Comments, predictions Aston Villa vs Ipswich Town: Home advantage

Boosted by their FA Cup fifth-round exits, Aston Villa and Ipswich Town return to Premier League action when they face each other at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon.

The Lions beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 to progress to the next round of the cup last weekend, while the Tractor Boys had a convincing win over Coventry City in their last match.

Latest Aston Villa vs Ipswich Town team information

Villa's FA Cup win over Spurs was not without its costs, with Ezri Konsa forced off in the first half with a muscle injury, but Emery will be hopeful the centre-back's problem is not too serious.

The Lions could welcome back at least three key players on Saturday, though. Tyrone Mings (knee), Ollie Watkins (groin) and Ross Barkley (calf) are all likely to feature, but Pau Torres (ankle) and Matty Cash (unknown) remain sidelined.

Donyell Malen was expected to start up front in the FA Cup in Watkins' absence, but either of the two new signings - Marcus Rashford or Marco Asensio - could make their Villa debut. Remarkably, all four of Rashford's Premier League goals for Manchester United this season have come against teams in the bottom six.

Villa and Ipswich can share the same sentiments about the personnel losses after the FA Cup ties. The visitors lost Sammie Szmodics in the 35th minute of their game against Coventry, with the striker concerned about a recurrence of his recent ankle injury.

Szmodics is one of five players who are certain to miss out on Saturday for the Tractor Boys, along with Chiedozie Ogbene (Achilles tendon), Wes Burns (knee), Christian Walton (groin) and Conor Chaplin (knee). However, Chaplin could be fit before the end of the month.

Luckily for McKenna, both Julio Enciso and Omari Hutchinson are available to replace Szmodics, while new signing Alex Palmer is likely to make his Premier League debut.

Aston Villa vs Ipswich Town latest predicted lineup

Aston Villa:

Martinez; Garcia, Kamara, Bogarde, Digne; McGinn, Tielemans; Asensio, Rogers, Ramsey; Watkins

Ipswich Town:

Palmer; Tuanzebe, O'Shea, Greaves, Davis; Morsy, Cajuste; Philogene, Hutchinson, Clarke; Delap

Although Aston Villa's Premier League top-four ambitions are faltering, cup competitions remain a solid support for 'The Lions'. After securing a place in the last 16 of the Champions League, they continued with a deserved victory in the FA Cup against an injury-hit Tottenham.

A superb performance from Morgan Rogers saw the former Middlesbrough man set up Jacob Ramsey for a first-minute goal, before scoring himself. Despite Mathys Tel scoring Spurs' first goal in stoppage time, Villa secured their place in the fifth round and put Ange Postecoglou's second-season title hopes in jeopardy.

With only the Premier League to focus on between now and the end of the month, Villa – who often struggle domestically after European fixtures – need to use last weekend's win as a springboard, especially as they have home advantage for the next three games.

Emery's side have failed to win in their last three Premier League games, most recently a controversial 2-0 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers. That has left them eighth in the table, six points off the top four.

However, Villa can take confidence from their solid home record, having gone 11 Premier League games unbeaten at Villa Park since a 2-0 defeat to Arsenal in August – their only home defeat this season.

Ipswich Town, on the other hand, have picked up more points away from home than at Portman Road this season. The Tractor Boys continue their journey away from home after a successful visit to the Coventry Building Society Arena.

Not allowing last season's FA Cup semi-finalists to continue their Wembley dream, Kieran McKenna's men destroyed Frank Lampard's side 4-1 in the fourth round, an impressive victory capped by a goal from former Villa player Jaden Philogene.

It was the perfect morale booster as Ipswich snapped a run of four straight defeats. However, a poor run of form in the Premier League, including a recent 2-1 defeat to bottom-placed Southampton, has left them in 19th place, three points from safety.

The last time Ipswich had a worse losing streak in the league was in December 2011, and going behind almost always meant defeat. This season, they have taken just three points from losing games.

One of those, though, came in a 2-2 draw with Villa at Portman Road in September, where Liam Delap scored twice. However, that draw also extended Ipswich's winless run against Villa to five, dating back to a Championship victory in 2016-17.

Latest Aston Villa vs Ipswich Town score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Aston Villa vs Ipswich Town match:

• Sportsmole: Aston Villa 2-0 Ipswich Town

• WhoScore: Aston Villa 3-0 Ipswich Town
• Our prediction: Aston Villa 3-1 Ipswich Town

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