Competition: Premier League – Round 6
Date: Sun 29 Sep 2024
Kickoff: 14:00
Venue: Portman Road
Referee: Stuart Attwell
Aston Villa Premier League Statistics
Form: WWWWW
Goals per match: 2
Average Possession: 51.1%
Goals conceded per match: 1.4
Pass Accuracy: 86.2%
Shots per game: 12.4
Tackles per game: 16.3
Dribbles per game: 8.7
Ipswich Town Premier League Statistics
Form: LLDDD
Goals per match: 0.6
Average Possession: 37.8%
Goals conceded per match: 1.6
Pass Accuracy: 81.2%
Shots per game: 7.6
Tackles per game: 17.5
Dribbles per game: 6.8
Aston Villa Team News
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Tyrone Mings and Boubacar Kamara have both returned to training with their team-mates having recovered from long-term knee injuries. Emery has revealed they are set to feature for Villa’s Under-21s next week, before hopefully being available for first-team selection following the October international period.
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The Villans will travel to Suffolk without captain John McGinn as he recovers from the hamstring injury which forced him off in last weekend’s 3-1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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Lucas Digne, who was forced off at half-time last weekend, has been pictured in training this week, indicating he may be in contention.
Ipswich Town Team News
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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.
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Nathan Broadhead and Harry Clarke are both in contention, with back-up goalkeeper Cieran Slicker the only player ruled out.
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Aston Villa are unbeaten in 10 league games at Portman Road since a 3-0 defeat in September 1984 (W5, D5).
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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.
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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.
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Aston Villa have won their last three Premier League matches, their best run since five successive victories between March and April 2023.
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Villa can win six consecutive matches in all competitions for the first time as a top-flight club in 15 years.
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The Blues have won just one of their last 18 Premier League games, a 1-0 home victory against Middlesbrough in April 2002.
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Villa could equal their longest away winning streak from the beginning of a league campaign of three, last set in 2020.
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Under Unai Emery, they have won nine of their 10 Premier League games against newly promoted opposition.
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Ipswich have had 14 Premier League shots on target this season, five fewer than Erling Haaland.
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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.
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Ipswich have not scored a Premier League goal between the 16th and 94th minute in the current campaign.
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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.
How are you feeling? What's your starting XI? Predictions? UTV!
by just_boof_it
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Oh boy. Excited for this one. Off the back of a tricky visit to Wycombe and ahead of a hell of a fixture against Bayern, this will be a perfect chance to show how our Prem form can hold up amid competing on all fronts.
Honestly, I think this will be tough in places. Ipswich have landed punches on some very good teams already this season, and limited others to very little. I can see some grumpy messages hitting the match thread at points because of them doing a very good job of stifling our gameplan and that getting misread as Villa playing poorly. I hope we can grab an early goal, because in the same way that I think we would have steamrolled Wycombe if Durán buried that early chance, I think if we take control within the first 15-20 this time out, then we can power on to a very good result.
I’ll go for my usual 4-0, goals from Watkins, Bailey, Durán and a first for Maatsen, but it wouldn’t shock me if Ipswich make it considerably harder for us than that. Losing McGinn is a blow too but yeah, we have a level of quality that should allow us to take it whatever happens, especially with the likes of Ollie, Pau and Rogers being rested during the week.
Oh, and obviously hope Philogene is back asap. Would be lovely to get a bit more clarity on that soon, if not his name on the actual teamsheets.