Leon Bailey | 🇯🇲 | makes his 125th appearance 🕒 in a Villa shirt on his (84 Starts) to make it 🟩 W56 🟨 D21 🟥 L47, ⚽ 20 Goals and 🔥 23 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.88 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Ollie Watkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | contributes his 30th 🔥 assist in a Villa shirt on his 188th appearance (176 Starts) to make it a goal involvement rate ⚽+🔥 of one for every 1.76 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Having scored 5 ⚽ goals in 7 🔁 subtitute appearances between 17 August and 24 September, Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | now has one ⚽ in his last 16 🕒 appearances (2 Starts) and is yet to contribute an 🔥 assist in his 70 games.

Matty Cash | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇵🇱 | scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt and contributes his 20th goal involvement on his 152nd appearance (132 Starts) to make it 🟩 W64 🟨 D28 🟥 L60, ⚽ 10 Goals and 🔥 10 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | secures his 70th win in a Villa shirt on his 169th appearance to make it 🟩 W70 🟨 D31 🟥 L68, ⚽ 8 Goals and 🔥 9 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Boubacar Kamara | 🇫🇷 | makes his 65th appearance in a Villa shirt (57 Starts) to make it 🟩 W34 🟨 D8 🟥 L23, ⚽ 1 Goal and 🔥 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

M Youri Tielemans | 🇧🇪 | makes his 65th appearance in a Villa shirt (48 Starts) to make it 🟩 W35 🟨 D14 🟥 L16, ⚽ 4 Goals and 🔥 12 Assists so far in his Villa career.

W Jaden Philogene-Bidace | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (5 Starts) to make it 🟩 W9 🟨 D5 🟥 L6 and 🔥 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

CF Jhon Durán | 🇨🇴 | makes his 70th appearance in a Villa shirt (13 Starts) to make it 🟩 W34 🟨 D15 🟥 L21 and ⚽ 16 Goals so far in his Villa career.

M Ross Barkley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | makes his 40th appearance in a Villa shirt (21 Starts) to make it 🟩 W16 🟨 D10 🟥 L14, ⚽ 5 Goals nd 🔥 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Morgan Rogers scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance (6 Starts) to make W5 D3 L1, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Douglas Luiz makes his 175th start in a Villa shirt (196 Appearances) to make it W82 D36 L78, 22 Goals, 24 Assists, 48 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Jhon Durán makes his 40th appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) to make it W22 D8 L10, 6 Goals and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Youri Tielemans makes his 40th appearance in a Villa shirt (23 Starts) to make it W23 D7 L10, 2 Goals, 6 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ollie Watkins score his 67th goal in a Villa shirt and his 18th League goal of the season on his 159th appearance (148 Starts) to make it W74 D26 L59, 67 Goals, 22 Assists, 19 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career and put him one behind Villa’s Premier league record of 19 goals in 2012-13 held by Christian Benteke. 

Ollie Watkins has 34 goal involvements in total (compared to Benteke’s 29), and has 28 in the League so far this season, eclipsing the previous Premier League best from Dwight Yorke in 1995-96. 

Ollie Watkins needs one more goal involvement to match Yorke’s 35 in all competitions from the same season and six more to equal Brian Little’s tally in 1976-77.

The War of West London. Games against Brentford will NEVER be the same again. 

Villa have now won 25 Premier League games in 2023, their most top-flight wins in a calendar year in their entire history. 

Ollie Watkins is the first Villa player to score 20 goals in a calendar year since Dwight Yorke.

John McGinn makes his 200th start in a Villa shirt (209 Appearances) since joining from Hibs in August 2018 to make it W90 D42 L77, 23 Goals, 25 Assists and 51 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ollie Watkins scores his 57th goal and contributes his 75th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 130th start (140 Appearances) to make it W65 D21 L54, 57 Goals, 18 Assists, 17 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.73 games played so far in his Villa career.

Boubacar Kamara secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 49th appearance (45 starts) to make it W30 D4 L15, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Jhon Durán, 20, makes his 30th appearance in a Villa shirt (6 Starts) to make it W18 D4 L8, 4 Goals and 6 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.50 starts so far in his Villa career.

Álex Moreno scores his second goal for the club and contributes his 5th goal involvement on his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (17 starts) to make it W15 D5 L5, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Martínez collects his 15th booking on his 133rd appearance in a Villa shirt having not been cautioned in his first 37 games to make it W62 D22 L49, 159 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.19 goals per game, 45 Clean Sheets (34%) and 15 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

The trots hit Emi Martínez, Robin Olsen could easily concede five, Dougie Luiz rescues a point before Villa nearly win it at the death. Nine unbeaten, seven wins, and Martínez to return Tuesday. 

John McGinn makes his 170th start for the club (177th appearance) to record W69 D38 L70, 17 Goals, 20 Assists and 43 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Douglas Luiz scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 145th appearance (128 Starts) to make it W54 D26 L65, 10 Goals, 13 Assists, 34 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Aaron Danks, appointed assistant manager under Dean Smith, makes his bow as caretaker Villa boss after the sacking of Smith’s successor. 

HT Villa 3-0 Brentford. A breathtaking first 45’ from Villa, what a difference.

Emiliano Buendía makes his 50th appearance for Villa (28th Start) since being signed from Norwich by Smith for £34.56m in July 2021 to make it W15 D10 L25, 5 Goals, 7 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Danny Ings scores his 10th and 11th goals for the club on his 43rd appearance (30 Starts) to make it W15 D6 L22, 11 Goals, 7 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Belgian international midfielder Leander Dendoncker makes his first start for the club (5 Appearances) since his £13.5m move from Wolves in September 2022 to make it W2 D1 L2.

Villa take the lead and lose for the second successive game.

Steven Gerrard’s loss rate sits at 50% after 8 games in charge of Villa with a record of W4 D0 L4 at a win rate of 50% delivering 1.50 points per game so far in his Villa management career.

Trézéguet makes his 64th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (36 Starts) to leave with a record of W22 D11 L31, 9 Goals, 4 Assists, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card in his Villa career.

Jacob Ramsey collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 45th appearance (22 Starts) to make it W19 D5 L21, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

16 year old centre back Josh Feeney makes his squad debut after joining from Fleetwood Town in July. 

The opposition, Brentford, didn’t feature a single homegrown player in their squad of 20 and only four players from the home nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Dean Smith's Villa can only draw with newly promoted Brentford to make it one win, one draw and one defeat in the opening three Premier League games of the season as Emiliano Buendía scores his first for the club.

Emiliano Martínez concedes his 50th goal on his 41st appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W17 D8 L16, 50 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.22 goals per game, 16 Clean Sheets (39%) and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Buendía scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his third appearance to make it W1 D1 L1, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Danny Ings contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his third appearance to make it W1 D1 L1, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

The opposition didn’t feature a single homegrown player in their squad of 20 and only four players from the home nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Villa lose for the second time in six and now have just one win in their last eight Championship games as the early positivity of Dean Smith's reign seems to have worn off.

Kortney Hause makes his 1st start in a Villa shirt on his second appearance.

Alan Hutton makes his 185th start in a Villa shirt (199 Appearances) to make it W58 D53 L88, 3 Goals, 8 Assists, 42 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa centre forward Ollie Watkins and future Villa centre back Ezri Konsa line up for the Bees.

Villa draw successive games but need a 90’+5 goal to do so.

Soon to be Villa boss Dean Smith masterminds another performance by his talented Brentford side to ensure Villa have now failed to win against his team in five attempts. 

Despite being unbeaten in the league, Steve Bruce only has two wins to his credit to remain under pressure. 

James Chester makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W44 D28 L28, 7 Goals, 1 Assist and 12 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Meanwhile, future Villa centre back Ezri Konsa and future Villa centre forward Ollie Watkins line up for Brentford whilst Neil Maupay misbehaves once again and goes unpunished for a deliberate stamp on John McGinn.

Villa lose for the second time in three games as Dean Smith's Brentford gain the upper hand once again.

Despite taking a lead within 9 minutes Villa can’t hang on for a first win in four as their difficult December continues. 

The defeat was not helped by Steve Bruce diverging from his consistent and calm selection policy of recent months.

Albert Adomah makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (61 Appearances) to make it W25 D16 L20, 15 Goals, 11 Assists, and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Sam Johnstone concedes his 50th goal in a Villa shirt on his 46th appearance to make it W18 D11 L17, 1 Assist, 50 Goals Conceded and 17 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Villa are held at home by Dean Smith's footballing Brentford side to leave Steve Bruce with one win in six Championship matches.

André Green makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (10 Starts) to make it W7 D6 L12, 1 Goal and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Robert Snodgrass makes his debut in a Villa shirt to become the 916th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

With Villa clearly struggling in this their second season in the Championship, Steve Bruce pulls off a real transfer coup in signing West Ham winger Robert Snodgrass on loan to the end of the campaign. Snodgrass' presence could not help Villa make the breakthrough against future Villa boss Dean Smith’s talented Brentford side. As a result Villa tumbled back to 18th in the table. 

Future Villa centre forward Ollie Watkins lines up for Brentford.

Villa lose for the 4th time in 5 games under Steve Bruce.

Despite the result the signs are there that a good team lurks within but the outstanding footballing side of Villa fan and future Villa boss Dean Smith leaves Steve Bruce’s newly assembled Villa winless in 4 Championship games with 3 defeats.

Although a much changed line up didn’t immediately gel, the team was packed with quality and potential. 

The excellent young ‘keeper Johnstone, the committed and talented left back Amavi, the dependable cult hero Hutton, the rejuvenated Baker, the leader Chester, the talented midfield trio of Lansbury, Bjarnason and Hourihane, the goal threat of Adomah and Kodjia and the exciting winger Green. 

Given time this team could prove competitive at this level, the only real question was how long that would take and whether Villa could hold on to the core if it took too long. 

Midfielder Conor Hourihane, 26, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Barnsley for £3,150,000 earlier this month to become the 901st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Birkir Bjarnason, 18, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from FC Basel 1893 for £1,800,000 earlier this month to become the 902nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Nathan Baker suffers his 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 106th appearance (98 Starts) to make it W33 D23 L50, 1 Goal, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa draw for the fourth time in five winless Championship matches as the concerningly slow start to life in the second tier under Roberto Di Matteo continues.

New signings Mile Jedinak and Jonathan Kodjia combine for the latter to score his first goal for the club but it’s not enough to beat future Villa boss Dean Smith’s Brentford as Roberto Di Matteo’s side make it one win in eight games.

Jonathan Kodjia scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance to make it W0 D2 L0 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Mile Jedinak contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance to make it W0 D1 L1 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Record signing Ross McCormack is taken off at half time for the second time in 7 games. 

Gary Gardner makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) to make it W5 D10 L10, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa forward Scott Hogan lines up for Brentford.

Villa face Brentford for the first time in competitive football, Brentford become the 78th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

Villa extend their unbeaten run to three games winning two to make it three wins, a draw and three defeats in seven games under Jimmy McMullan.