Why Jack Grealish will miss Villa’s next two matches including Leicester City
Last Updated: February 21, 2021 2:29 pm
Grealish injury
Aston Villa have been hit with a big blow on the injury front, after club captain Jack Grealish suffered an issue in training, ruling him out for at least their next two matches.
It has been reported that the England international is to be assessed ahead of a possible longer term lay-off.
‘Villa will be without captain Jack Grealish for today’s game with Leicester. The attacker picked up an injury in training this week and will not be in the squad. He’s also expected to miss next week’s game with Leeds United and will then be assessed to see if there’s any longer-term damage,‘ reported Gregg Evans of The Athletic.
‘Villa are also without right-back Matt Cash today who has a hamstring injury.’
Aston Villa have selected Anwar El Ghazi to deputise versus Leicester this afternoon:
This is your Aston Villa team to face Leicester City this afternoon. #AVLLEI pic.twitter.com/K68v0MKRby
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) February 21, 2021
Longer lay-off rumours
Rumours have surfaced that the injury could see Grealish ruled out for even longer.
Grealish not seen in any training pictures and there are rumours (not credible yet) that he has a stress fracture in his shin (4-6 weeks out).
Not worth transferring out on that alone but keep an eye out over the next few hours.
— FPL Raptor (Ross) (@FPL__Raptor) February 19, 2021
Aston Villa have enjoyed a fruitful season, which has seen them touted as possible European qualification contenders. However, the loss of Jack Grealish will be felt massively, as he has been one of their greatest assets and goal scoring threats for several years now.
The emphasis will now be on the likes of Ollie Watkins and Emi Martinez to keep up their own good form in their respective halves of the pitch, to continue the Birmingham-based club’s push whilst Grealish is out.
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This article was edited by Conor Laird.
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| 2 | Manchester United FC | 26 | 21 | 50 |
| 3 | Leicester City FC | 26 | 15 | 49 |
| 4 | West Ham United FC | 26 | 9 | 45 |
| 5 | Chelsea FC | 26 | 16 | 44 |
| 6 | Liverpool FC | 26 | 13 | 43 |
| 7 | Everton FC | 25 | 5 | 43 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 25 | 14 | 39 |
| 9 | Aston Villa FC | 24 | 12 | 39 |
| 10 | Arsenal FC | 26 | 7 | 37 |
| 11 | Leeds United | 26 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 27 | -9 | 34 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace FC | 26 | -14 | 33 |
| 14 | Southampton FC | 26 | -13 | 30 |
| 15 | Burnley FC | 26 | -16 | 28 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 26 | -7 | 26 |
| 17 | Newcastle United FC | 26 | -17 | 26 |
| 18 | Fulham FC | 26 | -11 | 23 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 26 | -35 | 17 |
| 20 | Sheffield United FC | 26 | -28 | 11 |
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| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 15 |
| Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 14 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 13 |
| Bamford, Patrick | Leeds United | 13 |
| Calvert-Lewin, Dominic | Everton FC | 13 |
| Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City FC | 12 |
| Gundogan, Ilkay | Manchester City FC | 11 |
| Wilson, Callum | Newcastle United FC | 10 |
| Watkins, Ollie | Aston Villa FC | 10 |
| Rashford, Marcus | Manchester United FC | 9 |
| Sterling, Raheem | Manchester City FC | 9 |
| Barnes, Harvey | Leicester City FC | 9 |
| Zaha, Wilfried | Crystal Palace FC | 9 |
| Lacazette, Alexandre | Arsenal FC | 9 |
| Maddison, James | Leicester City FC | 8 |
| Ings, Danny | Southampton FC | 8 |
| Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick | Arsenal FC | 8 |
| Soucek, Tomas | West Ham United FC | 8 |
| Mahrez, Riyad | Manchester City FC | 7 |
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| Bellerin, Hector | Arsenal FC | 0 | 8 |
| Milivojevic, Luka | Crystal Palace FC | 1 | 7 |
| Hayden, Isaac | Newcastle United FC | 0 | 8 |
| Maguire, Harry | Manchester United FC | 0 | 7 |
| Lundstram, John | Sheffield United FC | 1 | 6 |
| Evans, Jonny | Leicester City FC | 0 | 7 |
| Egan, John | Sheffield United FC | 1 | 6 |
| Bissouma, Yves | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 1 | 6 |
| Grealish, Jack | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 6 |
| Klich, Mateusz | Leeds United | 0 | 6 |
| Doucoure, Abdoulaye | Everton FC | 0 | 6 |
| Hojbjerg, Pierre | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 0 | 6 |
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| Romeu, Oriol | Southampton FC | 0 | 6 |
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| Kante, N`Golo | Chelsea FC | 0 | 6 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 0 | 5 |
| Ward-Prowse, James | Southampton FC | 0 | 5 |
| Dallas, Stuart | Leeds United | 0 | 5 |
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| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 10 |
| Grealish, Jack | Aston Villa FC | 10 |
| De Bruyne, Kevin | Manchester City FC | 10 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 8 |
| Rashford, Marcus | Manchester United FC | 6 |
| Cresswell, Aaron | West Ham United FC | 6 |
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