🗒️ | 3’ Since kick off Ipswich haven’t touched the ball as Villa make pretty shapes in the opposition half before Tielemans shoots a dipping shot over
🗒️ | 5’ Still all Villa but poessession is now further back
🗒️ | 6’ Kalvin Phillips falls over and Amadou Onana is punished triggering Ipswich’s first goal, poor refereeing by Attwell even before the ultimate punishment
🥅 | 7’ Goal, 0-1, (Ipswich Town), Rory Delap. Amazingly Villa fall behind yet again but Emiliano Martínez probably shouild have done better at his near post
🗒️ | 11’ Still all Villa posession since the goal before Torres goes down in the area from a faliling Ipswich defensive arm
🗒️ | 13’ Still all Villa as Watkins is barged off the ball in the penalty area…. old fashioned but usually a liability these days
❗ | 14’ Chance! Pinball in the box after a poor defensive clearance and Villa have a chance….
⚽ | 14’ Goal!, 1-1, Morgan Rogers, Assist by Ollie Watkins
🗒️ | 16’ Villa are facing yet another team that niggle away, shirt pulls, stray elbows, kicks and then go down way too easily under legitimate challenges
🗒️ | 17’ A really strong cross in from Ipswich, they are looking stronger and more connected than the firat 15’ but Villa are still dominating possession and the patterns
🗒️ | 21’ More Ipswich play around the Villa box but it goes nowhere as Villa break and Watkins is cycically brought down on the touch line to prevent a breakway, free kick but no action from referee Attwell
🗒️ | 22’ Youri Tielemans is punished for an offence that really wasn’t, Tielemans had been remonstrating with Attwell earlier about his awareness
🗒️ | 24’ A ridiculous push on Tielemans 30 yards out right in front of the refereee, a free kick, no caution and you get the feeling Ipswich are getting bolder in their challenges because of it
🗒️ | 25’ No free kick for Rogers despite being brought down in a comming together before he is immediately punished for running across a player’s path who hits the ground
🗒️ | 26’ What could have been a lovely move is squandered by a stray midfield pass with spaces wide open for Villa to attack
🗒️ | 28’ Villa playing it around the Ipswich box again but no openings
🗒️ | 29’ Incidentally the hoardings around Portman Road read like diseases ‘HALOITSM’ ‘HALOCRM’ ‘HALOPSA’ …there’s a brand marketeer somewhere that needs sacking
🗒️ | 30’ Still all Villa but Ipswich are proving adept at interrupting flow with last ditch legs
🗒️ | 31’ A first bit of wingplay from Leon Bailey sees him receive the ball back and the chance to deliver a teasing cross….
⚽ | 32’ Goal!, 2-1, Ollie Watkins, Assist by Leon Bailey. A perfect cross from Bailey is straight onto Watkins’ head and Villa lead.
🗒️ | 34’ Diego Carlos is penalised and Ipswich have a free kick on the edge of the area, it’s cleared to Kalvin Phillips outside the box and Martínez puts it behind at full stretch
🗒️ | 36’ Leon Bailey is bundled to the floor in front of the referee but it takes an age for Attwell to award the free kick
🗒️ | 37’ Martínez saves Villa with an excellent save from the onrushing Delap an attack brought about by some strangely short play in the middle of the park from Villa.
🗒️ | 38’ A purely natural leverage elbow from Watkins catches an Ipswich defender prompting a strong taking to from the referee
🗒️ | 40’ A long ball into the box is just too far in front of Watkins as the ‘keeper collects
🗒️ | 42’ Ipswich win a corner and fair play to the home team, as an attacking team they aren’t awful
🚑 | 42’ Martínez is caught in the face by an Ipswich defender as he collects the ball and is down
🗒️ | 44’ Checks over, Martínez can continue for now, the ball starts with Ipswich in possession in their own half
🗒️ | 45’ Rogers is maimed in midfield and the referee appears not to notice as Villa attack before Ipswich break it up
🟨 | 47’ Rogers is fouled badly, poorly and obviously twice in succession and is clearly frustrated as Attwell finally brings out a card, then another
🕒 | 45’+3 HT Ipswich Town 1-2 Aston Villa
🗒️ | 46’ Villa on the attack immediately before a cut back doesn’t come off and Lucas Digne fouls his opponent, Attwell awards a free kick and takes no action before Ogbene of Ipswich ‘asks’ hims to book Digne and he dutifully does, crazy.
🟨 | 46’ Booking, Lucas Digne, Bad Foul
🗒️ | 48’ Villa’s passing is just a little too long for each other in these early stages of the second half before some lucky ricochets keep Ipswich a threat ahead of excellent and clever defending from Diego Carlos
🗒️ | 50’ Play is very much more subdued at the start of this secoind half as Sam Morsy has the cheek to complain he was fouled. Another stray foot in stymies a Villa build but they regain possession before Ollie Watkins is brought down and the referee ignores it again.
🗒️ | 52’ A loose ball sets Villa free but they cannot make anything of it as Morgan Rogers strikes a really frsutrated figure given his lack of protection from the referee
🟨 | 53’ Ipswich break down the left and another excellent cross is put behind for a corner, Martínez sets Villa away before ex Villa man Tuanzebe scythes down Tielemans in full flow with another stray leg and is deservedly booked
🗒️ | 56’ Villa need to up the momentum right now, Ipswich are there for the taking but there’s no doubt that they are a cohesive attacking threat at times, and clearly build on confidence
🗒️ | 57’ Sam Morsy treads on the back of Tielemans’ ankle and should be off, no action from Attwell
🗒️ | 59’ Villa desperately need a third here so they can play with full fluidity as the Portman Road crowd embarrass themselves calling for a handball on Digne’s midriff…. just as well we’re not in Switzerland
🗒️ | 60’ Fabulous play from Rogers in the middle of the park keeps Villa moving
🗒️ | 62’ Villa playing keep ball again before a stray pass goes straight to the ‘keeper and momentum is lost
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Morgan Rogers, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Jaden Philogene-Bidace
🗒️ | 66’ More excellent defending from Diego Carlos but Villa need to be far more forceful going forward, they have become quite passive allowing Ipswich to settle
🗒️ | 70’ Well this was coming, another poor challenge from Sam Morsy treading on Philogene’s boot, Attwell seems transfixed and unable to move before blowing for a free kick a good 5 seconds after the challenge, no second yellow, no VAR check, this is normally the point that Attwell’s officiating plummets into total incompetence
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 2-2, (Ipswich Town), Rory Delap. Villa pegged back and they only have themselves to blame. Very poor approach this second half.
🗒️ | 73’ A foot up late challenge on Durán earns Ipswich another yellow card before Ramsey has a stray attempt to put Villa back ahead
🗒️ | 74’ Receiving a knee in the back and Philogene is punished, madness
🗒️ | 76’ There really does look like there will only be one winner now and sadly that’s the home side, Villa are out of ideas, it’s always been a bogey ground this
🗒️ | 78’ Too easy for Ipswich as they regain possession from an aimless Villa long ball
🗒️ | 79’ Villa finally mount an attack but it’s cleared no nonsense into row z
🗒️ | 80’ A desperate, desperate last ditch tackle from Torres prevents Ipswich from going ahead, Villa are in real trouble here
🗒️ | 82’ Villa play it around the box and Durán is fouled right on the edge of the penalty area
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Youri Tielemans, Sub on, Ross Barkley
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Ollie Watkins, Sub on, Emiliano Buendía
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Lucas Digne, Sub on, Ian Maatsen
🗒️ | 85’ The free kick is finally taken by Buendía and it is hopeless
🗒️ | 87’ Villa give the ball away allowing Ipswich to break but regain posession and work it to Philogene but again it’s so easy for Ipswich to win the ball back before Ross Barkley shoots from distance and the ‘keeper makes a comfortable save.
🗒️ | 89’ Ipswich are hoofing it clear now but it only needs to take one lucky bounce and they will be in, such a poor second half from Villa, Bayern Munich is no excuse
🗒️ | 90’+2 All Ipswich, all around Villa’s box, two corners in succession and Villa make a total hash of it to concede a third.
🗒️ | 90’+5 Villa get more than they deserved as the final whistle goes and yet again Villa get stage fright as they are about to clinch top spot.
🕒 | 90’+5 FT Ipswich Town 2-2 Aston Villa

🟨 | 18’ Booking, Ezri Konsa for disputing referee Attwell’s failure to award a corner where the last touch was a Burnley player
⚽ | 28’ Goal, 1-0, Leon Bailey, Assist by Ollie Watkins
🥅 | 30’ Goal, 1-1, (Burnley), Zeki Amdouni
🥅 | 37’ Goal, 1-2, (Burnley), Lyle Foster
🎥 | 38’ VAR disallows Burnley goal for offside
⚽ | 42’ Goal, 2-1, Moussa Diaby, Assist by Ollie Watkins
🎥 | 45’ VAR confirms Moussa Diaby’s goal after a three minute wait
🕒 | 45’+8 HT Aston Villa 2-1 Burnley
🟥 | 56’ Sending off, (Burnley), Sander Berge for a second yellow card, tug back
🔁 | 62’ Sub off, Clément Lenglet, Sub on, Pau Torres
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 2-2, (Burnley), Lyle Foster
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Moussa Diaby, Sub on, Jhon Durán
💥 | 86’ Penalty awarded for a foul by Aaron Ramsey in the box
🟨 | 88’ Booking, Jacob Ramsey
🎥 | 89’ Three minutes later the penalty has still not been taken
⚽ | 89’ Goal, 3-2, Douglas Luiz, pen
🔁 | 90’+3 Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Leander Dendoncker
🟨 | 90’+6 Booking, Emiliano Martínez
🟨 | 90’+8 Booking, John McGinn for a bad foul
🕒 | 90’+11 FT Aston Villa 3-2 Burnley

🥅 | 9’ Goal, 0-1, (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Tote António Gomes
🟨 | 39’ Booking, Tyrone Mings
🕒 | HT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Bertrand Traoré, Sub on, Leon Bailey
🟨 | 63’ Booking, Ollie Watkins, Bad foul
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Diego Carlos
🟨 | 75’ Booking, Douglas Luiz, Bad foul
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Emiliano Buendía, Sub on, Jhon Durán
🔁 | 85’ Sub off, Álex Moreno, Sub on, Lucas Digne
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Douglas Luiz, Sub on, Boubacar Kamara
🕒 | FT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Aston Villa

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Ludwig Augustinsson
🟨 | 6’ Booking, Ludwig Augustinsson, Bad foul
🔁 | 45’+4 Sub off, Ludwig Augustinsson, Sub on, Jan Bednarek 🟢
🕒 | HT Leeds United 0-0 Aston Villa
🟥 | 48’ Sending off, (Leeds United), Luis Sinisterra, Second booking
🟨 | 63’ Booking, Leon Bailey, Bad foul
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Leon Bailey, Sub on, Emiliano Buendía
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Danny Ings
🕒 | FT Leeds United 0-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | 19’ Booking, Marvelous Nakamba, Bad foul
🟨 | 24’ Booking, Ollie Watkins, Bad foul
⏱️ | HT Liverpool 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Marvelous Nakamba, Sub on, Morgan Sanson
🥅 | 67’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool, pen), Mohamed Salah
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Emiliano Buendía
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Danny Ings
⏱️ | FT Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa

🟨 | 8’ Booking, Jacob Ramsey, Bad foul
🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Romelu Lukaku
🟨 | 28’ Booking, Tyrone Mings, Bad foul
⏱️ | HT Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
🥅 | 49’ Goal, 0-2, (Chelsea), Mateo Kovačić
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Jacob Ramsey, Sub on, Leon Bailey
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Danny Ings, Sub on, Bertrand Traoré
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Douglas Luiz, Sub on, Marvelous Nakamba
🟨 | 90’ Booking, Matt Targett
🟨 | 90’ Booking, John McGinn, Bad foul
🥅 | 90’+3 Goal, 0-3, (Chelsea), Romelu Lukaku
⏱️ | FT Chelsea 3-0 Aston Villa

⚽ | 43’ Goal, 1-0 Bertrand Traoré, Assist Matt Targett
⏱️ | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Chelsea
⚽ | 52’ Goal, 2-0 Anwar El Ghazi (pen)
🟨 | 65’ Booking, John McGinn
🥅 | 70’ Goal, 2-1 (Chelsea), Ben Chilwell
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Bertrand Traoré, Sub on, Carney Chukwuemeka
🟨 | 75’ Booking, Marvelous Nakamba
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Anwar El Ghazi, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🟨 | 81’ Booking, Emiliano Martínez
🟥 | 89’ Sending off, (Chelsea), César Azpilicueta
⏱️ | FT Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea

⚽ | 9’ Goal, 1-0, Anwar El Ghazi (pen)
🥅 | 23’ Goal, 1-1, (West Bromwich Albion, pen), Costa Pereira
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 West Bromwich Albion
🥅 | 47’ Goal, 1-2, (West Bromwich Albion), Tyrone Mings o.g.
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Douglas Luiz, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Ross Barkley, Sub on, Keinan Davis
🔁 | 90’+1 Sub off, Bertrand Traoré, Sub on, Wesley
⚽ | 90’+2, Goal, 2-2, Keinan Davis
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-2 West Bromwich Albion

🥅 | 34’ Goal, 0-1, (Chelsea), Olivier Giroud
🕒 | HT Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 50’ Goal, 1-1, Anwar El Ghazi, Assist by Matty Cash
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Anwar El Ghazi, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Bertrand Traoré, Sub on, Keinan Davis
🟨 | 71’ Booking, Anwar El Ghazi
🕒 | FT Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa

⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Jack Grealish, Assist by John McGinn
🟨 | 10’ Booking, Matt Targett, Bad foul
⚽ | 15’ Goal, 2-0 Conor Hourihane, Assist by John McGinn
🕒 | HT Fulham 0-2 Aston Villa
⚽ | 48’ Goal, 3-0 Tyrone Mings, Assist by Conor Hourihane
🟨 | 58’ Booking, John McGinn, Bad foul
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Conor Hourihane, Sub on, Jacob Ramsey
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Trézéguet, Sub on, Bertrand Traoré
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Douglas Luiz, Sub on, Marvelous Nakamba
🟨 | 90’+1 Booking, Tyrone Mings
🕒 | FT Fulham 0-3 Aston Villa

🕒 | HT Leeds United 0-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, André Green, Sub on, Albert Adomah
🥅 | 72’ Goal, 0-1, (Leeds United), Mateusz Klich. A typical dirty tackle from Leeds leaves Jonathan Kodjia injured, there follows an equally typical cynical piece of play. With Villa having stopped playing due to the injury to Kodja, Leeds’ Roberts feigns to put the ball out of play as protocol dictates but releases Klich to score unopposed with all expecting the ball to, as Roberts had insinuated with his initial action, be put out of play.
💥 | 73’ Play stops as the referee loses control and fails to disallow the goal or pull back play
💥 | 73’ Jonathan Kodjia is forced to leave the pitch due to his injury
🟨 | 75’ Booking, Conor Hourihane for protesting the failure of the officials and behaviour of Leeds
🟥 | 75’ Sending off, Anwar El Ghazi for violent conduct. Patrick Bamford would later be banned for this latest piece of play-acting.
⚽ | 77’ Goal, 1-1, Albert Adomah. Villa score following John Terry and Dean Smith insisting, with much resistance, that Marcelo Bielsa allows a walk in goal. Leeds' Pontus Jansson still attempts to prevent the goal persistently fouling Albert Adomah as he bears down on goal.
💥 | 77' Villa forced are to play with nine men following El Ghazi’s mistaken sending off and Kodjia’s injury
🔁 | 79’ Sub off, Jonathan Kodjia, Sub on, Mile Jedinak
🟨 | 80’ Booking, John McGinn, Bad foul
🔁 | 90’+1 Sub off, Jack Grealish, Sub on, Glenn Whelan
🕒 | FT Leeds United 1-1 Aston Villa

⚽ | 30’ Goal, 1-0, Christian Benteke, Assist by Stephen Ireland
🔁 | 30’ Sub off, Chris Herd, Sub on, Enda Stevens
⚽ | 39’ Goal, 2-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🕒 | HT Swindon Town 0-2 Aston Villa
🟨 | 78’ Booking, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🥅 | 78’ Goal, 2-1, (Swindon Town), Miles Storey
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 2-2, (Swindon Town), Miles Storey
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Barry Bannan, Sub on, Fabian Delph
🔁 | 83’ Sub off, Stephen Ireland, Sub on, Darren Bent
⚽ | 90’+ Goal, 3-2, Christian Benteke
🕒 | FT Swindon Town 2-3 Aston Villa

⚽ | 12’ Goal, 1-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Darren Bent
⚽ | 25’ Goal, 2-0, Emile Heskey, Assist by Gabriel Agbonlahor
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Marc Albrighton
🥅 | 52’ Goal, 2-1, (Blackburn Rovers), Morten Gamst Pedersen
🟨 | 55’ Booking, Emile Heskey
🔁 | 56’ Sub off, Luke Young, Sub on, Ciaran Clark
🟨 | 58’ Booking, Fabian Delph
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Emile Heskey, Sub on, Barry Bannan
⚽ | 67’ Goal, 3-1, Darren Bent, Assist by Stiliyan Petrov
🟨 | 80’ Booking, Stiliyan Petrov
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-1 Blackburn Rovers

⚽ | 24’ Goal, 1-0, James Collins, Assist by Ashley Young
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle United
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Jean Makoun, Sub on, Nigel Reo-Coker
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Kyle Walker, Sub on, Carlos Cuéllar
🟨 | 80’ Booking, Stiliyan Petrov
🔁 | 86’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Robert Pirès
🟨 | 90’+6 Booking, Carlos Cuéllar
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle United

🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (Burnley), Steven Fletcher
⚽ | 32’ Goal, 1-1, Ashley Young, Assist by James Milner
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Burnley
⚽ | 56’ Goal, 2-1, Stewart Downing, Assist by Ashley Young
⚽ | 58’ Goal, 3-1, Stewart Downing, Assist by James Milner
⚽ | 61’ Goal, 4-1, Emile Heskey, Assist by Gabriel Agbonlahor
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 5-1, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by James Milner
🔁 | 71’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, John Carew
🔁 | 76’ Sub off, Emile Heskey, Sub on, Nathan Delfouneso
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Steve Sidwell
🥅 | 90’+2 Goal, 5-2, (Burnley), Martin Paterson
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 5-2 Burnley

⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, Richard Dunne, Assist by James Milner
⚽ | 29’ Goal, 2-0, James Milner, Assist by Gabriel Agbonlahor
🟨 | 42’ Booking, Carlos Cuéllar
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Hull City
🟨 | 51’ Booking, Ashley Young
🟨 | 61’ Booking, Luke Young
🟨 | 68’ Booking, Stiliyan Petrov
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Emile Heskey, Sub on, John Carew
⚽ | 88’ Goal, 3-0, John Carew (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-0 Hull City

⚽ | 34’ Goal, 1-0, James Milner (pen)
⚽ | 43’ Goal, 2-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by James Milner
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Portsmouth
🟨 | 57’ Booking, Carlos Cuéllar
🟨 | 70’ Booking, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, John Carew, Sub on, Emile Heskey
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Emile Heskey, Sub on, John Carew
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Portsmouth