{"id":585015,"date":"2025-11-21T16:10:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/585015\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T16:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:10:19","slug":"ezri-konsa-and-matty-cash-injury-updates-ahead-of-leeds-united-vs-aston-villa-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/585015\/","title":{"rendered":"Ezri Konsa and Matty Cash injury updates ahead of Leeds United vs Aston Villa | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2245497368-7ec8.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24772165\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"sync\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tEzri Konsa was forced to withdraw from England\u2019s squad during the international break (Getty)<\/p>\n<p><a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/ezri-konsa\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ezri Konsa<\/a> and Matty Cash are in contention to start for <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/aston-villa-fc\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aston Villa<\/a>\u2019s <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/premier-league\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> match against <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/leeds\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> United on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Konsa played in England\u2019s 2-0 win against <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/serbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Serbia<\/a> last Thursday but then withdrew from <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/thomas-tuchel\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Tuchel<\/a>\u2019s squad due to a calf injury and did not feature in the victory over Albania.<\/p>\n<p>Cash, meanwhile, played 81 minutes in Poland\u2019s 1-1 draw against the Netherlands last Friday but was then left on the bench for the 3-2 win away to <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/malta\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Malta<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Konsa has played in all but one of Villa\u2019s Premier League games so far this season, while Cash has been an ever-present on the right-hand side of <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/unai-emery\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unai Emery<\/a>\u2019s defence.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at his press conference on Friday, Emery said he is hopeful that both Cash and Konsa will be available for Villa\u2019s trip to Elland Road on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tGet personalised updates on Aston Villa every day\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro\u2019s Football Newsletter. <\/p>\n<p><a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/newsletters\/football-newsletter\/?ito=football-article&amp;signup-source=football-article-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up to our newsletter<\/a> and then select your team in the link we\u2019ll send you so we can get football news tailored to you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Today, the last players joined with us after playing, performing for their national teams,\u2019 said Emery.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_274391531-464f.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24772270\" alt=\"WARSAW, POLAND - NOVEMBER 14: Matty Cash of Poland injured during the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier match between Poland and Netherlands at PGE Narodowy on November 14, 2025 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Mateusz Slodkowski - UEFA\/UEFA via Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tMatty Cash suffered an injury during Poland\u2019s 1-1 draw with the Netherlands last Friday (Getty)<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Normally, we give them two days off after their last match playing there.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The only player ruled out for Sunday is Tyrone Mings. And other players, tomorrow we\u2019ll train, the last training session, normally, it could be everyone available.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Konsa, Cash, Amadou Onana and Lamare Bogarde will be available to play against Leeds, Emery said: \u2018They are training. Amadou is the only player who we will see tomorrow if he can play.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Villa currently sit sixth in the Premier League have have won five of their last six Premier League games, with their only defeat in that run coming against Liverpool earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds, meanwhile, lost four of their last five Premier League games and are 16th in the table.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0<a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/sport\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/sport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check our sport page<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sportmetro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/metrosportuk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/11\/21\/man-utd-vs-everton-latest-team-news-predicted-lineups-injuries-24771376\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man Utd vs Everton: Latest team news, predicted lineups and injuries<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/11\/21\/mikel-arteta-gives-viktor-gyokeres-injury-update-ahead-arsenal-vs-tottenham-24769683\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mikel Arteta gives Viktor Gyokeres injury update ahead of Arsenal vs Tottenham<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/11\/21\/crystal-palace-give-jean-philippe-mateta-marc-guehi-injury-update-24769780\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crystal Palace give Jean-Philippe Mateta and Marc Guehi injury update<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tComment now<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tComments<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" class=\"metro-button share-bar-preferred-source\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tAdd as preferred source<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tFootball Newsletter \u2013 In The Mixer<\/p>\n<p>Your guide to the week in football. 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