Aston Villa’s Under-21s produced a remarkable comeback to beat Southampton 5-4 on penalties after a breathless 3-3 draw, booking a quarter-final showdown with either Manchester City or Arsenal.
Aston Villa travel to Craven Cottage today buoyed by their dramatic 4-3 victory over Sunderland — and Emery has never lost a Premier League game against Fulham. Here’s everything you need ahead of kick-off.
Emery has won all eight of his Premier League games against Fulham. Watkins has six goals against them. And the Cottagers have not scored in four of their last five league games. The numbers tell a fascinating story ahead of Saturday’s crunch clash.
Inter Milan are monitoring Emiliano Martinez. Aston Villa want Denzel Dumfries. A fascinating transfer axis between Birmingham and Milan is taking shape and both deals could ultimately be connected.
Aston Villa’s Under-21s travel to Southampton tonight for a Premier League 2 playoff first round tie, with a home quarter-final against Manchester City or Arsenal awaiting the winners.
Speculation over Pep Guardiola’s future at Manchester City is creating significant transfer uncertainty at the Etihad and Aston Villa are poised to take full advantage with moves for both James Trafford and Omar Marmoush.
Marco Silva is out of contract this summer and Chelsea are reportedly interested. Aston Villa arrive at Craven Cottage in fine form. Here’s your full Saturday preview from west London.
Paul Heckingbottom has confirmed that Lewis Dobbin is already attracting significant summer interest and the Preston manager’s verdict on the 23-year-old makes compelling reading for Aston Villa.
Chelsea have sacked Liam Rosenior after five straight Premier League defeats without scoring. For Aston Villa, the west London club’s dramatic collapse could not have come at a better time.
Aston Villa, Arsenal and Manchester United have all had scouts watching Club Brugge left-back Joaquin Seys: with a €30-35m price tag emerging for one of Belgian football’s most exciting young defenders.
Nine appearances. A £35m buy clause. A Champions League race that complicated everything. Here’s the full story of what went wrong with Harvey Elliott’s Aston Villa loan, and why Liverpool must take significant responsibility.
Italian football pundit Riccardo Trevisani has delivered a stunning endorsement of Mario Gila, telling Aston Villa they could be signing one of Serie A’s most underrated defenders for just €30m this summer.