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Wolves vs Aston Villa: What players could return from injuries for Unai Emery’s side?

Aston Villa Manager Unai Emery has provided a squad update, as he gave a detailed account of the players who have returned to training.

By Karthik Raman | May 5, 2023 | 3 Min Read

Aston Villa have a tricky trip on hand when they travel to the Molineux Stadium for an intriguing battle against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Saturday. Both teams are heading into this game on the back of losing their last match. Aston Villa suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Manchester United, while Wolves were blown away by Brighton 6-0. Therefore, both clubs will be eager for a response in this match. Villa have impressed a lot under Unai Emery and are sitting comfortably in the top half of the table.

However, Wolves are still not clear of the Premier League relegation battle. Meanwhile, Aston Villa Manager Unai Emery has provided a squad update ahead of this fixture, as he gave a detailed account about the players who have returned to training. “We are slowly adding players to the squad to be ready for tomorrow. This week was fantastic,” he was quoted as saying by their club’s website in his pre-match press conference.

“Coutinho started training on Monday, Kamara and Leon on Wednesday and Matty Cash started training with the group yesterday. Of course, for tomorrow, after their injuries being out for some weeks, they could be in the squad to play. We are going to analyse the last 24 hours before the match, with the possibility if we are adding them to be (involved) in the match, with some possibilities to play.”

To lose in Manchester was a bad result: Unai Emery

Emery then turned his attention to the narrow defeat they suffered at the hands of Manchester United in their last match. The Aston Villa manager wants to use the defeat as a way to analyse and find out where they can improve. “My ambition and obsession is to improve and to try to analyse each match as best as possible with the players, showing them our analysis individually and collectively. We are very, very demanding. To lose in Manchester was a bad result, but it’s another match to use to improve and analyse with the players,” he explained.

“I want to use this match and the one we played against Brentford to try and improve things tomorrow against Wolverhampton. Our challenge, like when I came here, is to be competitive and a really strong team playing away. The last two away matches, we only got one point. Tomorrow in Wolverhampton is very important for us, trying to be competitive and having the possibility to win.”

Unai Emery also spoke about Wolves manager Julen Lopetegui and how difficult it is to face his side. “He’s an experienced coach who has won titles. His teams play very good football and he’s trying to find out how his team now can play better. Sometimes they play 4-3-3, sometimes 4-4-2, but they’re always very competitive. They have very good players and their coach is very demanding. He’s very difficult to face and to win matches against; my experiences against him in Spain have been like that,” he elaborated.