PLAYER RATINGS | ASTON VILLA 1-0 MANCHESTER CITY
Aston Villa beat the treble-winning Manchester City on a magical night at Villa Park to record their 14th consecutive home win in the Premier League. Join me for my post-match thoughts about the players’ individual performances. Spoiler: I’m dishing out all 10’s! Website Editor: Ryan Mckeown EMILIANO MARTÍNEZ – 10 “Emi Martinez – the worlds […]
PLAYER RATINGS | LEEDS UNITED 0-0 ASTON VILLA
Aston Villa were held to a 0-0 draw at Elland Road by 10-man Leeds United. Luis Sinisterra was sent off for the home team early in the second half after receiving a second yellow card but Aston Villa failed to take advantage. Let’s hear my thoughts about the players’ individual performances. EMI MARTINEZ – 7 […]
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PLAYER RATINGS | ASTON VILLA 1-0 SOUTHAMPTON
Before kickoff, the lights were turned down at Villa Park to pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the managers and players gathered in the centre circle for a minute’s silence followed by a spine-tingling rendition of God Save The King. On the pitch, Aston Villa earned three points against Southampton in the Premier […]
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PLAYER RATINGS | ASTON VILLA 0-1 WEST HAM UNITED
West Ham United were Aston Villa’s visitors in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon. The Villans dominated the first half but lacked any creativity or cutting edge in the final third. After the break, West Ham took the initiative and took the lead thanks to Pablo Fornals, who’s effort deflected off Ezri Konsa into the […]
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PLAYER RATINGS | CRYSTAL PALACE 3-1 ASTON VILLA
Crystal Palace defeated Aston Villa 3-1 at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon in the Premier League. The visitors took an early lead at Selhurst Park before being quickly reeled in by Palace. Wilfried Zaha scored his second goal of the game to put the hosts ahead 2-1, and substitute Jean-Philippe Mateta added a third. Let’s […]
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PLAYER RATINGS | ASTON VILLA 2-1 EVERTON
Aston Villa defeated Everton in their first home game of the 2022-23 season on Saturday, with the game ending in a frenzied finale at Villa Park. Danny Ings illustrated his clinical finishing by beating Jordan Pickford with a beautiful strike to score the game’s first goal in the first half. Emiliano Buendia scored the second goal late in the […]
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PLAYER RATINGS | AFC BOURNEMOUTH 2-0 ASTON VILLA
Aston Villa opened their 2022/23 Premier League campaign with a 2-0 defeat against AFC Bournemouth at Vitality Stadium. Jefferson Lerma scored inside the first two minutes to give the Cherries the perfect start and with 80 minutes remaining, Kieffer Moore rose highest at the back post to condemn the Villans to defeat. Let’s hear the […]
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PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 1-1 Burnley
In the final home game of the season, Aston Villa came from behind to draw 1-1 with relegation-threatened Burnley. Aston Villa controlled the first half as John McGinn’s efforts were denied by an inspired Nick Pope. Emi Buendia’s eagerness got the better of him in first-half injury time as he lunged into a mistimed challenge […]
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PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace
Aston Villa played out a 1-1 draw on the day they celebrated the success of their 1982 European Cup-winning side, a draw which keeps both sides’ hopes of finishing in the top half alive. In the first half, Danny Ings spurned three chances for the hosts to take the lead, but Steven Gerrard’s men finally […]
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PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool
Aston Villa gave title-chasing Liverpool, and Jon Moss a scare at Villa Park, but it was Liverpool who kept their quadruple aspirations alive with a 1-2 victory. Douglas Luiz opened the scoring after 3 minutes to electrify a charged atmosphere inside Villa Park, only for Joel Matip to dampen the volume with an equaliser 3-minutes […]
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PLAYER RATINGS | Burnley 1-3 Aston Villa
Aston Villa claimed their second win in consecutive games with a dominant away performance against Burnley at Turf Moor. Emiliano Buendía sparkled on his return to the starting line-up, assisting Danny Ings for the opener before finishing off a well worked move to take a 0-2 lead into half-time. Ollie Watkins converted John McGinn’s fizzed-in […]
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PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 2-0 Norwich City
Aston Villa returned to winning ways with victory over Dean Smith’s Norwich City at Villa Park. Ollie Watkins capitalised on a costly slip from Brandon Williams to drill home his 100th club career goal after a sublime long-range pass from Danny Ings on 41 minutes. Danny Ings sealed the three points deep into second-half injury-time […]
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PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 0-4 Tottenham Hotspur
Aston Villa were ruthlessly dispatched by a clinical Tottenham Hotspur at Villa Park. Once again an early goal handicapped Aston Villa , Son striking on 3 minutes. Despite this, Villa were the dominant side in the first-half, creating numerous chances – but failed to convert – 0-1 at the interval. It was a case of […]
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PLAYER RATINGS | Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa suffered defeat to Wolves as the two sides met at Molineux in the Premier League. The hosts took an early lead through a Jonny goal on 7 minutes, and were two goals up before half-time curiosity of an Ashley Young own-goal. An Ollie Watkins’ penalty reduce the deficit, but it was Wolves who […]
PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal
An uninspiring and passive performance saw Arsenal continue their push for Champions League qualification with ease at Villa Park this Saturday afternoon. Bukayo Saka drilled home unmarked from the edge of the area after a short free-kick caught Villa sleeping. Like many performances this season Aston Villa finally showed up in the second-half but despite […]
PLAYER RATINGS | West Ham United 2-1 Aston Villa
Aston Villa three-game winning streak came to an end at the London Stadium after losing 2-1 to West Ham United. Ukrainian international Andriy Yarmolenko opened the scoring with a smart finish on 70 minutes, and Pablo Fornals doubled the Hammers’ lead; finishing an excellent counter-attack from the hosts. On 90 minutes Jacob Ramsey gave Villa […]
PLAYER RATINGS | Brighton Hove Albion 0-2 Aston Villa
Aston Villa put to bed their recent poor form to earn all 3 points against Brighton with a hard-fought 0-2 victory at the AMEX stadium. Matty Cash opened the scoring with a wonderful strike from outside the area to give the visitors the lead on 17 minutes. Ollie Watkins doubled the lead latching onto a […]
PLAYER RATINGS | Newcastle 1-0 Aston Villa
Just four days after a six goal thriller at Villa Park, Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa had a stale trip up to Tyneside. A poor overall performance saw Villa leave St James’ Park with no points, thanks to a Trippier free-kick in the opening 45 minutes. Initially given as a penalty, Chambers’ foul on Willock was […]
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