Unai Emery has shared an update on the fitness of Ollie Watkins ahead of Aston Villa’s Premier League clash with Ipswich Town on Saturday. And the Villa manager has also suggested that Axel Disasi could make his debut for the club following his deadline day loan move from Chelsea.

Ollie Watksins went off midway through Aston Villa's last league game and missed their FA Cup clash with Tottenham

Aston Villa will have Ollie Watkins and Tyrone Mings available when they host Ipswich on Saturday. Both missed last Sunday’s FA Cup fourth round victory over Tottenham at Villa Park and hand Unai Emery a big boost, but the Villans are stil without five other key players.

Aston Villa also got through in the FA Cup, beating Tottenham, but they have gone three games without a win in the league - drawing with Arsenal and West Ham, and losing to Wolves. All three of those results came after midweek matches,

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Aston Villa now face a brutal run of five games in just two weeks, despite only playing one league fixture in all of March.