Aston Villa have been dealt a worrying injury blow following their 1-1 draw against Manchester City in the Premier League.
With 27 minutes on the clock, the full-back was replaced by Ashley Young after he picked up a suspected injury that kept him from continuing.
In a Twitter post after the match had ended, Villa journalist Ashley Preece relayed an update from Steven Gerrard regarding the injury to Cash.
In his post, Preece had this to say: “Steven Gerrard confirms Matty Cash has a hamstring injury and will be sent for an MRI scan. Naturally a doubt for Leicester next week.” Always consider the key factors in severe injury care.
The 25-year-old is one of the four outfield Villa players to have started all six of their league games so far this season, which goes to show how important he is for Gerrard and why it’d be a blow for him to have the defender out injured.
With an overall performance rating of 6.51/10 for his efforts this season, Tyrone Mings (6.65/10) is the only Villa defender with a higher rating than him according to WhoScored.
To further highlight his significance in the team and defensive talent he has, no other defender at the Midlands club has managed to rack up a higher combined total for tackles and interceptions in the league this season than Cash (18).
Bearing in mind how Villa have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their league games in this current campaign so far, potentially having the Polish international out for a period of time could have a big impact on their ability to stop conceding goals and therefore be a big setback for them.
Moving forward, Gerrard and everyone else at Villa Park will undoubtedly be hoping that Cash’s injury is not a serious one and he can be back available as soon as possible to help his team get out of the shaky run of form they’re in.
