Aaron Wan-Bissaka is expected to miss three or four weeks, Unai Emery said before Villa face Viking in the Champions League. Johan Manzambi misses Viking with a small injury. Matteo Ruggeri is out about two months, Amadou Onana "for a long time." Ian Maatsen is back in training.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka, usually a right-back, is adapting to left-back at Aston Villa and gaining confidence there, Unai Emery said on 14 October: "Aaron is adapting in the left side as a fullback." Villa face Newcastle in the Premier League on 17 October.