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.

Amadou Onana scores his second goal in three appearances in a Villa shirt and becomes the 3rd player to score in each of his first 2 away Premier League appearances for the club after Robbie Keane (February 2012) and Moussa Diaby (August 2023). Onana now has a record of W2 D0 L1, 2 Goals and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Jhon Durán scores his second goal in three games this season and his 10th in 52 appearances (10 Starts) with his first touch just 131 seconds after coming on to make it W26 D10 L16, 10 Goals and 10 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every start he has made so far in his Villa career.

Lucas Digne contributes his 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 75th start (96 Appearances) to make it W43 D18 L35, 4 Goals, 11 Assists and 17 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Lamare Bogarde, 20, makes his second appearance in a Villa shirt and his first start and first League game, Bogarde’s only other appearance came in the FA Cup defeat to Liverpool when Villa fielded 16 debutants on 8 January 2021. Bogarde now has a record of W1 D0 L1, 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Martínez secures his 75th win in a Villa shirt on his 162nd appearance to make it W75 D30 L47, 199 Goals Conceded, 54 Clean Sheets, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Jacob Ramsey makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (81 Starts) to make it W57 D19 L49, 13 Goals, 13 Assists and 16 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Morgan Rogers secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance (15 Starts) to make it W10 D4 L5, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

John McGinn collects his 57th booking in a Villa shirt on his 239th appearance (229 Starts) as he closes on Gareth Barry’s total of 62 in 440 games.

Joe Gauci makes it 14 squad appearances without making his debut equalling Lee Collins record for an outfield player but still behind fellow goalkeeper Andy Marshall’s 34.

Villa make the best start to the season since 2020-21 under Dean Smith when they won their first four games.

Villa record 73.26% possession against Everton but find themselves 0-2 behind in one of the most unrepresentative scorelines ever seen at Villa Park. However a brace from Ollie Watkins and one of the greatest goals seen at Villa Park from Jhon Durán deservedly wins it for Villa.

Emiliano Martínez concedes his 200th goal in a Villa shirt on his 163rd appearance to make it W76 D30 L47, 201 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.23 goals per game and 54 clean sheets (33%) so far in his Villa career.

Ollie Watkins scores his first goals of the season and his first in 9 Premier League games to make it 72 Goals in 173 Appearances (162 Starts), W80 D27 L65, 26 Assists, 20 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.76 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Jhon Durán scores for the second consecutive game and for the 3rd time in 4 this season and 4th in his last 6 appearances to make it 53 appearances (10 Starts), W27 D10 L16, 11 Goals and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ross Barkley contributes his 5th goal involvement on his 27th appearance in a Villa shirt (18 Starts) to make it W9 D5 L13, 3 Goals and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Lucas Digne contributes an assist for the second successive game to make it 12 assists in 97 appearances (76 Starts), W44 D18 L35, 4 Goals and 17 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Buendía makes his first appearance since May 2023 after missing the whole of the 2023-24 season with an ACL injury to make it W31 D14 L34, 9 Goals, 9 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Youri Tielemans makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (33 Starts) to make it W28 D9 L12, 3 Goals, 8 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Pau Torres makes his 40th start in a Villa shirt (43 Appearances) to make it W27 D7 L9, 2 Goals and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Morgan Rogers makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (16 Starts) to make it W11 D4 L5, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Meanwhile 3 former Villains line up for Everton, Ashley Young (39), Idrisaa Gueye (34) and Tim Iroegbunam (21). 

Everton’s goal on 15’ is their first at Villa Park in 8 years.

Villa play their 102nd game in European football and first in the European Cup / Champions League since their second leg defeat against Juventus in March 1983.

Villa face BSC Young Boys for the first time in competitive football, Young Boys become the 169th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

Villa win their first away game in the European Cup / Champions League since beating Dinamo 2-0 at the Dinamo Stadium on 20 October 1982 and for only the 4th time overall.

Villa win their 14th away game in European Competition in 52 fixtures.

Unai Emery has the best points per game record of any Villa manager after 88 games (1.81), with only Joe Mercer (1958-1964) coming close (1.77). Emery now has a record of W48 D15 L25.

Unai Emery now has 9 wins as Villa boss in European competition (1 Champions League, 8 Europa Conference League) equalling John Gregory’s record set between 1998-2002 (5 UEFA Cup, 4 Intertoto Cup).

Ollie Watkins contributes his 100th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 174th appearance (163 Starts) to make it W80 D29 L65, 72 Goals, 28 Assists, 20 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Amadou Onana scores his 3rd goal in 5 appearances in a Villa shirt to make it W4 D0 L1, 3 Goals and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career at a goalscoring rate of one every 1.67 games.

Joe Gauci now has the 3rd longest run as an unused substitute (16) without making an appearance in a Villa shirt after Andy Marshall (33 games 2011-13) and Viljami Sinisalo (19 Games 2021-23)

Ross Barkley secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt - and his 3rd in 4 under Unai Emery - on his 28th appearance (18 Starts) to make it W10 D5 L13, 3 Goals and 2 Assists so far across his Villa career.

Emiliano Buendía makes his 80th appearance in a Villa shirt (51 Starts) after missing the entirety of the 2023-24 campaign with injury to make it W32 D14 L34, 9 Goals, 9 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Diego Carlos makes his 40th appearance under Unai Emery and his first of the season to make it 42 appearances in a Villa shirt (30 Starts), W21 D8 L13, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 12 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Martínez keeps his 25th clean sheet on his 75th appearance under Unai Emery to make it 164 appearances in a Villa shirt, W77 D30 L57, 202 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.23 goals per game and 55 Clean Sheets (34%) so far in his Villa career.

John McGinn secures his 45th win and 80th appearance (75 Starts) under Unai Emery to make it 241 appearances in a Villa shirt (231 Starts), W104 D49 L88, 26 Goals, 29 Assists, 57 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Jacob Ramsey makes his 50th appearance under Unai Emery (34 Starts) to make it 127 appearances in a Villa shirt (83 Starts), W59 D19 L49, 14 Goals, 13 Assists and 16 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa record their 150th win in the League Cup to make it W150 D46 L61 since first entering the competition in 1960.

Villa face Wycombe Wanderers for the 5th time - all of which meetings have come in Cups and in all of which Villa are unbeaten.

Unai Emery secures his 50th win as Villa boss on his 90th game in charge. 

Unai Emery has reached 50 wins faster than any other manager in Villa’s history.

Unai Emery has the best points per game record of any Villa manager after 90 games (1.83), with only Joe Mercer’s 1.78 set between 1958 and 1960 coming close. Emery now has a record of W50 D15 L25.

Villa makes it five successive wins and 6 wins from 7 so far this season under Unai Emery.

Villa match their best ever start to a season W6 D0 L1 set under Dean Smith in 2020-21.

Joe Gauci, 24, makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after 17 games as an unused substitute to become the 1,001st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. 

Kadan Young, 18, makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after 12 games as an unused substitute to become the 1,002nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. 

Aidan Borland, 17, makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt on his first squad appearance to become the 1,003rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. 

Ben Broggio, 17, makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt on his first squad appearance to become the 1,004th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. 

Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba, 17, makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt on his first squad appearance to become the 1,005th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. 

Emiliano Buendía scores his first goal in a Villa shirt since March 2023 and his 10th overall after missing the entirety of the 2023-24 season with an ACL injury to make it 82 Appearances, 52 Starts, W34 D14 L34, 10 Goals, 9 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Ian Maatsen makes his first start in a Villa shirt on his 7th appearance to make it W6 D0 L1 so far in his Villa career. 

Kosta Nedeljkovic, 18, makes his first start in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance to make it W3 D0 L1 so far in his Villa career. 

Thierry Katsukunya, 18, makes his first squad appearance for Villa.

Triston Rowe, 18, makes his first squad appearance for Villa.

Kobei Moore, 19, makes his first squad appearance for Villa.

Villa lose for the first time in 12 games in all competitiions.

Emiliano Buendía contributes his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 85th appearance (53 Starts) to make it W35 D15 L35, 10 Goals and 10 Assists so far in his Villa career.

John McGinn makes his 235th start in a Villa shirt (246 Appearances) to make it W107 D50 L89, 27 Goals and 29 Assists so far in his Villa career.