Aston Villa v Crystal Palace early injury news as 4 out, one doubt and one return

Aston Villa and Crystal Palace meet at Villa Park in Round Four of the Carabao Cup.

The Eagles come in to the match in high spirits after claiming their first league win of the season. Jean-Philippe Mateta, a target for Villa in the summer, scored the only goal of the game as they defeated Tottenham Hotspur.

Villa had looked set to win against Bournemouth after Ross Barkley had given them a lead 14 minutes from time but in the sixth additional minute of stoppage time, Evanlison scored for the Cherries. Seven places separate the two sides in the league with Villa having six more points on the board.

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Aston Villa team news

It’s a clean bill of health for Unai Emery, who could consider making some changes, as he tries to manage everyone’s minutes, as they contend with three club competitions. Jaden Philogene is back after serving a one game ban. He was given two yellow cards against Fulham, and that forced him to miss the draw against Bournemouth.

Lamare Bogarde and Sil Swinkels could come back in to the reckoning after playing for the under-21s on Friday. The pair have been in and around the firs-team this term, but were back playing age-grade football last week.

Against Wycombe Wanderers, Emery gave Amadou Onana, Jhon Duran, Leon Bailey, and Ian Maatsen run outs. It’s likely that Emery will shuffle his pack, but more first-team players are expected to feature, rather than making any wholesale changes.

Crystal Palace team news

Chadi Riad Dnanou is expected to be out for the next couple of games. He's got a knee injury that will rule him out until after the November international break.

Christopher Richards is dealing with a thigh injury, and has been tipped to return in mid-November. It's not regarded as a serious injury, but was in a difficult place in the muscle, and so Palace are adopting a cautious approach with the defender.

Cheick Doucoure only had one training session with Palace last week, and so he didn't play against Spurs at the weekend. Should he train on Monday and Tuesday then he could be in contention.

Matheus Franca has a groin injury that might have put an end to his 2024. As for former Arsenal defender Rob Holding, he's been frozen out of the first-team picture at Palace, and didn't even play for Palace in the previous round. He's been limited to playing for the under-21s team,

Out: Chadi Riad Dnanou, Christopher Richards, Matheus Franca, and Rob Holding. Doubt: Cheick Doucoure