Villa record a sixth successive League victory for the first time since the title winning season of 1980-81 as Jack Grealish scores his first of the season.

Centre back Axel Tuanzebe makes his Villa debut aged 20 as a 67’ substitute after joining from Manchester United on loan to the end of the season. Tuanzebe becomes the 917th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Robert Snodgrass contributes his 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 25th appearance (24 Starts) to make it W15 D6 L4, 6 Goals, 9 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Scott Hogan scores his fifth goal in 5 games having scored just 4 in his previous 34 appearances to make it W17 D8 L14, 9 Goals, 4 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ahmed Elmohamady contributes his 5th assist on his 28th appearance for Villa (23 Starts) to make it W15 D8 L5, 5 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Birkir Bjarnason secures his 15th win in a Villa shirt on his 25th appearance (14 Starts) to make it W15 D2 L8, 2 Goals and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the first time in eight Championship games as they are beaten by the League's 'other' form team, Fulham.

Ahmed Elmohamady makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (30 Appearances) to make it W16 D8 L6, 5 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa full back Matt Targett lines up for Fulham.

A leggy Villa side are held at home by lowly Preston but now have one defeat in nine and seven wins in their promotion challenge.

Lewis Grabban scores his first goal for Villa on his 3rd appearance from the spot to rescue a point against Preston and make it W1 D1 L1 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Mile Jedinak collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 50th appearance (44 Starts) to make it W24 D13 L13, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Birkir Bjarnason collects his 1st caution in a Villa shirt on his 28th appearance (16 Starts) to make it W16 D3 L9, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa stop a run of two defeats but are winless in three in their promotion challenge as they are held by Hull.

Alan Hutton makes his 150th start in a Villa shirt (163 Appearances) to make it W48 D37 L78, 1 Goal, 7 Assists, 32 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Jack Grealish makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (57 Starts) to make it W33 D19 L48, 7 Goals, 11 Assists, 13 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Villa win for the second time in three to keep the race for automatic promotion just about alive.

Sam Johnstone secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 64th appearance to make it W30 D13 L21, 1 Assist, 66 Goals Conceded and 26 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Jack Grealish makes it 20 goal involvements as he scores for the second consecutive game on his 60th start in a Villa shirt (103 Appearances) to win the six pointer against automatic promotion rivals Cardiff and make it W35 D19 L49, 9 Goals, 11 Assists, 14 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Birkir Bjarnason's 90’+4 goal makes it two wins in two for Villa under Steve Bruce.

Midfielder John McGinn makes his Villa debut aged 23 after joining from Hibernian FC for a fee of £2,790,000 earlier this month to become the 920th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Goalkeeper Ørjan Nyland makes his Villa debut aged 27 after joining from FC Ingolstadt for a fee of £2,700,000 earlier this month to become the 919th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Birkir Bjarnason scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 39th appearance (21 Starts) to make it W23 D4 L12, 5 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

A solitary Conor Hourihane goal beats Yeovil in a below par performance in the EFL Cup 2nd round.

Villa face Yeovil Town for the first time in competitive football, Yeovil become the 161st team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

André Green secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 29th appearance (13 Starts) to make it W10 D6 L13, 1 Goal and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Goalkeeper André Moreira makes his Villa debut aged 22 after joining on loan from Atlético Madrid earlier this month to become the 921st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Jake Doyle-Hayes makes his final appearance for Villa aged 19 before being released by the club in June 2020. Doyle-Hayes made 3 appearances for the club. 

Forward Harry McKirdy makes his sole unused substitute appearance in a Villa squad aged 21 before being released in May 2019. 

Villa can't beat 10 man Ipswich despite taking the lead but remain unbeaten at the start of the campaign.

Jonathan Kodjia scores his 21st goal in a Villa shirt over 10 months since his last strike, having lost 5 months through injury from October 2017 to March 2018. Kodjia's latest goal comes on his 58th appearance (48 Starts) to make it W26 D16 L16, 21 Goals, 5 Assists, 8 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

John McGinn contributes his second assist in as many games since his debut and receives his first caution to make it W1 D1 L0, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Ørjan Nyland drops a clanger to gift Ipswich a goal on his second appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W1 D1 L0, 3 Goals and 0 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

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 draw for a third successive game but remain unbeaten in five Championship matches.

Villa had now drawn the last 3 Championship fixtures vs. Brentford, Reading and Ipswich and had only managed to beat Hull City and Wigan Athletic. 

At the season end of those opponents Brentford would hold the highest league position of 11th, with the remaining sides finishing 20th, 24th and relegated, 13th and 18th. 

The disenchantment with Steve Bruce’s approach and results was growing as was the Villa boss’s intolerance of criticism.

Winger Anwar El Ghazi made his Villa debut aged 23 after joining on a season long loan from LOSC Lille creating an assist for Ahmed Elmohamady’s second goal of the season on 51’. El Ghazi becomes the 922nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Jonathan Kodjia makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (60 Appearances) to make it W26 D18 L16, 23 Goals, 5 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Axel Tuanzebe makes his 10th apperance for Villa (9 Starts) to make it W4 D5 L1 so far in his Villa career.

Ahmed Elmohamady scores his second goal in a Villa shirt on his 50th appearance (43 Starts) to make it W26 D14 L10, 6 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa miss a late penalty and are knocked out of the EFL Cup by League one Burton.

Albert Adomah makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (90 Appearances) to make it W42 D22 L26, 18 Goals, 17 Assists, and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Goalkeeper André Moreira makes his second and final appearance for Villa before ending his loan spell in January 2019 and returning to Atlético Madrid. 

Right back Ritchie De Laet makes his 14th and final appearance for Villa (9 Starts) aged 29 before being released by the club in July 2019. De Laet left with a record of W6 D3 L5, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings in his three seasons with the club.

Axel Tuanzebe makes his 10th start for Villa (11 Appearances) to make it W4 D5 L2 so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer their first Championship defeat of the season but it is a chastening one as they go four games without a win as the pressure ramps up on Steve Bruce.

Off the pitch Steve Bruce sees fit to send first team talent Tommy Elphick and André Green out on loan with Jed Steer already away from the club despite obvious concerns over his replacement André Moreira. 

On the pitch Villa’s underwhelming season becomes a full blown crisis with this torrid performance at Bramall Lane not being helped by Steve Bruce’s increasingly ill-judged siege mentality. 

Change is clearly needed, it ia now a case of whether Steve Bruce has it in him to deliver it after his commendable handling of the issues that had plagued Villa in 2017-18. 

Ørjan Nyland concedes his 10th goal in 5 games to make it W1 D3 L1, 10 Goals Conceded, 0 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Forward Rushian Hepburn-Murphy makes his 17th and final appearance (2 Starts) for Villa aged 19 before being released by the club in June 2020. Hepburn-Murphy made 17 appearances for Villa without scoring to leave with a record of W7 D4 L6.

Anwar El Ghazi scores his first goal for Villa on his 3rd appearance to make it W0 D1 L2, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Off the pitch it is announced that new owners NWSE have appointed former Liverpool CEO Christian Purslow in the latest sign of new professionalism being brought into the club.

Villa draw for the fourth time in five winless games as they need a dramatic late goal for the third time this season to rescue a result.

Villa’s latest draw is rescued with a stoppage time strike from Conor Hourihane - a player who couldn’t buy a league start under Steve Bruce. 

Ritchie De Laet becomes the latest first team player to be sent out on loan by Steve Bruce joining Jed Steer, André Green and Tommy Elphick unavailable for selection. 

Centre forward Tammy Abraham makes his Villa debut aged 20 after joining on a season long loan from Chelsea to become the 923rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Winger Yannick Bolasie makes his Villa debut aged 29 as a 77’ substitute after joining on a season long loan from Everton to become the 924th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Alan Hutton makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt (161 Starts) to make it W51 D43 L81, 2 Goals, 7 Assists, 36 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Neil Taylor makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (46 Starts) to make it W24 D12 L14, 1 Assist, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa draw for the fifth time in ten Championship matches and now have just one win in eight as Steve Bruce's grip on reality becomes increasingly tenuous and increasingly hard to watch.

Villa climb to 11th after yet another draw - their 5th in 10 league games - and it already looks like automatic promotion is beyond them for the third successive season. 

Once again rather than addressing the reasons and planning the response, Steve Bruce chooses to bring the focus onto himself in his now familiarly self obsessed way of thinking which to most observers can only seem to be a contributing factor in Villa’s failure to learn from their mistakes. 

Conor Hourihane makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (64 Starts) to make it W35 D16 L24, 14 Goals, 8 Assists and 14 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Jonathan Kodjia collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 65th appearance (54 Starts) to make it W27 D20 L18, 23 Goals, 6 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa centre back Nathan Baker and former Villa forward Andreas Weimann lined up for Bristol City.

Villa need an injury time goal for the fourth time this season to rescue a result but now have just one win in nine as madness descends at Villa Park and Steve Bruce departs.

Bruce had led Villa for 102 games, finished 13th and 4th in the EFL Championship table and been Championship Play Off Runners Up in 2017-18. 

Having 4 games earlier said “I’ve always wanted to play two up top and for some reason here, it hasn’t really happened. We’ve got the personnel to do it, you’ve seen that tonight, those two [Abraham and Kodjia] will be a threat for anybody.” Steve Bruce elected to take both his centre forwards off by the 74’ with Villa leading 2-1. 

Preston soon capitalised and within 12 minutes had opened up a 3-2 lead. With both his penalty takers off the field it was left to Glenn Whelan to take the 97’ spot kick awarded for a foul on Birkir Bjarnason. Whelan (73 appearances, 2 goals) missed. 

James Chester is sent off on his 107th appearance to make it W45 D32 L30, 7 Goals, 1 Assist, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Birkir Bjarnason makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (43 Appearances) to make it W23 D8 L12, 6 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Goalkeeper Mark Bunn makes his 21st and final appearance for Villa (20 Starts) aged 33 before being released by the club in July 2019. On his return to the side for the first time in six months Bunn conceded 3 goals in a game with regular ‘keeper Ørjan Nyland on the bench. Nyland had conceded 14 goals in 13 games so far this season at a rate of 1.08 goals per game. It was these sort of decisions and the self absorbing commentary from him that ultimately cost Steve Bruce his job. Bunn left the club with a record of W5 D7 L9, 36 Goals Conceded, 5 Clean Sheets and 5 Bookings.

Jack Grealish collects his 20th booking in a Villa shirt on his 122nd Appearances (77 Starts) to make it W42 D27 L53, 9 Goals, 14 Assists, 20 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Steve Bruce is sacked by Villa following the Preston draw as his reign comes to a pitiful and humiliating end involving a red face and a cabbage. Bruce had steadied the ship after five years of rapid decline under Houllier, McLeish, Lambert, Sherwood, Garde and Di Matteo and would take Villa within 90 minutes of promotion in 2017-18 whilst navigating a financial crisis. Despite that, his time at Villa would fall apart in 2018 and he would leave with a decent second tier record of 102 Games W46 D25 L31 at a rate of 1.60 points per game.

Villa, with the hapless Kevin MacDonald in charge as interim boss, lose at Millwall to leave them with a solitary win in ten Championship matches. 

Caretaker manager Kevin MacDonald takes charge of Villa for the third time following the departure of Martin O'Neill in 2010-11, Tim Sherwood in 2015-16 and now Steve Bruce in 2018-19.

A rapturous welcome greets new boss and Villa boy Dean Smith as his new side win for only the second time in eleven in his first game in charge.

John McGinn receives his fifth booking in his first 12 games for the club.

Ahmed Elmohamady makes his 50th start for Villa (58 Appearances) to make it W28 D16 L14, 2 Goals, 9 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Off the pitch it is announced that former chairman Herbert Douglas Ellis had passed away aged 94.

Villa take the lead but can't hold on as Dean Smith loses only his second game in charge to leave Villa with two wins in twelve Championship games.

Jack Grealish makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (80 Starts) to make it W43 D27 L55, 9 Goals, 14 Assists, 20 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa midfielder Emiliano Buendía lined up for Norwich.

Villa lose successive games for the first time this season as Dean Smith realises the task ahead.

Alan Hutton suffers his 85th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 183rd appearance (169 Starts) to make it W53 D45 L85, 2 Goals, 7 Assists, 37 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Neil Taylor makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (54 Starts) to make it W25 D12 L17, 1 Assist, 6 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa bounce back from successive defeats to make it two wins in four under Dean Smith having previously managed one in ten before his arrival.

Villa score early to set up a much needed win and climb to 13th in the table in Dean Smith's 4th game in charge, W2 L2

James Chester scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 111th appearance to make it W47 D32 L21, 10 Goals, 1 Assist, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Tammy Abraham contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 10th appearance to make it W3 D3 L4, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa produce a stunning footballing performance to comprehensively beat Derby at Pride Park as Dean Smith makes it successive wins and his third victory in five with real signs his football philosophy is taking hold in B6.

Conor Hourihane scores his 15th goal and contributes his 25 goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 81st appearance (69 Starts) to make it W38 D17 L26, 15 Goals, 10 Assists and 14 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Tammy Abraham scores his fifth goal in a Villa shirt on his 11th appearance to make it W4 D3 L4, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Yannick Bolasie contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 10th appearance (0 Starts) to make it W4 D3 L3, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it three consecutive victories as the team with four names are dispatched at Villa Park.

Villa extend their unbeaten League run against Birmingham to 13 games to make it 16 wins and 6 draws in their last 27 meetings with their neighbours dating back to 1987.

Villa are now unbeaten in the League against their neighbours for 14 seasons

Albert Adomah makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (82 Starts) to make it W47 D24 L29, 18 Goals, 18 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Jonathan Kodjia scores his 25th goal in a Villa shirt on his 73rd appearance (59 Starts) to make it W31 D21 L21, 25 Goals, 6 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ahmed Elmohamady secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearance (52 Starts) to make it W30 D16 L16, 2 Goals, 9 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ørjan Nyland concedes his 20th goal on his 16th appearance to make it W6 D5 L5, 21 Goals Conceded and 4 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Rampant Villa are held in a remarkable game at Villa Park as Dean Smith's appointment looks the masterstroke everybody had hoped for.

Tammy Abraham scores his tenth goal in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance to make it W5 D4 L4, 10 Goals, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Tammy Abraham became the first Villa player to score 4 goals in a game since David Platt against Ipswich Town on Wednesday, 30 November 1988 and the first in the League since Tony Hateley against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, 19 March 1966. 

Former Villa centre forward Lewis Grabban scores a double whilst future Villa right back Matty Cash lined up for Forest.

Villa win again, their fourth victory in five unbeaten games as they make it seventeen goals in their last five.

Although Dean Smith has Villa purring, because of Villa’s poor start to the campaign under Steve Bruce they remain un 8th place outside the play-off places and well short of the top two automatic promotion spots. Bur Dean Smith has now delivered 5 wins in 8 league games scoring 18 goals compared to Steve Bruce’s record of 1 win in the 8 league games.

James Chester secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 115th appearance to make it W50 D33 L32, 11 Goals, 1 Assist, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Conor Hourihane secures his 40th win in a Villa shirt (84 Appearances, 72 Starts) to make it W40 D18 L26, 15 Goals, 11 Assists and 14 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Jonathan Kodjia makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (60 Starts) to make it W32 D22 L21, 25 Goals, 6 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Glenn Whelan secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 46th appearance (36 Starts) to make it W25 D12 L9, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ørjan Nyland keeps his 5th clean sheet on his 18th appearance to make it W7 D6 L5, 26 Goals Conceded and 5 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Rodriguez does as Rodriguez is as he cheats an undeserved stoppage time equaliser to prevent Villa winning for the fifth time in six under Dean Smith. 

Axel Tuanzebe makes his 25th appearance for the club (24 Starts) to make it W9 D10 L6 so far in his Villa career.

Villa are held to a second successive draw in difficult conditions against a difficult opposition to remain outside the play-off places and in 8th in the table despite being unbeaten in 7 under Dean Smith.

Alan Hutton makes his 175th start in a Villa shirt (189 Appearances) to make it W56 D48 L85, 3 Goals, 7 Assists, 39 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Axel Tuanzebe makes his 25th start for the club (26 Appearances) to make it W9 D11 L6 so far in his Villa career.

Anwar El Ghazi makes his tenth appearance for Villa (7 Starts) to make it W2 D4 L4, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ørjan Nyland concedes his 30th goal on his 20th appearance for Villa to make it W7 D8 L5, 30 Goals Conceded and 5 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Off the pitch former Villa midfielder Gareth Farrelly reveals dark times in the Villa youth set up under three time caretaker manager Kevin MacDonald which leads to the coach being removed from player facing duties and subject to a formal investigation.

Villa record a sixth successive win under Dean Smith as they come up against former boss Steve Bruce in his shortlived Wednesday reign.

André Green contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 42nd appearance (18 Starts) to make it W16 D11 L15, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Glenn Whelan collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 66th appearance (51 Starts) to make it W33 D19 L14, 2 Goals, 4 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Albert Adomah collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 116th appearance (90 Starts) to make it W55 D29 L32, 21 Goals, 18 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa midfielder Barry Bannan lined up for the Owls.

Villa make it seven in a row under Dean Smith despite the most challenging of circumstances as Jack Grealish comes of age.

Despite being reduced to 10 men and missing a penalty Villa consolidated 5th position the table and a play off spot.

Tyrone Mings receives his first red card in a Villa shirt on his 12th appearance.

Mile Jedinak makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (64 Starts) to make it W35 D22 L18, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa win eight successive League games for the first time since 1974-75 when Ron Saunders' side won promotion from the second tier.

Anwar El Ghazi contributes his 5th assist for Villa on his 30th appearance (24 Starts) to make it W12 D10 L8, 5 Goals, 5 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Conor Hourihane scores his 20th goal and contributes his 35th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 104th appearance (91 Starts) to make it W48 D26 L30, 20 Goals, 15 Assists and 19 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa win 8 consecutive league games for the first time since 1974-75 when Villa won promotion from the second tier. They won the title 6 years later. We’ll see. 

Former Villa forward Andreas Weimann lined up for Bristol City and former Villa defender Nathan Baker came on as a 60’ substitute for the Robins.

Villa make it nine in a row for the first time since 1910-11.

Tammy Abraham scores his 25th goal of the campaign on his 37th appearance to make it W17 D12 L8, 25 Goals, 4 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Jack Grealish scores his 15th goal for Villa on his 140th appearance (95 Starts) to make it W55 D29 L56, 15 Goals, 19 Assists, 21 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Neil Taylor makes his 75th appearance for Villa (70 Starts) to make it W39 D17 L19, 3 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa had now won 9 consecutive league games for the first time since 1910-11.