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 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 lose on penalties in the third round EFL Cup tie after another excellent Stamford Bridge showing ended 1-1 at full time. 

Jed Steer, Villa's longest serving player, makes his 36th and final appearance for the club (35 Starts) to make it W21 D4 L11, 37 Goals Conceded and 10 Clean Sheets.

Cameron Archer scores his fourth goal for the club on his second start to make it W2 D1 L0 and 4 Goals so far in his Villa career.

Steven Gerrard’s Villa suffer defeat for the first time under his leadership but run reigning champions Manchester City close at a boisterous Villa Park despite losing Leon Bailey and Matt Targett to injury during the game. 

Ollie Watkins scores his 20th goal for Villa on his 52nd appearance for the club (49th Start) to make it W22 D7 L23, 20 Goals, 4 Assists, 6 Bookings, 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ashley Young makes his 200th appearance for the club across two spells after coming on as an early substitute for the injured Leon Bailey. It is just Young's 9th substitute appearance and makes it W87 D59 L55, 38 Goals, 64 Assists, 36 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Villa win for the third time in four under Steven Gerrard as a fine attacking performance sees off Leicester.

John McGinn makes his 125th appearance for Villa (122nd Start) since joining in August 2018 to make it W48 D29 L48, 16 Goals, 17 Assists and 34 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ollie Watkins makes his 50th start for the club (53 Appearances) to make it W23 D7 L23, 20 Goals, 4 Assists, 6 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Marvelous Nakamba secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 63rd appearance (45 Starts) to make it W25 D10 L28, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 14 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Tim Iroegbunam makes his first ever squad appearance for Villa.

Villa lose at Anfield in a tale of two penalties, one given.

Matt Targett makes his 85th appearance for Villa (84 Starts) since joining in July 2019 to make it W31 D15 L39, 3 Goals, 5 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Marvelous Nakamba collects his 15th booking in a Villa shirt on his 64th appearance (46 Starts) to make it W25 D10 L29, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 15 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa take the lead but lose to a title challenging Chelsea side as Covid stricken Steven Gerrard is absent. 

Douglas Luiz, 23, makes his 90th appearance in a Villa shirt (79 Starts) since joining in July 2019 to make it W33 D15 L42, 3 Goals, 8 Assists, 22 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa take the lead and lose for the second successive game.

Steven Gerrard’s loss rate sits at 50% after 8 games in charge of Villa with a record of W4 D0 L4 at a win rate of 50% delivering 1.50 points per game so far in his Villa management career.

Trézéguet makes his 64th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (36 Starts) to leave with a record of W22 D11 L31, 9 Goals, 4 Assists, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card in his Villa career.

Jacob Ramsey collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 45th appearance (22 Starts) to make it W19 D5 L21, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

16 year old centre back Josh Feeney makes his squad debut after joining from Fleetwood Town in July. 

The opposition, Brentford, didn’t feature a single homegrown player in their squad of 20 and only four players from the home nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Steven Gerrard marks his tenth game in charge of Villa with a second successive match against Manchester United. Villa make two mistakes, fall two goals behing before delivering a comeback of Manchester United proportions.

Steven Gerrard’s loss rate sits at 50% after 10 games in charge of Villa with a record of W4 D1 L5 at a win rate of 40% delivering 1.30 points per game so far in his Villa management career.

Lucas Digne, 28, makes his Villa debut after his arrival from Everton for a fee of £27,000,000 on Tuesday to become the 975th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Philippe Coutinho, 29, creates one and scores one on debut as a 68’ substitute after joining on loan from Barcelona and becomes the 976th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Matty Cash makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt since joining in September 2020 and now has a record of W20 D6 L24, 1 Goal, 3 Assists, 12 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Buendía makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (16 Starts) since arriving from Norwich in June 2021 to make it W6 D3 L11, 1 Goal, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Carney Chukwuemeka, 18, makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (2 Starts) following his graduation from the youth set up to make it W5 D3 L2 and 1 Assist  so far in his Villa career.

Jed Steer makes his 120th appearance as an unused substitute since his arrival in 2013.

Villa’s field their most expensive starting line up of the season (£209.86m) but it still costs less than Manchester United’s £247.53m 8 man bench (which includes two free transfer goalkeepers).

Matty Cash hits a screamer and echoes the world in condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine... and is promptly booked ... 18 year old Tommi O'Reilly makes his squad debut ... Ollie Watkins scores for the first time since December ... Tim Iroegbunam finally makes his debut ... and Villa win away.

18 year old youth team midfielder Tim Iroegbunam makes his first team debut after ten unused substitute appearances to become the 978th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Emiliano Martínez secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 63rd appearance to make it W25 D10 L28, 81 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.28 goals per game, 22 Clean Sheets (35%) and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

18 year old attacking Midfielder Tommi O’Reilly makes his first squad appearance for Villa.

Danny Ings, booed by his former fans, creates two and scores one as Philippe Coutinho spellbinds again and Villa deliver their biggest win to date under Steven Gerrard.

Ashley Young makes his 195th start for Villa (207th appearance) in his sixth season with the club to make it W90 D60 L57, 38 Goals, 64 Assists, 36 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

John McGinn makes his 135th appearance in four campaigns for Villa (132 Starts) to make it W52 D30 L53, 16 Goals, 17 Assists and 36 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Douglas Luiz, the first Brazilian to play for the club and now 23, makes it 99 appearances for Villa since joining in 2019 (87 Starts) to record W36 D17 L46, 4 Goals, 8 Assists, 24 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ollie Watkins makes his 60th start for the club (64 Appearances) to make it W23 D5 L27, 23 Goals, 5 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Jacob Ramsey, 20, makes his thirtieth start for the club (53 Appearances) to make it W22 D7 L24, 5 Goals, 2 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Buendía makes his 25th appearance for the club (20 Starts) to make it W8 D4 L13, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Three consecutive wins, three clean sheets, more stunning play and goals and Villa are up to 9th under Steven Gerrard.

Douglas Luiz makes his 100th appearance for Villa aged 23 (89 Starts). Having joined in July 2019, Luiz became the first Brazilian to play for the club. Luiz's Villa record now stands at W37 D17 L46, 4 Goals, 8 Assists, 25 Bookings, 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Calum Chambers scores his first and only goal for the club on his 5th appearance (4th Start) to make it W2 D2 L2 so far in his Villa career.

Look away now. Yet another unfathomably poor first half performance leaves Villa with the increasingly tiresome veneer of 'throwing everything at' a game well lost in the first 45. 

Questions abound for Gerrard 20 games in. Dean Smith must be watching with mixed emotions to say the least as a sub 11th finish beckons for a clearly disjointed Villa.

Tyrone Mings makes his 120th appearance for the club (119 Starts) to make it W48 D21 L51, 7 Goals, 7 Assists, 28 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Matty Cash makes his 60th appearance in a Villa shirt since joining from Forest in September 2020 to make it W24 D7 L29, 3 Goals, 6 Assists, 16 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Morgan Sanson, 29, makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (7 Starts) since joining from Olympique Marseille for £14,220,000 in January 2021 to make it W6 D5 L9, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career. 

Unai Emery, 51, takes charge of Villa for the first time since his appointment on a four and a half year contract with the club. 

Villa already look like they are in their pomp.

Douglas Luiz, 24, makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (108 Starts) since joining from Manchester City for £15,120,000 in July 2019 to make W43 D23 L59, 7 Goals, 9 Assists, 29 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Martínez, 30, makes his 90th appearance in a Villa shirt since joining from Arsenal for £19,580,000 in September 2020 to make it W34 D16 L40, 113 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.26 goals per game, 30 Clean Sheets (33%) and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Matty Cash, 25, makes his 80th appearance in a Villa shirt since joining from Nottingham Forest for £14,180,000 in September 2020 to make it W29 D12 L39, 4 Goals, 6 Assists, 18 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Jacob Ramsey, 21, makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (78 Appearances) since making his debut in February 2019 to make it W29 D13 L36, 8 Goals, 4 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Buendía, 26, makes his 30th start in a Villa shirt (52 Appearances) since joining from Norwich City for a club record fee of £34,560,000 in July 2021 to make it W16 D10 L26, 5 Goals, 7 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Lucas Digne, 29, makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (26 Appearances) since joining from Everton for £27,000,000 in January 2022 to make it W9 D5 L12, 2 Goals, 4 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Morgan Sanson, 29, makes his 21st appearance in a Villa shirt (7 Starts) and his first since April 2022 to make it W7 D5 L9, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career. 

Villa’s second string fail miserably and underline the desperate need for major investment and turnover in personnel outside Emery’s first XI.

Villa face Stevenage for the first time in competitive football, Stevenage become the 163rd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

Matty Cash makes his 85th appearance for Villa since signing from Forest in September 2020 and now has a record of W31 D13 L41, 4 Goals, 6 Assists, 19 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Leander Dendoncker receives his first card of any colour on his 11th appearance for Villa and it's a red. Dendoncker's Villa career now reads W4 D2 L5, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 1 Red Card.

Morgan Sanson scores his sole goal for the club on his 22nd Appearance (8 Starts) to make it W7 D5 L10, 1 Goal, 0 Assists and 3 Bookings.

Robin Olsen concedes his 16th goal in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W1 D0 L5, 16 Goals Conceded at a rate of 2.67 goals per game and 1 Clean Sheet (17%) so far in his Villa career.

Ludwig Augustinsson makes his 4th and final appearance for Villa (3 Starts) before having his loan terminated early by Unai Emery and leaving with a record of W1 D2 L2, 1 Booking.

Fellow surprise signing Jan Bednarek also suffers an early termination and leaves with a record of W1 D1 L2.

Villa record consecutive sub 40,000 crowds for the first time in five seasons with an attendance of 32,343 following a 39,978 gate in the previous fixture.

Villa make it four wins in six Premier League games under Unai Emery - more than the total achieved across 11 matches under the former manager.

Álex Moreno makes his Villa debut aged 29 after joining from Real Betis for £11.44m earlier this week. Moreno becomes the 985th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Ashley Young records his 100th win in a Villa shirt on his 233rd appearance (210 Starts) to make it W100 D65 L68, 39 Goals, 64 Assists, 42 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Danny Ings makes his 52nd and final appearance for Villa (34 Starts) to leave with a career record of W19 D7 L26, 13 Goals, 8 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Morgan Sanson makes his 23rd and final appearance for Villa (8 Starts) to leave with a record of W8 D5 L10, 1 Goal, 0 Assists and 3 Bookings.