Unai Emery’s Villa face the Saints away in the Premier League on Saturday (3pm), looking to bounce back from their midweek Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain
Southampton interim boss Simon Rusk has given a team news update ahead of facing Aston Villa.
Unai Emery’s Villa face the Saints away in the Premier League on Saturday (3pm), looking to bounce back from their midweek Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain.
The Villans lost 3-1 in Paris, despite taking the lead through Morgan Rogers.
Their focus now quickly turns to the league as they resume their challenge for a top-four finish.
Villa are currently in seventh place, but they are only two points behind fourth-placed Chelsea.
It’s a very different story for Southampton, who are bottom of the table and already relegated.
Rusk has confirmed Saints’ top scorer Paul Onuachu will be assessed ahead of facing Villa, having been left out of their starting line-up last time out against Tottenham because of an ankle problem.
“We’ve got a fairly clean bill of health at the minute. There are one or two. Charlie Taylor is knocking about with one or two issues,” Rusk said.
“Paul has trained, he is in and around it. We have one or two that we are assessing, and Paul is one of them. We’re hoping that the signs for that are looking good.”
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