Unai Emery has now taken charge of 200 Aston Villa matches, reaching another major milestone during Saturday’s 0-0 Premier League draw at Hull City.
The result itself was frustrating, with Villa’s ongoing scoring problems dominating the discussion in our reaction to Emery’s post-match comments.
However, the landmark offers an opportunity to step back and examine the remarkable Unai Emery Aston Villa record since his appointment in October 2022.
Sky Sports confirmed that the Hull match was Emery’s 200th in charge.
Across those 200 games, Emery has overseen 109 victories, 35 draws and 56 defeats, giving the Spaniard an overall win rate of 54.5 per cent.
Unai Emery Aston Villa record after 200 games
Emery’s Villa record now stands at:
- Games: 200
- Wins: 109
- Draws: 35
- Defeats: 56
- Win percentage: 54.5%
FotMob listed Emery on 109 wins, 34 draws and 56 defeats through his first 199 Villa matches before Saturday’s stalemate increased his draw total to 35.
The numbers underline how dramatically Villa’s position has changed.
When Emery was appointed on 24 October 2022, Villa were hovering just above the Premier League relegation places.
His first match could hardly have provided a stronger introduction.
Villa beat Manchester United 3-1 at Villa Park, with the Premier League highlighting the immediate transformation under their new head coach.
By the end of that season, Villa had climbed all the way to seventh and qualified for European football.
From seventh place to European champions
Emery has since taken Villa far beyond simply returning to Europe.
The 2023/24 campaign produced a fourth-place Premier League finish, Villa’s highest league position since 1995/96, alongside a run to the Europa Conference League semi-finals.
The following season brought a Champions League quarter-final appearance before Villa took another enormous step forward in 2025/26.
Emery’s side finished fourth in the Premier League and won the Europa League.
UEFA’s official review of Villa’s Europa League triumph records a campaign which saw Villa finish second in the league phase before eliminating Lille, Bologna and Nottingham Forest.
A 3-0 victory over Freiburg in Istanbul then delivered the club’s first continental trophy since the 1982 European Cup.
We previously examined Emery’s reaction to winning a record fifth Europa League title, a triumph which has become the defining achievement of his Villa tenure so far.
Emery has transformed Aston Villa’s expectations
Perhaps Emery’s greatest achievement is how dramatically expectations have changed at Villa Park.
European qualification was initially considered a breakthrough.
Champions League football soon became achievable.
Villa have now qualified for the competition twice under Emery and enter the 2026/27 campaign as reigning Europa League champions.
That explains why the current winless Premier League start feels so disappointing.
Villa have taken only one point from their opening three matches and remain without a league goal after the Hull stalemate, although our Aston Villa xG analysis showed a considerable improvement in chance creation compared with the defeats to Brighton and Arsenal.
Emery now faces another sizeable challenge after overseeing one of the biggest squad rebuilds of his reign.
The manager himself had already demanded higher standards from his players after the transfer window closed.
His 201st game offers an immediate opportunity to respond.
Villa travel to Club Brugge on Tuesday to begin their Champions League campaign, with the complete Aston Villa Champions League fixture schedule available here.
Game 200 did not deliver another victory.
The previous 199, however, provide more than enough evidence of what Emery has changed at Aston Villa.
