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.

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 FOCUS | Andy Lochhead

“Andy, Andy Lochhead, Andy Lochhead in the air” Aston Villa fans joined together for a ninth-minute standing ovation at home to Arsenal this weekend in the memory of Andy Lochhead who sadly passed away this week at the age of 81. I was born in 1983, so Andy Lochhead’s exploits in a Villa shirt were […]

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 | Leeds United 0-3 Aston Villa

Leeds United 0-3 Aston Villa Player Ratings

Aston Villa ran riot under the lights at Elland Road to smash relegation-threatened Leeds United 0-3. Goals from The Magician – Coutinho, the in-form Matty Cash and an outrageous strike from Calum Chambers sealed maximum points for the third consecutive game. Let’s see how the Villa Fans rated our stars in Claret and Blue. *Sponsored by TED’S […]

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 […]

Tactical Analysis | Where has it gone wrong post-winter break?

Like most of you who will read this article; I’m just a fan – not a tactician or coach. What I do want, is to understand what I’m seeing on a matchday from my seat in The Holte End Upper. I want to understand the philosophy of Gerrard’s tactical shape, to find out what’s going […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 0-1 Watford

Aston Villa suffered defeat at Villa Park as Watford sealed a league double over the hosts. Villa started brightly; looking to make amends for last week poor showing at Newcastle. Despite the bright start we had Emi Martinez to thank for keeping the game goalless, pulling off a superb stop from Dennis after a Watford […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 3-3 Leeds United

Player Ratings Aston Villa vs Leeds United

After a painstaking 16 day wait for action, Aston Villa played out an entertaining 3-3 draw with Leeds United. Aston Villa recovered from a slow start to blast themselves into a 3-1 lead thanks to goals from the Brazilian magician Coutinho and our own Jacob Ramsey, who bagged a brace following Dan James’ opener. Seconds […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 2-2 Manchester United

Philippe Coutinho scored on his debut as Aston Villa fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 against Manchester United at Villa Park. The new loan signing came off the bench with the hosts 0-2 down to inspire a dramatic comeback. Jacob Ramsey on 77 minutes netted his first goal in front of the […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa | FA Cup

VAR is once again centre of attention- surprise surprise! Aston Villa crash out of the FA Cup at the 3rd round stage for the sixth season in a row. Arguably the better side on the night, a combination of VAR and wasted chances saw Manchester United come away 1-0 winners! Rematch next year no doubt, […]

KEEP OR SELL | The Signings of 2019/20

In 2019, Aston Villa spent £143 million pulling together a squad capable of retaining Premier League status after an earlier-than-planned promotion. In total, 16 players arrived in the summer of ‘19 with varying costs, potential and roles to play. Many of those recruited were short-term solutions to long-term issues. Fast forward 30 months, Aston Villa […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Brentford 2-1 Aston Villa

Aston Villa’s opening fixture of 2022 ended in defeat, Brentford claiming all 3 points after Villa failed to hold on to the lead for the second consecutive game. Danny Ings opened the scoring after a sublime turn-and-pass from Emi Buendia but Yoane Wissa equaliser before half-time undid all Villa’s hard work. Aston Villa failed to […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester City

Aston Villa came from behind to beat Leicester City under the lights at Villa Park. Ezri Konsa bagged a brace; one in each half, following Harvey Barnes giving the visitors an early lead. Let’s see how the fans rated our boys in Claret and Blue! STARTING LINE-UP Formation 4-3-3 Emi Martinez – 8 Another impressive […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester City

“Villa Till I Die”, was proudly belted around all corners of B6 as Aston Villa produced a battling performance in our 1-2 defeat to Manchester City. Ruben Dias opened the scoring just before the half-hour mark firing low from distance past Emi Martinez before a City counter-attack was ended with a world-class volley from Bernardo […]

PLAYER RATINGS | Crystal Palace 1-2 Aston Villa

Steven Gerrard makes it 2 wins out of 2 and becomes only the second Villa manager to win his opening two Premier League games since John Gregory in 1998. Matt Targett fired home the opener from an Ashley Young corner on 15 minutes. Ashley Young became the club’s top assist provider in Premier League history […]