Villa open the season with a home draw against freshly relegated Hull.

Centre back John Terry makes his Villa debut aged 37 after joining from Chelsea on a free transfer in July 2017 to become the 910th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Centre back Christopher Samba makes his Villa debut aged 33 as a 90’ substitute after joining as an unattached player in July 2017 to become the 907th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Glenn Whelan makes his Villa debut aged 33 after joining from Stoke City for a fee of £1,530,000 in July 2017 to become the 908th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Right back Ahmed Elmohamady makes his Villa debut aged 29 after joining from Hull City for a fee of £990,000 in July 2017 to become the 911th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Josh Onomah makes his Villa debut aged 20 as a 70’ substitute after joining on a season long loan from Tottenham Hotspur in July 2017 to become the 909th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Alan Hutton makes his 125th start in a Villa shirt (136 Appearances) to make it W33 D32 L71, 1 Goal, 6 Assists, 30 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Midfielder Leandro Bacuna makes his final appearance for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Reading for a fee of £1,350,000 later this month. Villa had signed Bacuna from FC Groningen for a fee of £1,260,000 in July 2013 and leaves with a record of W36 D31 L64, 7 Goals, 8 Assists, 26 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

Villa are hammered at Cardiff to leave them without a win in the opening two Championship games of the season under Steve Bruce.

Sam Johnstone concedes his 30th goal in a Villa shirt on his 24th appearance to make it W8 D4 L12, 30 Goals Conceded and 8 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Henri Lansbury makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (19 Starts) to make it W7 D4 L9, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa defender Joe Bennett lines up for Cardiff.

Villa's poor start to the season under Steve Bruce continues as they suffer a second successive defeat and are winless in three Championship games.

Villa collapse to 23rd in the table without a win in three and concerns mount that a promotion challenge is beyond Steve Bruce’s men already. 

James Chester makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W17 D15 L18, 3 Goals and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Sam Johnstone makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W8 D4 L13, 32 Goals Conceded and 8 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Birkir Bjarnason makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (7 Starts) to make it W4 D0 L6 so far in his Villa career.

Recently departed Leandro "Champions League" Bacuna sat on the bench for his new club Reading.

Villa win at the fourth attempt in the Championship in 2017-18 thanks to a hat-trick from the irrepressible Conor Hourihane.

Hourihane hat-trick now has 4 goals in two games as Villa rise to 16th in the table with 5 games played. 

Bizarrely Steve Bruce doesn’t take credit for his attacking team selection and blames it on having his “hand … forced”. With two assists coming from Henri Lansbury who only took the field as an early substitute for the injured Josh Onomah and a third from a player he didn’t intend to play, confidence in the manager is not high and add to the concern that there is little in the way of a tactical plan at Villa Park.

Keinan Davis contributes his first assist on his first start for the club (9 Appearances) to make it W4 D2 L3, 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Henri Lansbury contributes his first assists for the club on his 21st appearance (19 Starts) to make it W8 D4 L9, 2 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Conor Hourihane’s hat-trick is Villa's first since Scott Sinclair in the League Cup on Tuesday, 25 August 2015 and is his 5th goal for the club in 21 appearances (16 Starts) to make it W8 D2 L11, 5 Goals, 3 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

André Green scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 23rd appearance (8 Starts) to make it W7 D4 L12, 1 Goals and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

John Terry secures his first win in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance to make it W1 D1 L2 so far in his Villa career.

Villa are held at Ashton Gate to leave them with just one win in five Championship games under Steve Bruce.

Josh Onomah scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W2 D2 L2, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa defender Nathan Baker lines up for Bristol City.

Villa are held at home by Dean Smith's footballing Brentford side to leave Steve Bruce with one win in six Championship matches.

André Green makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (10 Starts) to make it W7 D6 L12, 1 Goal and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Robert Snodgrass makes his debut in a Villa shirt to become the 916th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

With Villa clearly struggling in this their second season in the Championship, Steve Bruce pulls off a real transfer coup in signing West Ham winger Robert Snodgrass on loan to the end of the campaign. Snodgrass' presence could not help Villa make the breakthrough against future Villa boss Dean Smith’s talented Brentford side. As a result Villa tumbled back to 18th in the table. 

Future Villa centre forward Ollie Watkins lines up for Brentford.

Villa are held at home and fail to score for the second successive game under Steve Bruce as even a man advantage cannot inspire the team.

Rumours abound that the axe is hanging over the Villa boss less than 12 months into the job.

Villa had now failed to win at home for the third time in 4 games this season as Steve Bruce’s league record for 2017-18 now stood at P7 W1 D4 L2. 

With Villa stranded in 18th after 7 games talk of a play off place seems fanciful whilst thoughts of automatic promotion appear to be a sick joke. 

Henri Lansbury is sent off on his 22nd appearance for Villa (20 Starts) to make it W8 D5 L9, 2 Assists, 3 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Robert Snodgrass picks up his first booking on a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance (1 Start) to make it W0 D2 L0 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Sam Johnstone keeps his 10th clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 29th appearance to make it W9 D7 L13, 1 Assist, 35 Goals Conceded and 10 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa winger Adama Traoré showed what they weren't missing by getting himself sent off 4’ after the start.

With the axe about to fall, Albert Adomah saves Steve Bruce's job as Villa win for just the second time in eight Championship games.

Villa score three goals away from home for the first time under Bruce and the first time since March 2015. 

Centre forward Keinan Davis scores his first goal for Villa aged 19 on his 13th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W5 D5 L3, 1 Goal, 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Albert Adomah scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 45th appearance (34 Starts) to make it W18 D11 L16, 5 Goals, 11 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Conor Hourihane makes his 25th appearance for the club (20 Starts) to make it W9 D5 L11, 5 Goals, 3 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Neil Taylor secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 22nd appearance to make it W10 D6 L6, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

James Chester contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 55th appearance to make it W19 D19 L18, 3 Goals, 1 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Sam Johnstone secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 30th appearance to make it W10 D7 L13, 1 Assist, 35 Goals Conceded and 11 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Villa win consecutive League games for the first time this season and the first time since April 2017 as Albert Adomah and Conor Hourihane are the heroes once again.

James Chester secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 56th appearance to make it W20 D18 L18, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

A Robert Snodgrass inspired Villa make it three league wins in a row for Steve Bruce's side who are suddenly 8th in the table. 

The real catalyst however was Steve Bruce’s decision to name an unchanged line up for the first time this season. Bruce’s continual unenforced changes across the first twelve games of the season had contributed to Villa’s stuttering and sometimes painful start to the season. 

Despite a large squad and only one long term injury (Jack Grealish) Steve Bruce’s selection changes confused more than they contributed, the hope now was a more settled side could be created to help Villa consolidate a top 8 position.

Robert Snodgrass scores his first goal and contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 5th appearance (4 Starts) to make it W3 D2 L0, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

John Terry makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W4 D4 L2 so far in his Villa career.

Villa win four in a row as form picks up under Steve Bruce and the famously open Championship delivers once again.

Steve Bruce resists the temptation to tinker with the line up and Villa reward him with a fourth straight league win courtesy of Jonathan Kodjia's first strike of the season as Villa climb to the heady heights of 7th - an unthinkable position just 3 weeks previously.

After 5 months out with injury, Jonathan Kodjia scores his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 41st appearance (40 Starts) to make it W18 D11 L12, 20 Goals, 2 Assists, 6 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ahmed Elmohamady makes his 10th appearance for Villa to make it W5 D4 L1 and 3 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Glenn Whelan makes his 10th appearance for Villa to make it W5 D3 L2 and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Neil Taylor is sent off on his 25th appearance for Villa to make it W13 D6 L6, 1 Assist, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose the first time in nine Championship games as they come up against a team of ringers.

Villa come up against arguably the best side in the Championship. A side full of Champions League standard players not normally found in the second tier of English football. 

In a refreshing twist Steve Bruce - perhaps buoyed by four successive wins - provides an unusually positive and objective verdict on the game much in contrast to his mutterings earlier in the season that had caused such alarm about the hands within which the club was being held.

Alan Hutton suffers his 75th defeat in a Villa shirt after 142 appearances (129 Starts) to make it W35 D32 L75, 1 Goal, 6 Assists, 31 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

As playing an unchanged line up continues to pay dividends for Steve Bruce, Villa bounce back from a first defeat in nine to win for the fifth time in six Championship games as momentum builds in a season for the first time in nearly a decade.

John Terry scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance to make it W6 D4 L3 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Albert Adomah scores his 6th goal of the season on his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (39 Starts) to make it W21 D12 L17, 9 Goals, 11 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa drop points but extend their unbeaten League run against Birmingham to 11 games to make it 14 wins and 6 draws in their last 25 meetings with their neighbours dating back to 1987.

Villa make it 11 games, 8 managers and nearly 13 years since losing a league match to neighbours Birmingham. 

Albert Adomah makes his 40th start in a Villa shirt (51 Appearances) to make it W21 D13 L17, 9 Goals, 11 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Future winger with Villa in the Premier League, Jota, lines up for Birmingham.

Villa make it six wins in eight and climb to 5th place by virtue of Steve Bruce's newly found calm, consistent team selection and media approach typified by his famed "We’re Aston Villa" comment.

Sam Johnstone keeps his 15th clean sheet and secures his 15th win in a Villa shirt on his 37th appearance to make it W15 D8 L14, 1 Assist, 39 Goals Conceded and 15 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Robert Snodgrass makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) to make it W6 D3 L1, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Josh Onomah contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 16th appearance (10 Starts) to make it W8 D4 L4, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer a shock defeat - their second in twelve - as Jack Grealish makes his first appearance of the season as a 77' substitute. 

Villa suffer their first real setback since the calmness in team selection descended on Steve Bruce, losing two early goals and an unbeaten home record as well as John Terry and Robert Snodgrass to first half injuries. 

Christopher Samba scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 7th appearance (3 Starts) to make it W3 D2 L2 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Callum O'Hare contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance (3 Starts) to make it W2 D0 L4, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa's second string lose in the third round of the FA Cup to League one side Peterborough.

Josh Onomah makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (18 Starts) to make it W12 D6 L7, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it three consecutive Championship wins and their eleventh in twenty games under Steve Bruce.

Steve Bruce reverts to the first team and Villa take early lead through Scott Hogan that proves enough to make it three league wins in a row as Villa climb back to 4th.

Ahmed Elmohamady makes his 25th appearance for Villa (20 Starts) to make it W12 D8 L5, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Sam Johnstone keeps his 20th clean sheet in a Villa shirt and third in succession on his 49th appearance to make it W21 D11 L17, 1 Assist, 50 Goals Conceded and 20 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

John Terry collects his 1st booking in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance to make it W8 D5 L5, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa record four consecutive wins for the second time this season as their December struggles are left well behind.

Scott Hogan makes it four goals in three games as his Villa career finally looks ready to kick off. Being in a team with the assist capabilities of Robert Snodgrass, Jack Grealish and Albert Adomah should be a dream for any forward.

James Chester makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W31 D22 L22, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Sam Johnstone makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W22 D11 L17, 1 Assist, 51 Goals Conceded and 20 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Glenn Whelan makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt and first as substitute to make it W12 D7 L6, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.