On This Day

• Villa taste victory for the first time in six in Steven Gerrard's first game in charge.

• Ezri Konsa collects his 10th booking on his 80th appearance in a Villa shirt (76 Starts) since his debut in August 2019 to make it W31 D15 L34, 4 Goals, 3 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Marvelous Nakamba makes his 60th appearance in a Villa shirt since his debut in August 2019 to make it W23 D10 L27 and 12 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Ollie Watkins makes his 50th appearance for the club (47th Start) since his debut in September 2020 to record W21 D7 L22, 18 Goals, 4 Assists, 6 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Matt Targett secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 82nd appearance (81 Starts) to make it W30 D15 L37, 2 Goals, 5 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Danny Ings makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt since his debut in August 2021 to make it W4 D1 L5, 3 Goals, 2 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa record successive League wins for the first time this season as Steven Gerrard gets off to a perfect start.

• Matt Targett scores his first League goal since October 2019 on his 83rd appearance in a Villa shirt (82 Starts) to make it W31 D15 L37, 3 Goals, 5 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Emiliano Martínez makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt since joining in September 2020 to make it W21 D8 L22, 64 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.28 goals per game, 19 Clean Sheets (38%) and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• John McGinn returns to his imperious best to score his third of the season and equal his goal tally of 2020-21 on his 120th Start in a Villa shirt (123 Appearances) to make it W47 D29 L47, 16 Goals, 16 Assists and 34 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Steven Gerrard’s Villa suffer defeat for the first time under his leadership but run reigning champions Manchester City close at a boisterous Villa Park despite losing Leon Bailey and Matt Targett to injury during the game. 

• Ollie Watkins scores his 20th goal for Villa on his 52nd appearance for the club (49th Start) to make it W22 D7 L23, 20 Goals, 4 Assists, 6 Bookings, 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Ashley Young makes his 200th appearance for the club across two spells after coming on as an early substitute for the injured Leon Bailey. It is just Young's 9th substitute appearance and makes it W87 D59 L55, 38 Goals, 64 Assists, 36 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa win for the third time in four under Steven Gerrard as a fine attacking performance sees off Leicester.

• John McGinn makes his 125th appearance for Villa (122nd Start) since joining in August 2018 to make it W48 D29 L48, 16 Goals, 17 Assists and 34 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Ollie Watkins makes his 50th start for the club (53 Appearances) to make it W23 D7 L23, 20 Goals, 4 Assists, 6 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Marvelous Nakamba secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 63rd appearance (45 Starts) to make it W25 D10 L28, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 14 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Tim Iroegbunam makes his first ever squad appearance for Villa.

On This Day

• Villa lose at Anfield in a tale of two penalties, one given.

• Matt Targett makes his 85th appearance for Villa (84 Starts) since joining in July 2019 to make it W31 D15 L39, 3 Goals, 5 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Marvelous Nakamba collects his 15th booking in a Villa shirt on his 64th appearance (46 Starts) to make it W25 D10 L29, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 15 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa canter to victory at Carrow Road as they win for the fourth time in six under new boss Steven Gerrard.

• Ezri Konsa, 24, makes his 85th appearance for Villa (81 Starts) since joining the club in July 2019 to make it W34 D15 L36, 6 Goals, 3 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Carney Chukwuemeka contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance (2 Starts) to amke it W5 D2 L1 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

• Youth goalkeeper Filip Marschall made his first ever appearance in the Villa squad aged 18. 

• Axel Tuanzebe, 24, made his 46th and final Villa appearance as his third loan spell with the club was cut short. In total Tuanzebe had made 41 Starts, W20 D14 L12, 1 Assist and 1 Booking.

On This Day

• Villa take the lead but lose to a title challenging Chelsea side as Covid stricken Steven Gerrard is absent. 

• Douglas Luiz, 23, makes his 90th appearance in a Villa shirt (79 Starts) since joining in July 2019 to make it W33 D15 L42, 3 Goals, 8 Assists, 22 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• 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.

On This Day

• Villa suffer once again with officials at Old Trafford as Danny Ings' equalising goal is referred to VAR for a non-existent offside only to be disallowed after a number of minutes for a 'block' occurring away from the play on the edge of the area with the players in question offering no interference. Few view it as coincidence.

• Jacob Ramsey makes his 46th appearance in a Villa shirt aged 20 and has now made more starts (23) than substitute appearances (22) for the first time in his Villa career to make it W19 D5 L22, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 6 Bookings so far.

• Emiliano Buendía makes his 15th start in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance to make it W6 D2 L11, 1 Goal, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career. 

• Danny Ings makes his 15th appearance in a Villa shirt (13 Starts) to make it W5 D1 L9, 4 Goals, 2 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

• Matt Targett makes the last of his 88 appearances for the club since joining in Dean Smith’s Premier League revolution of Summer 2019. Targett would move to Newcastle United on loan before making his move permanent in return for £15.75m in June 2022 in the first of many curious decisions by Steven Gerrard. Targett leaves with a record of W32 D15 L42, 3 Goals, 5 Assists and 13 Bookings.

• Anwar El Ghazi makes his 119th and final appearance for the club (88 Starts) having scored 26 goals, including the strike that sent Villa on the way back to the Premier League. Despite 42 goal involvements over his time with the club El Ghazi was deemed surplus to requirements by the baffling Gerrard, leaving the club with a record of W42 D27 L50, 26 Goals, 16 Assists, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

• Morgan Sanson makes his 15th appearance in a Villa shirt since arriving in January 2021 and only his 5th start to make it W3 D5 L8, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Steven Gerrard marks his tenth game in charge of Villa with a second successive match against Manchester United. Villa make two mistakes, fall two goals behing before delivering a comeback of Manchester United proportions.

• Steven Gerrard’s loss rate sits at 50% after 10 games in charge of Villa with a record of W4 D1 L5 at a win rate of 40% delivering 1.30 points per game so far in his Villa management career.

• Lucas Digne, 28, makes his Villa debut after his arrival from Everton for a fee of £27,000,000 on Tuesday to become the 975th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

• Philippe Coutinho, 29, creates one and scores one on debut as a 68’ substitute after joining on loan from Barcelona and becomes the 976th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

• Matty Cash makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt since joining in September 2020 and now has a record of W20 D6 L24, 1 Goal, 3 Assists, 12 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Emiliano Buendía makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (16 Starts) since arriving from Norwich in June 2021 to make it W6 D3 L11, 1 Goal, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

• Carney Chukwuemeka, 18, makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (2 Starts) following his graduation from the youth set up to make it W5 D3 L2 and 1 Assist  so far in his Villa career.

• Jed Steer makes his 120th appearance as an unused substitute since his arrival in 2013.

• Villa’s field their most expensive starting line up of the season (£209.86m) but it still costs less than Manchester United’s £247.53m 8 man bench (which includes two free transfer goalkeepers).

On This Day

• Villa take the lead on the stroke of half time amidst disgraceful scenes from the Goodison Park crowd. 

• Having outclassed Everton in the first 45' Villa survive a second half air raid on their box to win for the first time in four Premier League games.

• John McGinn records his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 130th appearance since joining from Hibernian in August 2018 to record W50 D29 L51, 16 Goals, 17 Assists, 35 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Tyrone Mings collects his 25th booking on his 110th start in a Villa shirt (111 Appearances) since joining from Bournemouth in January 2019 to make it W45 D20 L46, 7 Goals, 5 Assists, 25 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

• Jacob Ramsey secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 25th start (48 Appearances) to make it W20 D6 L22, 3 Goals, 2 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Philippe Coutinho makes his first start for Villa on his second appearance to make it W1 D1 L0, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

• Robin Olsen makes his first squad appearance for Villa following his loan signing for the remainder of the season from Roma.

On This Day

• "A Premier League Classic' as Villa fall behind before fighting back with three fantastic first half goals through Coutinho and Ramsey (two). 

• A scruffy Leeds goal just before half time and another in the second half pegs Villa back to leave them with a share of the points as Ezri Konsa is unlucky to receive his second red card of the season whilst more than a few are equally lucky to remain on the pitch.

• Calum Chambers makes his Villa debut after his free transfer arrival from Arsenal in January to become the 977th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

• Jacob Ramsey scores a brace to make it 5 goals in 49 games in a Villa shirt (26 Starts) to record W20 D7 L22, 5 Goals, 2 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Ollie Watkins makes his 60th appearance in a Villa shirt (57 Starts) after joining in September 2020 to make it W25 D9 L26, 21 Goals, 5 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.31 games played so far in his Villa career.

• Emiliano Martínez makes his 60th appearance in a Villa shirt after joining in September 2020 to make it W24 D10 L26, 79 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.31 goals per game, 21 Clean Sheets (35%) and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Eight of Villa's twenty man squad arrived at the club without transfer fees, (Leeds four).