Tag: EPL

ICONIC NUMBERS | An Introduction

MORE THAN A NUMBER The number a player wears tells the fans a lot – not only the position they play, but the type of player they are. For example, A 6 is worn mostly by a holding midfielder, and a 10 mostly by the clubs playmaker. Unfortunately in the modern era with the advent […]

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PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 1-0 Arsenal

Ben O’Callaghan, (B6 BEN) Ross Buet (RB) and Sam Brogan (SB) join UTV podcast team members Justin Hawthorne (JH) and Ryan Mckeown (RM) as Villa bounce back from the mid-week disappointment to complete the double over Arsenal with a 1-0 victory. If you’d like to join us for the next game drop us a comment. […]

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MATCH PREVIEW | Aston Villa vs Arsenal | Lewis Clamp

A lack lustre performance last time out against West Ham will hopefully be the catalyst for a reaction from Villa at the hands of Arsenal this Saturday lunch time. Villa were set back by 3 goals to 1 in a game where they were out-fought, out-classed and were tactically out-done by an impressively organised West […]

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FAN REPORT | Aston Villa 1 – 3 West Ham United | Hannah Gowen

A lethargic and off-the-pace Villa performance gifted West Ham a relatively easy three points away from home on Wednesday night. Jesse Lingard made a dream debut for the Hammers, scoring two and controlling much of their attacking play. David Moyes’ game plan was perfectly executed, and Villa could only muster up one late goal as […]

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PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 1-3 West Ham United | #TEAMMC

Georgia Homer, (GH) Alex Vitsileos (AV) and Shane Davis (SD) join UTV podcast team member Ryan Mckeown (RM) to cover the Player Ratings on an extremely frustrating night under the lights at Villa Park. If you’d like to join us for the next game drop us a comment. Aston Villa Formation 4-2-3-1 Emi Martinez – […]

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FAN REPORT | Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa | Kristopher Woodward

VAR a friend as Villa see off bogey-team Southampton. VAR has not been an ally to Aston Villa, pretty much ever since its introduction at the beginning of last season. Tonight, it came to Aston Villa’s rescue with two close calls going in their favour. Aston Villa had been without a win against Southampton since […]

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FAN REPORT | Burnley 3-2 Aston Villa | Adam Holt

Aston Villa’s game at Turf Moor against Sean Dyche’ Burnley was a chance to chalk up another win following the weekend’s success against Newcastle. Defeat was to come in the form of three second half Burnley goals and before we get onto how on Earth Villa did not win the game, let us go over […]

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PLAYER RATINGS| Burnley 3-2 Aston Villa

Dani Casey and Dan Cullen join UTV podcast team members Ryan Mckeown (RM) Luke Robinson (LR), Seb Bacon (SB) and Justin Hawthorne (JH) on Player Ratings duty, as Aston Villa twice lead on the night, but fall to a 3-2 defeat at Turf Moor. If you’d like to join us for the next game drop […]

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FAN REPORT |Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United | Hannah Gowen

Steve Bruce’s return to Villa Park ended in further misery for the Magpies as they fell to a 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa. A cool, calm and collected Villa display saw Ollie Watkins return to the scoresheet after a prolonged drought, as well as Bertrand Traoré with a lovely right-footed strike from the edge of […]

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FAN REPORT | Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa | Adam Holt

This was Villa’s first Premier League game since the defeat at Old Trafford on New Years Day, as a result of a COVID outbreak shutting down Bodymoor Heath, resulting in every member of the senior team going into self-isolation. Considering this, the display from the team on Wednesday night especially defensively was nothing short of […]

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PLAYER RATINGS | Manchester City 2-0 Aston Villa

Aston Villa put in a battling display on a rain soaked night at The Etihad, but yet again, we travel home from Manchester ruing more VAR controversy! Simon Lines (SL) and Nick Moore (NM) join UTV podcast team members Ryan Mckeown and Justin Hawthorne to cover tonight’s Player Ratings. If you’d like to join us […]

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An Introduction to xG | PGR Analytics

Football itself is a game largely based around luck. Although skill and ability play a large part, it’s possible to achieve results in football that simply were not deserved. As football fans, I am sure many of us have found ourselves in the moments after a disappointing result moaning and groaning claiming we deserved more […]

Transfer Talk | January Spree or a Quiet Window?

The year 2020 was very much a tale of two transfer windows, January and the summer. Going into the January 2020 transfer window, Aston Villa were in desperate need of reinforcements. With injuries to key players (John McGinn, Wesley and Tom Heaton), Smith was forced to dip into the market, conscious of spending more money […]

FAN REPORT | Manchester United 2 – 1 Aston Villa | Hannah Gowen

A frustrating defeat at Old Trafford on New Year’s Day means Villa leave Manchester with no points. 2021 begins with Villa’s second away loss of the season, but all is not lost as we witnessed yet another gutsy and high energy performance from Dean Smith’s men. Other than Mings’ readmittance to the team, we remained […]

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FAN REPORT | Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa | Kristopher Woodward

Just 48 hours after dispatching Crystal Palace, Aston Villa were back at it again with only 1 enforced change in the starting 11. Chelsea on the other hand made 6 changes from their starting eleven that lost against rival’s Arsenal. With an inform Villa side and a Chelsea team looking to respond, it was a […]

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UTV PODCAST | Player Ratings and Man Of The Match | Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa

So we’ve completed the month of December unbeaten and sign off what has been a roller-coaster of a calendar year with a resolute, battling, and gutsy display away at Chelsea to earn a 1-1 draw. The team at UTV podcast – Luke Robinson, Ryan Mckeown, Justin Hawthorne and Sebastian Bacon cover today’s Player Ratings. Aston […]

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Fan Report | Aston Villa 3-0 Crystal Palace

Europe in our sights! Boxing Day 2020 and as we collectively slipped into a booze and food induced stupor, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace arrived like a bolt out of the blue to stir the nation. Emi Martínez was certainly wide-awake when he saved from Zaha within two minutes, the start of yet another rock-solid […]

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Fan Report | West Bromwich Albion 0 – 3 Aston Villa

The Hawthorns became Aston Villa’s playground as the Baggies failed to capitalise on their ‘new manager bounce’. Another three nil away win and a fifth away clean sheet welcomes Villa back to the top ten going into the festive period, with 19 shots and 10 on target – a much better conversion rate than the […]

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Fan Report | West Ham United 2-1 Aston Villa

Last night’s late drama saw VAR overshadow all post-match discussion, once again. This time, Villa fell victim to a three-minute-long decision that eventually called Ollie Watkins offside for his injury-time equaliser. Heartbreak. This is not to say that there were no other worthwhile talking points within the game; Villa will surely take some positives, as […]

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Fan Report | Aston Villa 1 – 2 Brighton Hove Albion

Well, this game certainly was end to end. Before we get to the late controversy, let’s start by going through the two starting eleven teams for this latest Premier League contest: Aston Villa XI: Brighton & Hove Albion XI: The first few minutes of the contest didn’t work out well for Dean Smith’s team as […]

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Fan Report | Arsenal 0 – 3 Aston Villa

Well well well… what a performance that was from Dean Smith’s Villans! Coming into this game Villa had lost their last two games against Leeds United and Southampton respectively. Aston Villa came into this game wanting to end the run of defeats – and they most certainly did! Before we get to the action, let’s […]

Fan Report: Aston Villa 0-3 Leeds United

Villa face first set back against a rampant Leeds. Aston Villa XI: This highly anticipated match between Aston Villa and Leeds United had turned into the strangest derby game since Sky tried to convince us of a Brighton/Crystal Palace rivalry. Despite both stadiums standing a whopping 123-miles apart, fans on social media had built this […]

MATCH PREVIEW | Aston Villa vs Leeds United | Lewis Clamp

Villa will be optimistic they can make it 5 wins out of 5 in a game that has the potential to be a mouth-watering affair. They come up against new boys Leeds United who have been getting all the plaudits since their long-awaited return to the Premier League after a 16-year absence. Villa’s expectations for […]

Fan Report: Leicester City 0-1 Aston Villa

Villa went into this game 3 wins out of 3 and off the back of a remarkable 7-2 win against Liverpool. Confidence was high however Leicester are a great side and a loss would’ve not been a surprise, a draw would’ve been welcomed but a win would’ve continued a dream start to the season for […]

UTV Podcast Fantasy Team 2020/21

Well, well well. As we enter into the second international break of the season people who watch football up and down the country have started to establish their fantasy team for the season, the tables are starting to form a sort of pattern seperating the men from the kids. Seperating the football geniuses from the […]

ASTON VILLA TRANSFER ROUND UP

We’re all guilty of getting sucked into all the latest transfer speculation and there’s nothing more exciting than your club signing new players. The anticipation of seeing the new men stepping out onto the Villa Park pitch and wearing the famous claret and blue is one of the most satisfying things about following this football […]

What’s on the horizon for Villa?

Going into our 2nd premier league fixture, many villa fans were in a rich vein of mood. They seemed to be a buzz about getting a big win against a very good Sheffield Utd side last time out. The win came from a tenacious fight and grind from the whole squad.Away at Fulham, it seemed […]

Player Focus – Peter Schmeichel, The Great Dane

It’s fair to say that Villa have had some turmoil in recent times where goalkeepers are concerned. Kalinić had a calamitous spell, Steer produced heroics, but isn’t considered a topflight number one, Nyland has veered from league cup leading man to complete disaster, Heaton has been out of action for a lengthy period, and Reina […]

Fan Report: Aston Villa vs Sheffield United

Premier League – 21th September 2020. After what feels like a long wait due to a postponed opening fixture against Manchester City, Aston Villa started their 2020/21 Premier League season at home to Sheffield United. With pre-season success against some of the top Prem teams, a win in the Carabao Cup last week, and some […]