With Keinan Davis struggling for game-time and Wesley Moraes slowly recovering from a long-term knee injury, Aston Villa could do with a striker to accompany Ollie Watkins. Celtic’s Odsonne Edouard was one player on their wish list as he has scored 70 goals and made 33 assists in 147 games for the Hoops, but Gregg […]
Aston Villa could do with signing a striker when the winter transfer opens and have their sights set on a second go at someone who was on their radar over the summer. Dean Smith has Ollie Watkins, Keinan Davis, Wesley Moraes and Bertrand Traore on the books at Villa Park. However, Davis only has 38 […]
Mbwana Samatta joined Aston Villa for £9.5m from Genk in January 2020 and has gone on to make 16 appearances in all competitions, scoring just two goals. The 27-year-old has flopped in England and has been loaned out to Fenerbahce this season, so his long-term future seems to lie away from Villa Park. Questions will […]
Aston Villa have been without Ezri Konsa in their last two Premier League games, but Dean Smith recently revealed to Birmingham Live that the 23-year-old should return in time to face Crystal Palace on Boxing Day despite fears that he is not quite 100%. The manager outlined: “Ezri’s still ill. If anyone has a slight […]
Dean Smith has given a positive injury update on Ross Barkley, revealing to Birmingham Live that the 27-year-old will be back ahead of Aston Villa’s Boxing Day meeting with Crystal Palace. Barkley has been sidelined with a hamstring injury since November and Smith has said for nearly a week that he will return very soon, […]
Bertrand Traore and Anwar El Ghazi each had a hand in two goals as Aston Villa enjoyed a 3-0 win over West Bromwich Albion on Sunday night, but Jack Grealish was praised by many for his performance at The Hawthorns. Grealish has made 13 appearances in all competitions this season, scoring six goals and supplying […]
Many Aston Villa fans hailed the performance of Anwar El Ghazi against West Brom last night, scoring two goals in the 3-0 win at The Hawthorns and silencing a lot of his detractors. He got on the end of a brilliantly whipped cross from Bertrand Traore to score from close range in the first five […]
Aston Villa enjoyed a 3-0 win over West Bromwich Albion on Sunday night and Bertrand Traore came in for plenty of praise from Villa fans on social media for his impressive performance. The 25-year-old had a hand in two goals at The Hawthorns, producing a brilliant assist for Anwar El Ghazi with a whipped cross […]
Aston Villa were disappointed not to beat Burnley in Thursday night’s 0-0 draw after having 27 shots without finding the back of the net, but they kept a sixth league clean sheet of the season despite making a number of changes to the starting lineup. One of those saw Ahmed Elmohamady come in for the […]
Although Aston Villa were held to a goalless draw against Burnley despite having 27 shots, they managed to keep their sixth league clean sheet of the season, chiefly thanks to the efforts of centre-back duo Kortney Hause and Tyrone Mings among others. The former was making his first Premier League start of the campaign after […]
Aston Villa had 27 shots without scoring in Thursday’s 0-0 draw with Burnley despite having Ollie Watkins, Anwar El Ghazi and Jack Grealish in attack. Bertrand Traore was also guilty of missing gilt-edged chances at Villa Park, leading to criticism from some supporters on social media. The 25-year-old had a close-range effort thwarted from an […]
Aston Villa drew 0-0 with Burnley on Thursday night and Anwar El Ghazi was one of the players who came in for criticism for poor finishing. He has only scored one Premier League goal since mid-January (last week’s penalty winner against Wolves), so it wasn’t a major shock seeing him firing blanks against the Clarets. […]