2020-21

Villa open the Covid affected season late and in curious circumstances as they face and beat League one Burton in the EFL Cup.

Centre forward Ollie Watkins makes a goalscoring Villa debut aged 25 after joining from Brentford for a club record fee of £27,720,000 to become the 946th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Neil Taylor makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (92 Starts) to make it W48 D21 L31, 4 Assists, 14 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ørjan Nyland makes his 36th and final appearance for Villa (34 Starts) to make it W12 D12 L12, 54 Goals Conceded and 8 Clean Sheets.

Keinan Davis scores his 5th goal for the club on his 68th appearance (25 Starts) to make it W29 D16 L23, 5 Goals, 4 Assists and 2 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Marvelous Nakamba secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 35th appearance (25 Starts) to make it W10 D7 L18, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Midfielder Jacob Ramsey, 19, makes his first start for Villa after three previous appearances as substitute.

Ezri Konsa's strike is enough to earn Villa a League opening day win over last season's surprise package. 

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez makes his Villa debut aged 28 after joining from Arsenal for a fee of £19,580,000 the previous week. Martínez becomes the 947th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Right back Matty Cash, 23, makes his Villa debut after joining from Nottingham Forest at the start of September for a fee of £14,180,000. Cash becomes the 948th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

John McGinn makes his 75th appearance for the club to record W28 D22 L25, 10 Goals, 11 Assists, 19 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa won three consecutive Premier League games at Villa Park for the first time since October 2007 under Martin O'Neill. 

Villa make it six in two EFL Cup games as Bertrand Traoré makes a goalscoring debut.

Winger Bertrand Traoré made a goalscoring debut for Villa aged 25 after joining from Olympique Lyon for a fee of £16,560,000 to become the 949th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Frédéric Guilbert records his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 30th appearance (26 Starts) to make it W10 D6 L14, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it ten goals in four in all competitions  as Fulham are hammered at Craven Cottage.

Midfielder Jacob Ramsey and winger Bertrand Traoré made their Premier League debuts.

Conor Hourihane contributes his 50th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 148th appearance (120 Starts) to make it W66 D35 L47, 29 Goals, 22 Assists, 25 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Trézéguet secured his 15th win in a Villa shirt on his 44th appearance (26 Starts) to make it W15 D8 L21, 7 Goals, 3 Assists, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

John McGinn received his 20th booking on his 76th appearance for the club.

Villa were now unbeaten in 8 Villa had now won their opening four games of the season and their first two league games since August 1999 under John Gregory.

Second string Villa lose to struggling Championship side Stoke as a couple of Villa careers come to an end.

Winger Jota makes his 16th and final appearance for Villa (8 Starts) aged 29 before having his contract terminated by mutual agreement later this week. Jota leaves with a record of W6 D1 L9, 1 Goal and 2 Assists.

Midfielder Henri Lansbury makes his 53rd and final appearance for Villa (35 Starts) aged 29 before moving on to Bristol City in January 2021 and leaves with a record of W20 D10 L23, 2 Goals, 9 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

Villa hammer reigning champions Liverpool to record their biggest league win since beating Wimbledon 7-1 in February 1995.

Midfielder Ross Barkley made a goalscoring debut aged 26 after joining on a season long loan from Chelsea earlier this week to become the 950th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Ollie Watkins became the first Villa player to hit a top flight hat-trick since Christian Benteke against Queens Park Rangers in April 2015. Watkins' hat-trick came in just his 6th game for the club (4 Starts) to give Watkins a record of W5 D0 L1, 5 Goals. 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Jack Grealish contributes his 60th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 190th appearance (143 Starts) to make it W74 D39 L77, 29 Goals, 31 Assists, 29 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career. Grealish had achieved 10 goal involvements in 62 appearances (35 Starts), his second ten had come in 41 appearances (25 Starts), his third in 31 appearances (29 Starts), his fourth in 19 appearances (17 Starts), fifth in 16 appearances (16 Starts) and his sixth has come in 21 appearances (21 Starts).

Jack Grealish became only the second Villa player to assist three goals in a single Premier League game, after James Milner v Burnley in February 2010.

Douglas Luiz collects his 10th booking on his 46th appearance for the club (37 Starts).

Villa won their opening three league games to a season for the first time since 1962-63. 

Villa recorded their biggest league win since beating Wimbledon 7-1 in February 1995. 

Villa have won four consecutive home Premier League matches for the first time since October 2007. 

Villa hit a last minute winner to beat Midland latecomers Leicester and make if four wins from four in the Premier League.

Villa had now won their opening four league games of the season for the first time since 1930-31 under the Billy Smith led Management Committee which saw Villa finish 2nd in Football League Division One, scoring 128 league goals. 

Villa were now unbeaten unbeaten in their last eight Premier League games (W6 D2); their longest run without defeat in the competition since October 2011 (10 games).

Villa had kept a clean sheet in both of their two away games in the Premier League this term, after keeping none in 19 away games in the competition last season. 

Ross Barkley has scored in each of his two Premier League appearances for Villa (2 goals), as many as he managed in his last 42 for Chelsea before moving to Villa Park.

Since the start of the 2019-20 season, Jack Grealish has been fouled 182 times in the Premier League - the most of any player in the competition.

Jack Grealish secures his 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 191st appearance (144 Starts) to make it W75 D39 L77, 29 Goals, 29 Assists, 29 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer a defeat as large as it is surprising as they are turned over by a team decades out of the top flight.

Jack Grealish collects his 30th booking on his 192nd appearance in a Villa shirt (145 Starts) to make it W75 D39 L78, 29 Goals, 29 Assists, 30 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer a second successive defeat but a late comeback nearly snatches a point.

Jack Grealish contributes his 60th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 193rd appearance (146 Starts) (10 in 20 Appearances) to make it W75 D39 L79, 30 Goals, 30 Assists, 30 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career. Grealish had contributed 50 Goal involvements after 173 appearances (10 in 17 Appearances), 40 after 156 appearances (10 in 17 Appearances), 30 after 139 appearances (10 in 31 Appearances), 20 after 108 appearances (10 in 32 Appearances), and 10 after 76 appearances.

Villa bounce back from successive defeats to hammer Arsenal at the Emirates.

Villa have won their first three away league games in a season for the first time in their history. 

Villa become the third side in the history of the Premier League to win each of their first three away games in a season without conceding a goal after Chelsea in 2005-06 and Manchester City in 2015-16.

Emiliano Martínez records his 5th win in a Villa shirt in 7 appearances to make it W5 D0 L2, 9 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.28 per game and 4 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

22 Year old Brazilian international midfielder Douglas Luiz makes his 50th appearance for Villa (41 Starts) to make it W19 D8 L23, 3 Goals, 4 Assists, 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Matt Targett secures his 15th win in a Villa shirt on his 39th appearance (38th Start) to make it W15 D7 L17, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ollie Watkins has now scored six goals in his first seven Premier League appearances for Villa. The only other players to net as many in their first seven Premier League matches for Villa were Dion Dublin (9) in 1998-99 and Dean Saunders (7) in 1992-93. Watkins record was now 10 Played, 8 Starts, W7 D0 L3, 8 Goals, 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose a third successive home game despite their outstanding form elsewhere.

Winger Trézéguet makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (31 Starts) since joining the club in 2019 to make it W18 D8 L24, 7 Goals, 4 Assists, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa prove hugely unlucky as referee interference and VAR rob them of the chance of a fourth successive away League win.

Midfielder Conor Hourihane makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (121 Starts) since joining the club in 2017 to make it W66 D35 L49, 29 Goals, 22 Assists and 25 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ollie Watkins misses his fourth penalty of the six he has taken in League football - and his first for Villa - on his 12th appearance for the club (10 Starts) but still has a record of W7 D0 L5, 8 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Villa turn the tables and score a last minute pen to beat Wolves at Molineux.

Jack Grealish makes his 150th start in a Villa shirt (197 Appearances) to make it W77 D39 L81, 31 Goals, 31 Assists, 32 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Midfielder Jacob Ramsey, 19, starts his first Premier League game in a Villa shirt on his 84th appearance (4 Starts) to make it W5 D0 L3, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Martínez records his 5th clean sheet and 6th win in a Villa shirt in his first 10 appearances for the club to make it W6 D0 L4, 13 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.30 goals per game and 5 Clean Sheets (50%) so far in his Villa career.

Matty Cash receives his 5th booking in his first 10 games for the club to make it W6 D0 L4, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Douglas Luiz is sent off for the first time in a Villa shirt but secures his 20th win for the club on his 53rd appearance (44 Starts) to make it W20 D8 L25, 3 Goals, 4 Assists, 13 Bookings, 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Anwar El Ghazi records his 30th win for Villa on his 83rd appearance for the club (65 Starts) to make it W30 D20 L33, 14 Goals, 13 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Despite a record breaking number of shots Villa end up goalless with Burnley and have no home win in four. 

Centre back Kortney Hause makes his 40th appearance in a Villa shirt (36 Starts) since joining in January 2019 to make it W17 D7 L16, 2 Goals and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa's 16 shots in the first half was the most by any side without scoring in the opening 45 minutes of a Premier League match since September 2019. 

Villa's 27 shots was the most by any side without scoring in a single Premier League match since December 2018. 

Anwar El Ghazi's eight shots without scoring is the most by a Villa player in a Premier League game since John Carew vs Reading in February 2008 in which he also had 8 shots and no goals.

Off the pitch Jack Grealish is in trouble again, banned from driving for 9 months and fined £82,499 for driving offences after a highly spirited lockdown busting party at Ross McCormack's flat in Solihull.

Former Villa manager Gérard Houllier dies aged 73, Houllier managed Villa for 7 months in 2010-11 which proved to be a torturous spell on and off the pitch.

Villa's away day form continues as they win on the road for the fifth time in six as Albion are shredded at the Hawthorns.

After failing to score with 8 shots against Burnley in Thursday's stalemate at Villa Park, Anwar El Ghazi scores with his first shot in the fifth minute - his fifteenth goal for Villa on his 85th appearance to make it W31 D21 L33, 16 Goals, 13 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa had now kept seven clean sheets in the League this season, the most of any side - and as many as they kept in the entirety of the 2019-20 campaign.

Villa make it successive 3-0 wins as despite being down to ten men they easily dispatch Palace.

Villa boss Dean Smith takes charge of his 100th game since his appointment in October 2018 and makes it W43 D20 L37 at a win rate of 43.00% and a loss rate of 37.00% delivering 1.49 points per game so far in his Villa management career.

Captain Jack Grealish makes his 200th appearance for Villa since making his debut in the 2013-14 season under Paul Lambert. Grealish's Villa record now reads 153 Starts, W79 D40 L81, 31 Goals, 34 Assists, 32 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Martínez secures his 8th clean sheet in 13 League games - the most of any team in the league this season - to make it W8 D1 L4, 13 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.00 goal per game and 8 Clean Sheets (61%) so far in his Villa career.

Tyrone Mings receives his second red card for Villa in 68 appearances, his first coming in the 2018-19 Championship campaign against Rotherham United which also occurred in the first half of the match and which Villa went on to win 2-1. Mings' record was now W29 D14 L25, 6 Goals, 3 Assists, 18 Bookings, 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Tyrone Mings's sending off was the fourth red card Villa have received in a Boxing Day fixture since 1994 - more than any other team. It follows Andy Townsend in the 0-0 draw with Arsenal in 1994, Michael Oakes in 2-1 defeat to Blackburn Rovers in 1998 that knocked Villa off the top of the table and Zat Knight in the 4-4 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in 2007. 

Ollie Watkins secures his 10th win as a Villa player on his 16th appearance (14 starts) to make it W10 D1 L5, 8 Goals, 2 Assists, 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Anwar El Ghazi contributes his 30th goal involvement on his 86th appearance (68 Starts) to make it W32 D21 L33, 17 Goals, 13 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa secure 3-0 wins in successive matches.

Villa's points haul of 25 after 13 games is their strongest start to a top flight campaign since 1998-99 under John Gregory when Villa topped the Premier League table with 27 points from 13 games. 

Villa have now not conceded in four consecutive league games.

Villa end 2020 with a well deserved draw at Stamford Bridge - only the second time in nine away games in all competitions that they've failed to win.

Anwar El Ghazi scores his fifth goal in 5 games and receives his 10th booking on his 87th appearance for the club (69 Starts) to make it W32 D22 L33, 18 Goals, 13 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

New Year, same old stitch up. Villa + Referee + Manchester United = Penalty.

Bertrand Traoré scores his third goal in 4 games on his 15th appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) to make it W7 D2 L6, 4 Goals and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa hand starting debuts to 11 players for only the second time in their history with the first having come in their first ever FA Cup game on Saturday, 13 December 1879 against Stafford Road. 

Villa handed debuts to 16 players in total - their most ever in a single professional fixture.

Villa fielded their youngest ever side with the starting line up having an average age of 18.80 years. 

Ákos Ónodi, 19, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 951st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Ónodi was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2022 aged 20.

Dominic Revan, 20, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 952nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Revan was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2022 aged 21.

Mungo Bridge, 20, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 953rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Bridge was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2022 aged 21.

Lamare Bogarde, 17, makes his debut in a Villa shirt to become the 954th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Kaine Kesler-Hayden, 17, makes his debut in a Villa shirt to become the 955th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Jake Walker, 20, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 956th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Walker was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2021 aged 20.

Callum Rowe, 21, contributes an assist on his sole appearance in a Villa shirt and becomes the 957th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Rowe was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2021 aged 20.

Ben Chrisene, 16, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 958th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Chrisene was sold to Norwich City in July 2024 for €1.80m / £1.53m.

Mamadou Dialla Sylla, 17, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 959th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Sylla was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2021 aged 18.

Arjan Raikhy, 18, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt to become the 960th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Raikhy was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2023 aged 20.

Louie Barry, 17, makes a goalscoring Villa debut to become the 961st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Brad Young, 18, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt as a substitute to become the 962nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Young was released from the Villa Youth set up in September 2023 aged 20.

Harrison Sohna, 18, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt as a substitute to become the 963rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Sohna was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2021 aged 19.

Hayden Lindley, 18, makes his debut in a Villa shirt as a substitute to become the 964th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Sil Swinkels, 17, makes his debut in a Villa shirt as a substitute to become the 965th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Teddy Rowe, 17, makes his sole appearance in a Villa shirt as a substitute to become the 966th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Rowe was released from the Villa Youth set up in June 2024 aged 20.

Michael Tait, 19, makes his sole squad appearance for Villa. Tait was released from the Villa Youth set up in July 2021 aged 20.

Taylor-Jay Hart, 17, makes his sole squad appearance for Villa. Hart was released from the Villa Youth set up in June 2024 aged 20.

Oliwer Zych, 16, makes his first squad appearance for Villa.

Frankie Ealing, 16, makes his sole squad appearance for Villa. Ealing was released from the Villa Youth set up in June 2024 aged 20.

Jonathan Moss cheats Villa yet again with another shocking performance that despite much denial and obfuscation resulted in an immediate change in the laws of the game. Moss would retire early from refereeing at the end of the following season with a huge cloud of suspicion following him.

One of the most fundamentally shocking refereeing performances ever seen costs Villa the game and leads to denials, obfuscation and eventually rule change. 

Left back Neil Taylor makes his 103rd and final appearance for Villa (94 Starts) as a 75’ substitute to leave with a record of W49 D21 L33, 4 Assists, 15 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

Villa bounce back from two largely referee influenced League results to beat Newcastle and make it a second successive PL Villa Park win.

Villa (W9-D2-L6) equal the total number of Premier League victories they achieved in the entire 2019-20 season (W9-D8-L21).

Jack Grealish secures his 80th win in a Villa shirt on his 204th appearance (157 Starts) to make it W80 D 41 L83, 31 Goals, 36 Assists, 32 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Bertrand Traoré scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 17th Appearance (11 Starts) to make it W8 D2 L7, 5 Goals, 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Ezri Konsa records his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 47th Appearance (44 Start) to leave a record of W20 D8 L19, 4 Goals, 4 Assists, 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Douglas Luiz makes his 50th start for Villa (59 Appearances) to record W23 D9 L27, 3 Goals, 4 Assists, 13 Bookings, 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa put on one of their best performances in decades and manage to lose at Turf Moor.

Keinan Davis makes his 75th appearance for the club (27 Starts) to make it W31 D18 L26, 5 Goals, 5 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Douglas Luiz contributes his 5th assist for Villa on his 60th appearance (51 Starts) to record W23 D9 L28, 3 Goals, 5 Assists, 13 Bookings, 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Matt Targett makes his 50th appearance for Villa (49 Starts) since joining in 2019-20 to make it W19 D9 L22, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa recover from three away defeats to win at St Mary's.

Villa gained their 10th win of the season in their 19th game under Dean Smith, the earliest into a Premier League campaign since 2009-10 under Martin O’Neill (18 games).

Emiliano Martínez keeps his 10th clean sheet and secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance for the club to make it W10 D2 L7, 21 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.10 goals per game and 10 Clean Sheets (53%) so far in his Villa career.

Matt Targett makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (51 Appearances) to make it W20 D9 L22, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa put in their first poor performance of the year and are well beaten. 

Midfielder Morgan Sanson makes his debut as a substitute aged 26 after joining from Olympique Marseille for a fee of £14,220,000 on 26 January 2021. Sanson becomes the 967th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Ezri Konsa makes his 50th appearance for Villa (f47 Starts) since joining from Brentford in July 2019 to leave a record of W21 D8 L21, 4 Goals, 3 Assists, 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa hit an early goal to do the double over Arsenal.

Tyrone Mings makes his 75th appearance for the club (all starts) with a record of W32, D14, L29, 6 Goals, 3 Assists, 18 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Bertrand Traoré secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance (14 Starts) to make if W10 D2 L9, 5 Goals, 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Trézéguet secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 55th appearance (32 Starts) to make it W20 D8 L27, 7 Goals, 4 Assists, 4 Bookings and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Villa completed their first league double over Arsenal for the first time since the inaugural Premier League season in 1992-93 under Ron Atkinson.

Villa struggle against Brighton and are indebted to their 'keeper for a hard earned point.

Emiliano Martínez keeps his seventh away clean sheet in the Premier League season. Only Brad Friedel under Martin O’Neill in 2009-10 has registered more (8). As a result Martínez makes it 22 Appearances, W11 D3 L8, 24 Goals Conceded at 1.09 goals per game and 12 Clean Sheets (55%) so far in his Villa career.

Ollie Watkins makes his 25th appearance for the club (23 Starts) to record W13 D3 L9, 12 Goals, 2 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.78 games played so far in his Villa career.

Villa are below par once again as Leicester win in B6.

17 year old midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka makes his first ever squad appearance for the club

An early goal sees Villa return to winning ways as Leeds are beaten with a well thought through tactical change for the unique style of the opposition.

On his 24th appearance in a Villa shirt, goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez equals Brad Friedel's 2009-10 record for keeping 8 clean sheets away from home in a single Premier League season, and makes it W12 D3 L9, 26 Goals Conceded at 1.08 goals per game and 13 Clean Sheets (54%) so far in his Villa career.

Dean Smith has his "Moscow Moment" as a bizarre line up sees another below par performance and defeat to a team amongst the worst ever seen in the Premier League - including 2015-16 era Villa. 

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez makes his 25th league appearance for Villa since joining in September 2020, prior to joining, Emi had made just 15 league appearances over 10 seasons with Arsenal. Martínez's Villa record now reads W12 D3 L10, 27 Goals Conceded at a rate 1.08 goals per game and 13 Clean Sheets (52%) so far in his Villa career.

Bertrand Traoré makes his 25th appearance for the club (18 Starts) to make it W11 D3 L11, 6 Goals, 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa are held to a goalless draw at home to leave them with one win in their last five.

Tyrone Mings makes his 80th appearance for Villa to make it W33 D16 L31, 6 Goals, 2 Assists, 18 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Morgan Sanson makes his first start for the club on his 6th appearance to make it W1 D2 L3, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

18 year old Under-23 winger Jaden Philogene-Bidace makes his first squad appearance for Villa. 

Villa take a late lead and conceded it even later to leave them with one win in six.

Midfielder John McGinn makes his 100th appearance for Villa since joining the club from Hibernian FC for a fee of £2,790,000 in August 2018 to make it W38 D27 L35, 11 Goals, 15 Assists, 24 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Right Back Ahmed Elmohamady makes his 125th appearance for Villa (99 Starts) since joining the club from Hull City for a fee of £990,000 in July 2017 to make it W58 D30 L38, 4 Goals, 16 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa put in another poor performance as they are well beaten by workmanlike Tottenham.

Dean Smith has now delivered one win in seven League games, scored just 6 goals in 10 matches and failed to score more than a single goal in the last 10 games with Villa taking 6 points from a possible 21.

John McGinn collects his 25th booking in a Villa shirt on his 101st appearance (98 Starts) to make it W38 D27 L36, 11 Goals 15 Assists and 25 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Matt Targett collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 60th appearance (59 Starts) to make it W22 D12 L26, 2 Goals 3 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa concede first but fight back for a first win in seven.

Trézéguet becomes only the third Villa substitute to score twice in a single Premier League match, after Julian Joachim, against Derby in September 2000, and Dwight Yorke, against Liverpool in May 1994.

Jacob Ramsey records his 10th win in 20 appearances (7 Starts) to make it W10 D3 L7 so far in his Villa career.

Villa take the lead at Anfield but are beaten by a last minute Liverpool strike yet again.

Liverpool have won 37 Premier League games with a 90th-minute winning goal, 12 more than any other side. 

Villa have now lost 22 Premier League games to a 90th-minute goal.

John McGinn makes his 100th start for Villa (103 Appearances) to record W39 D27 L37, 11 Goals, 16 Assists, 25 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa score after 20 seconds but are beaten.

John McGinn scores Villa's second fastest Premier League goal after Dwight Yorke's 12 second strike at Coventry City on Saturday, 30 September 1995.

Anwar El Ghazi makes his 100th appearance for the club (75 Starts) to make it W35 D23 L42, 19 Goals, 13 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Matty Cash is sent off on his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W12 D2 L11, 2 Assists, 8 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa need a last gasp equaliser to scrape a point against relegated Albion.

Anwar El Ghazi scores his 20th goal for the club on his 101st appearance (76 Starts) since joining from LOSC Lille on an initial loan on Wednesday, 22 August 2018. El Ghazi's Villa record now reads W35 D24 L42, 20 Goals, 13 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ahmed Elmohamady makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (126 Appearances) to make it W58 D31 L38, 4 Goals, 16 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa win for only the third time in twelve as they leave victorious from Goodison.

Ezri Konsa records his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 63rd Appearance (60th Start) to boast a record of W25 D12 L26, 4 Goals, 3 Assists, 9 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

This was the 205th top-flight meeting between Villa and Everton, the most played fixture in England's top division.

De ja vu. Same old stitch up. Villa + Referee + Manchester United = Penalty.

Villa's last home league victory over Manchester United was now over 25 years ago - winning 3-1 in the opening game of the 1995-96 campaign. 

Since returning to the Premier League three of four matches against Manchester United have now been settled in United’s favour through questionable penalty decisions. 

Sunday, 9 May 2021 Villa leading 1-0 at home before Manchester United are awarded a questionable penalty on 52’ by Chris Kavanagh and go on to win 1-3. 

Friday, 1 January 2021 Villa are level at Old Trafford 1-1, then Michael Oliver awards Manchester United a questionable penalty on 61’ to give them a 1-2 win over Villa. 

Thursday, 9 July 2020 Villa are goalless with Manchester United at Villa Park before Jonathan Moss awards Manchester United a questionable penalty on 27’ to set them on the way to a 0-3 win over Villa.

Ollie Watkins is sent off on his 37th appearance for the club (35th Start) after two cautions to make it W16 D6 L15, 14 Goals, 4 Assists, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa are held to a goalless draw at home to leave them with three wins in fourteen under Dean Smith.

Emiliano Martínez keeps his 15th clean sheet on his 35th appearance in a Villa shirt to equal the club record 15 clean sheets in a single Premier League Season set by Brad Friedel in 2009-10 and make it W14 D7 L14, 41 Goals Concededat 1.17 goals per game and and 15 Clean Sheets (43%) so far in his Villa career.

Ross Barkley makes his 24th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (18 Starts) before returning to Chelsea at the end of his loan spell, leaving with a record of W7 D5 L12, 3 Goals and 1 Assist.

Bertrand Traoré collects his first booking in a Villa shirt on his 35th appearance (28 Starts) to make it W13 D7 L15, 7 Goals, 5 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa take the lead an look set to romp to victory but fall to a second half recovery from lowly Palace.

Anwar El Ghazi scores his seventh away league goal of the season, the most by a Villa player since 2012-13, when Christian Benteke scored eight and Gabriel Agbonlahor scored seven on the road. El Ghazi's Villa record now reads 105 Appearances, 80 Starts, W36 D25 L44, 22 Goals, 13 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Jed Steer makes his 100th unused substitute appearance for Villa since joining the club in 2012-13 so far in his Villa career.

Douglas Luiz makes his 75th appearance for the club (66 Starts) to make it W26 D14 L35, 3 Goals, 5 Assists, 19 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Wesley makes his 25th appearance (21 Starts) after losing over a year due to injury to make it W7 D4 L14, 6 Goals, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Cult hero Ahmed Elmohamady makes his 128th and final appearance for the club (101 Starts) after four entertaining seasons with the Villa to leave with a record of W58 D32 L39, 4 Goals, 16 Assists and 7 Bookings.

Villa win the penultimate game of the season as fans get the first look at some of the most exciting youth players in decades. 

Dean Smith takes charge of Villa for the 125th game and makes it W52 D26 L47 at a win rate of 41.60% and a loss rate of 37.60% delivering 1.46 points per game so far in his Villa management career.

Midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka makes his Villa debut aged 17 to become the 968th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Winger Jaden Philogene-Bidace makes his Villa debut aged 19 to become the 969th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Matt Targett secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 69th appearance (68 Starts) to make it W25 D14 L30, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa’s tally of 52 points is their highest in a Premier League season since reaching 64 in 2009-10 under Martin O’Neill. 

Villa won their ninth away Premier League match of the season, their most in a single campaign since winning nine in 2009-10. 

Ollie Watkins equalled Julian Joachim’s club record of 14 Premier League goals by an English player in a season, set in 1998-99.

Villa end the season with successive wins as Chelsea are beaten but a welcome 11th placed finish is tempered with disappointment after the incredible start to the campaign promised so much more.

Villa play in front of their own fans for the first time since February 16, 2020 - 462 days previously.

Jack Grealish makes his 213th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (164 Starts) to leave with a record of W84 D43 L86, 32 Goals, 38 Assists, 34 Bookings and 2 Red Cards.

Jack Grealish contributes his 70th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 213th and final appearance (164 Starts) to make it W84 D43 L86, 32 Goals, 38 Assists, 34 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career. Grealish had achieved 10 goal involvements in 62 appearances (35 Starts), his second ten had come in 41 appearances (25 Starts), his third in 31 appearances (29 Starts), his fourth in 19 appearances (17 Starts), his fifth in 16 appearances (16 Starts), his sixth in 21 appearances (21 Starts) and his final 10 in 23 appearances (21 Starts).

Right back Matt Targett makes his 70th appearance for Villa since joining from Southampton in July 2019 and became the first outfield Villa player in a decade to start every league game in a season having made it W26 D14 L30, 2 Goals, 4 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Midfielder Marvelous Nakamba collects his 10th booking and secures his 20th win on his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (36 Starts) since joining the club from Club Brugge KV on 1 August 2019 to make it W20 D8 L22, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Martínez collects his first booking in a Villa shirt on his 38th appearance to make it W16 D7 L15, 46 Goals Conceded at 1.21 goals per game, 15 Clean Sheets (39%) and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

John McGinn collects his 30th booking on his 111th appearance in a Villa shirt (108 Starts) to make it W42 D29 L40, 13 Goals, 16 Assists and 30 Bookings at a rate of a card every 3.70 games so far in his Villa career.