16 goals scored, 6 conceded, 80% win rate, 6th in the table, through to the group stage of the ECL with consummate ease as dazzling youngsters are seamlessly introduced to the side. Unai Emery is some guy.

Seb Revan makes his sole appearance for Villa to become the 991st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football before moving on to Wrexham in July 2024.

Omari Kellyman makes his Villa debut to become the 992nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Leander Dendoncker secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 22nd appearance (8 starts) to make it W10 D4 L8, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Boubacar Kamara scores his first goal on his 36th appearance in a Villa shirt (32 Starts) to make it W19 D3 L14, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Robin Olsen concedes his 20th goal on his 11th appearance in a Villa shirt (8 Starts) to make it W4 D1 L6, 20 Goals Conceded  at a rate of 1.81 goals per game and 3 Clean Sheets (27%) so far in his Villa career.

Youri Tielemans makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (3 Starts) to make it W6 D0 L4 so far in his Villa career.

Douglas Luiz collects his 40th booking on his 161st appearance for the club (143 Starts) to make it W63 D27 L71, 15 Goals, 14 Assists, 40 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Another seriously poor refereeing performance, this time from an Israeli League referee. There is a theme here, surely UEFA have the nous to appoint experienced, higher league referees to games such as this. Apparently not

John McGinn makes his 225th appearance for the club (215th Start) to record W97 D46 L82, 25 Goals, 26 Assists, 54 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa, in their 100th European Game, score their 150th European goal.

Villa have Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, John McGinn, Ollie Watkins, Jacob Ramsey, Boubacar Kamara, Tyrone Mings and Emiliano Buendía missing in an unprecedented run of absences.

But with no refereeing generosity today - after all Jonathan Moss has been 'retired' - and in truth, the club formerly known as Manchester City for once actually deserved their victory over Villa, albeit a second string Villa.

Robin Olsen makes his first start in a Villa shirt since November 2023 and his 10th start in three years with the club (13 Appearances) to make it W5 D1 L7, 25 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.92 goals per game and 3 Clean Sheets (12%) so far in his Villa career.

Jhon Durán makes his second League start in 2024 to make it 39 Appearances, 9 Starts, W22 D7 L10, 6 Goals and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Nicolò Zaniolo makes his first start since December to make it 33 Appearances, 11 Starts, W15 D8 L10, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Tim Iroegbunam makes his first ever League start in a Villa shirt on his 14th appearance (3 Starts) to make it W7 D2 L5 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Morgan Rogers contributes his 1st goal involvement for in a Villa shirt on his 5th start of his nascent Villa career to make it W5 D2 L1, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Omari Kellyman makes his Premier League debut on his 4th appearance in a Villa shirt (1 Start) to make it W2 D0 L2 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Douglas Luiz, one of the few experienced Villa players in the line up, makes his 195th appearance (174 Starts) in a Villa shirt to make it W82 D35 L78, 22 Goals, 24 Assists, 47 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

It just didn't happen, strong shades of Villa's very first outing in Europe back in the 1975-76 season. For Kodat, read El Kaabi. 

19 year old Finley Munroe makes his Villa debut as a second half substitute to become the 997th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Under 21 Goalkeeper, Lander Emery, son of the boss and who joined the club in January, makes his first squad appearance. 

Douglas Luiz, 26, makes the last of his 204 appearances for Villa (183 Starts) ahead of his €50.00m / £42.37m move to Juventus in July. Luiz leaves with a record of W83 D38 L83, 22 Goals, 24 Assists, 52 Bookings, 2 Red Cards.

Moussa Diaby makes his 54th and final appearance (36 Starts) for Villa having recorded W27 D11 L16, 10 Goals, 9 Assists and 4 Bookings. Diaby would move on to Al-Ittihad for £50.57m after his single season with Villa.

Omari Kellyman makes his final appearance in a Villa shirt before his surprise move to Chelsea for €22.50m / £19.07m. Kellyman leaves with a record of W2 D0 L4, 0 Goals, 1 Assist.

Tim Iroegbunam makes his final appearance for Villa aged 20 before his transfer to Everton in June 2024 for a fee of €10.70m / £9.07m. Iroegbunam had made 19 appearances for the club (3 Starts) since his debut in 2021 with a record of W8 D3 L8.

Clément Lenglet makes his final appearance for Villa ahead of the end of his loan spell from Barcelona. Lenglet leaves with a record of 25 Appearances (24 Starts) W12 D5 L8, 1 Assist, 5 Bookings.

Calum Chambers makes his final appearance for Villa before leaving as he came from Arsenal, on a free transfer. Chambers left with a record of W16 D7 L13, 1 Goal and 4 Bookings.

Robin Olsen loses his 10th game in 17 appearances in a Villa shirt (13 Starts) as he conceded for the 35th time to make it W5 D2 L10, 37 Goals Conceded at a rate of 2.17 goals per game and 3 Clean Sheets (17%) so far in his Villa career.