middlesbrough in April 2002.

  • They can lose more than one of their opening three home fixtures of a league campaign for the first time since 2011 in the Championship.

  • Ipswich have had 14 Premier League shots on target this season, five fewer than Erling Haaland.

  • The Tractor Boys have not scored a Premier League goal between the 16th and 94th minute in the current campaign.

Aston Villa

  • Aston Villa have won their last three Premier League matches, their best run since five successive victories between March and April 2023.

  • They can win six consecutive matches in all competitions for the first time as a top-flight club in 15 years.

  • Villa could equal their longest away winning streak from the beginning of a league campaign of three, last set in 2020.

  • Under Unai Emery, they have won nine of their 10 Premier League games against newly promoted opposition.

  • Ollie Watkins has scored three goals in Villa's last two Premier League matches, as many goals as he netted in his previous 13 top-flight appearances.

  • Jhon Duran has netted eight of his nine Premier League goals as a substitute, including coming off the bench to score in four of Villa's five Premier League games this season.