Villa open the season with a harsh defeat in their first Premier League game since 2016.

Midfielder John McGinn scores his 8th goal in 45 appearances and his first Premier League goal to make it W19 D15 L11, 8 Goals, 8 Assists, 14 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

England goalkeeper Tom Heaton makes his Villa debut aged 33 after joining from Burnley for a fee of £7,920,000 earlier this month and becomes the 930th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Belgian centre back Björn Engels makes his Villa debut aged 25 after joining from Stade Reims for a fee of £7,200,000 in July 2019 and becomes the 931st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Egyptian winger Trézéguet makes his Villa debut aged 24 after joining from Kasimpasa for a fee of £9,000,000 in July 2019 and becomes the 932nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Centre forward Wesley makes his Villa debut aged 23 after joining from Club Brugge KV for a record fee of £22,500,000 in July 2019 and becomes the 933rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Spanish winger Jota makes his Villa debut aged 28 as a substitute on 59’ after joining from Birmingham City in July 2019 and becomes the 934th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Douglas Luiz makes his Villa debut aged 21 as a substitute on 82’ after joining from Manchester City for a fee of £15,120,000 in July 2019 and becomes the 935th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Despite a performance that deserved more Villa had now lost eight consecutive away games in the top division for the first time since December 1964. 

Jack Grealish - the only survivor from the disastrous 2015-16 Premier League season to play today - has now lost in each of his last 19 appearances in the Premier League; the longest such run by any player in the competition’s history. 

Villa ship two in eleven minutes after a 1' penalty award to leave them winless in their two PL games and end the second weekend of the Premier League season 16th in the table.

Douglas Luiz scores his first goal for Villa on his second appearance and first start for the club.

Ahmed Elmohamady makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (89 Appearances) to make it W45 D22 L22, 2 Goals, 13 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa end a run of 15 Premier League games without a win (W0 D1 L14). This was Villa’s first top-flight victory since beating Norwich City 2-0 in February 2016.

Right back Frédéric Guilbert makes his Villa debut aged 24 after joining from SM Caen for a fee of £4,500,000 in January 2019. After initially signing Frédéric was loaned back to SM Caen for the remainder of the 2018-19 season. Guilbert beomes the 936th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

John McGinn recorded his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 47th appearance (1 Sub) to record W20 D16 L14, 9 Goals, 9 Assists, 14 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Wesley scores his first goal for the club on his 3rd appearance to make it W1 D0 L2 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Jota contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 3rd appearance to make it W1 D0 L2 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Tom Heaton keeps his first clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 3rd appearance to make it W1 D0 L2, 5 Goals Conceded and 1 Clean Sheet so far in his Villa career.

Off the pitch it is announced that three-time caretaker manager Kevin MacDonald had left the club with immediate effect following a bullying investigation after revelations were made by former Villa midfielder Gareth Farrelly in December. 

Villa suffer at the hands of a terrible refereeing performance from Kevin Friend.

“One of the worst decisions I have ever seen in the Premier League that has been given by a referee.” 

Jack Grealish makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (104 Starts) to make it W60 D30 L60, 16 Goals, 20 Assists, 22 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Trézéguet became the first Aston Villa player to be sent off in a Premier League match since Aly Cissokho against Watford in April 2016. 

Former Villa forward Jordan Ayew won the game for Crystal Palace with a 73’ strike. Former Villa centre back Gary Cahill lined up for Crystal Palace. 

Former Villa centre forward Christian Benteke came on as an 86’ substitute for Crystal Palace.

Villa are held to a goalless draw by an unadventurous West Ham side at Villa Park.

Only three Premier League sides have conceded fewer goals than Villa (six) so far this season

No Premier League side has kept more clean sheets than Villa (two) so far this season. 

Villa remained in 17th place.

Villa go two up but are defeated in another questionable refereeing performance.

John McGinn scores his 9th goal for Villa on his 50th appearance for the club to record W20 D16 L14, 9 Goals, 9 Assists, 14 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Despite twice taking the lead and Arsenal down to ten men Villa concede three and fall back to 18th place in the Premier League.

More VAR woes for Villa as Burnley deny Villa a first league victory in three games. Villa remain in 18th place. 

Villa suffer heartbreak as a late equaliser prevents their second win of the season.

John McGinn scores his 10th goal for Villa on his 52nd appearance (51 Starts) to make it W21 D17 L14, 10 Goals, 9 Assists and 14 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Keinan Davis makes his 50th appearance for the club (20 Starts) to make it W23 D12 L15, 4 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Tyrone Mings makes his 25th appearance for the club to make it W12 D6 L7, 2 Goals, 1 Assist, 6 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Trézéguet contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 7th appearance (6 Starts) to make it W2 D1 L4, 1 Assist, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Tom Heaton concedes his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 7th appearance to make it W1 D2 L4, 11 Goals Conceded and 2 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa midfielder Ashley Westwood and former Villa defender Matt Lowton lined up for Burnley, whilst former Villa loanee Phil Bardsley featured in the squad.

Villa hammer fellow promoted side Norwich on their home patch as results finally match performances in the League.

Villa record their biggest league win since hitting 6 in the defeat of Sunderland at Villa Park in April 2013. 

This was Villa’s biggest away win since thrashing Derby County 6-0 at Pride Park in April 2008. 

Villa are the first promoted side to score five goals away from home in a Premier League match since Bolton at Leicester in August 2001.

Anwar El Ghazi contributes his 10th assist on his 44th appearance for the club (37 Starts) to make it W19 D13 L12, 8 Goals, 10 Assists, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Conor Hourihane makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (118 Appearances) and scores his 25th goal and contributes his 17th assist to make it W55 D28 L35, 25 Goals, 17 Assists and 22 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Matt Targett contributes his first assist for Villa on his 4th appearance to make it W3 D1 L0 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Villa record successive wins for the first time this season as a last minute winner does for Brighton.

Matt Targett scores his first goal for the club on his 5th appearance to make it W4 D1 L0, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

More refereeing controversy sees City handed the win on a plate.

Dean Smith takes charge of Villa for the 50th game and makes it W24 D12 L14 at a win rate of 48.00% and a loss rate of 28.00% delivering 1.68 points per game so far in his Villa management career.

Wesley makes his 10th appearance for the club to make it W3 D2 L5, 4 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Björn Engels makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W3 D2 L5 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer last minute heartbreak once again as Liverpool score in stoppage time to snatch victory from defeat.

Jonathan Kodjia makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (67 Starts) to make it W41 D30 L29, 29 Goals, 8 Assists, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Frédéric Guilbert makes his 10th appearance for Villa (9 Starts) to make it W4 D2 L4, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Trézéguet scores his first goal for Villa on his 12th appearance (9th Start) to make it W5 D1 L6, 1 Goal, 1 Assist, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Trézéguet becomes the first Egyptian player to score a Premier League goal for Villa, meaning players from 32 different nations have now scored in the competition for the club (excluding own goals).

Villa put in another poor performance - arguably only their second since the Wolves match - as they are outplayed and heavily beaten by Leicester.

Jack Grealish collects his 25th booking on his 161st appearance (114th Start) to make it W64 D33 L64, 21 Goals, 24 Assists, 25 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Following the death of Villa's greatest modern day manager, Ron Saunders, on Saturday afternoon, this match took place in appreciation and celebration of a great Villa man. Saunders led Villa from 1974 to 1982, taking Villa out of Division Two, winning two League Cups, the 1980-81 League title and setting up the basis for Villa's 1982 European Cup win to leave with a record of 395 Games, W181 D106 L109 at a rate of 1.64 points per game.

Sheffield United, the regular thorn in Villa's side whether playing in the same division or languishing in the lower leagues, strike again. 

A second successive below par performance sees Villa well beaten by a regimented United side. 

Villa have now lost six of their last eight games in the Premier League, winning once. Following Jack Grealish’s penalty miss Villa are now the only Premier League side to have been awarded a spot kick in 2019-20 to have yet converted one. 

Villa have now conceded more second half goals than any other Premier League side in 2019-20 (22).

Villa put in their third successive poor League performance and are well beaten by Southampton at Villa Park with alarm bells ringing loudly.

Villa lose Super John McGinn to injury in the 8’ and the dynamo of Villa’s midfield would not return until June 2020 and the restart of the Premier League after the COVID-19 shut down. The loss of John McGinn would prove to be hugely damaging to Villa’s system and their battle for survival in the Premier League. 

After a largely solid start to their first season back in the top flight and with reversals having been flavoured with more than a little misfortune, the first truly worrying of signs hit Villa like an unwelcome Christmas present.

Tom Heaton concedes his 30th goal in a Villa shirt on his 17th appearance to make it W4 D3 L11, 31 Goals Conceded and 3 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

A second string Villa toil to defeat against an inspired Fulham side in the third round of the FA Cup.

Centre back James Chester makes his 126th and final appearance for Villa aged 30 before being released by the club in June 2020. Chester, who became a modern day Villa great following his £8,370,000 from West Bromwich Albion in August 2016, leaves with a record of W53 D38 L35, 12 Goals, 1 Assist, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

Centre forward Jonathan Kodjia makes his 106th and final appearance for Villa aged 30 ahead of signing for Qatari Club Al Gharafa on 18th January 2020. Kodjia, a terrace favourite after a half decade of dross, leaves with a record of W43 D30 L33, 31 Goals, 9 Assists, 14 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

Winger Indiana Vassilev makes his Villa debut aged 18 having signed for the club from the IMG Academy in October 2017 to become the 941st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Ørjan Nyland makes his 25th start for Villa (27 Appearances) to make it W10 D9 L8, 39 Goals Conceded and 7 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Cup finalists Villa embarrass themselves in a poor performance at the Vitality.

Jack Grealish makes his 125th start in a Villa shirt (172 Appearances) to make it W68 D35 L69, 24 Goals, 27 Assists, 27 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Mbwana Samatta becomes the first Tanzanian to feature in the Premier League, with Tanzania the 117th different nation to be represented in the competition.

Samatta is the first player to score on his league debut (2nd Appearance) for Villa since Rudy Gestede netted in August 2015, also against Bournemouth. 

Villa score their first headed goal of the season and their first headed goal in the Premier League since Ciaran Clark netted against Watford in April 2016. 

Villa remain the only side in the Premier League this season yet to register an away clean sheets. 

Jack Grealish has been fouled 111 times in the Premier League this season, the only player to hit triple-figures in the competition in 2019-20.

Tyrone Mings receives his 10th booking (and one sending off) in 41 games for the club.

Villa recover from their poor showing last time out to take the game to Tottenham but see their luck desert them as a late mistake loses the game and effectively ends a career.

VAR and a slip by the recalled Björn Engels contribute to plunge luckless Villa to defeat. 

Björn Engels scores his only goal in a Villa shirt on his 17th appearance (15 Starts) to make it W3 D2 L12, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Centre forward Borja Bastón makes his Villa debut aged 27 after joining from Swansea City on a free transfer in January 2020 to become the 945th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Danny Drinkwater makes his fourth and final appearance for Villa before returning to parent club Chelsea. 

Frédéric Guilbert collects his fifth booking on his 24th appearance for the club (21 Starts) to make it W8 D5 L11, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Marvelous Nakamba collects his fifth booking on his 23rd appearance for the club (20 Starts) to make it W7 D4 L12, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa go into the EFL Cup final as underdogs but take the game to City only to be undone by more generous officiating.

A team with the talent and resources of Manchester City hardly need the help yet it keeps on coming. 

To Villa's credit they made the game significantly more competitive than it was intended to be but a sixth League Cup triumph wasn't to be.

Villa appear in their 9th League Cup Final. 

Villa finish runners up in the League Cup for the fourth time.

Jack Grealish makes his 175th appearance in a Villa shirt (128 Starts) to make it W68 D35 L72, 24 Goals, 28 Assists, 28 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Anwar El Ghazi contributes his 25th goal involvement on his 66th appearance (57 Starts) to make it W25 D16 L25, 12 Goals, 13 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Marvelous Nakamba makes his 25th appearance for the club (22nd Start) to make it W7 D4 L14, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Off the pitch Villa record a £69m loss in their accounts for 2018-19 following the acquisition of the club by NWSE despite the sale of Villa park to a related business for £56.7m.

Villa's concerning form continues as they throw the game away at the King Power after arguably their ninth poor performance in their last seventeen Premier League games as the season is suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

As Villa capitulate at Leicester, leaving them looking odds on for relegation languishing in 19th place, it is revealed that club legend and one of the greatest people in Villa's history, Gordon Sid Cowans, announced earlier in the day that he was suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. 

Villa had now failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 22 away games in the Premier League. 

Villa had now lost five consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since February 2017.

Björn Engels makes his 19th and final appearance for Villa (17 Starts) and after a challenging spell with the club leaves with a record of W3 D2 L14, 1 Goal and 1 Booking. Engels would however remain throughout the following 2020-21 season but would not appear for Villa again.

Pepe Reina concedes his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance to make it W1 D1 L4, 13 Goals Conceded and 0 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Conor Hourihane collects his 25th booking in a Villa shirt on his 136th appearance (111 Starts).

10 days after the game the tragic news breaks that former Villa winger Peter Whittingham has died aged just 35, Whittingham had played for Villa from 2003 to 2006 making 66 appearances and scoring twice.

Meanwhile, Danny Drinkwater, an abject failure of a signing, is sent home from training after an alleged headbutt on Jota at Bodymoor Heath. Drinkwater, who made 4 appearances with a record of W1 D1 L2, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 2 Bookings would never play for Villa again.