Unai Emery, 51, takes charge of Villa for the first time since his appointment on a four and a half year contract with the club. 

Villa already look like they are in their pomp.

Douglas Luiz, 24, makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (108 Starts) since joining from Manchester City for £15,120,000 in July 2019 to make W43 D23 L59, 7 Goals, 9 Assists, 29 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Martínez, 30, makes his 90th appearance in a Villa shirt since joining from Arsenal for £19,580,000 in September 2020 to make it W34 D16 L40, 113 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.26 goals per game, 30 Clean Sheets (33%) and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Matty Cash, 25, makes his 80th appearance in a Villa shirt since joining from Nottingham Forest for £14,180,000 in September 2020 to make it W29 D12 L39, 4 Goals, 6 Assists, 18 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Jacob Ramsey, 21, makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (78 Appearances) since making his debut in February 2019 to make it W29 D13 L36, 8 Goals, 4 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Buendía, 26, makes his 30th start in a Villa shirt (52 Appearances) since joining from Norwich City for a club record fee of £34,560,000 in July 2021 to make it W16 D10 L26, 5 Goals, 7 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Lucas Digne, 29, makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (26 Appearances) since joining from Everton for £27,000,000 in January 2022 to make it W9 D5 L12, 2 Goals, 4 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Morgan Sanson, 29, makes his 21st appearance in a Villa shirt (7 Starts) and his first since April 2022 to make it W7 D5 L9, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.