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Villa welcome Burton Albion on Monday, aiming to end a miserable 11 year winless streak on Boxing day in front of a capacity crowd for the first time this season. Steve Bruce’s side come into the game off the back of Villa’s second away win of the season against QPR, after Jonathon Kodja’s goal secured all […]
Ahead of Villa’s game against Burton Albion on Boxing Day, it’s time to look back at how Villa have fared on previous Boxing Day fixtures. Villa have a dreadful recent record, with no wins on the 26th December for over 10 years. Since a 4-0 victory over Everton on Boxing Day in 2005, Villa have […]
Villa chairman Dr Tony Xia took to Twitter on Wednesday morning to express his disappointment and frustration at Villa’s performance against Norwich. The 1-0 defeat was Villa’s second consecutive defeat away from home, with a number of Villa players failing to impress against a Norwich side who had only won one of their last eight games. […]
A dissapointing performance at Carrow Road saw Villa slip to their second consecutive away defeat. Bruce once again changed his line-up, with Ashley Westwood replacing Gary Gardner in the central midfield, whilst Gabby Agbonlahor surprisingly replaced Albert Adomah. Villa failed to pose a threat to a Norwich side that had only won one of their […]
Steve Bruce lavished praise upon Jack Grealish, after the 21-year-old’s fantastic strike secured Villa all three points on a tough afternoon at Villa Park. With Villa aiming to return to form after the first defeat of the Bruce era last weekend, the manager recalled Grealish and Ayew to his starting XI as he aimed to […]
Steve Bruce welcomes his former side to Villa Park today, as he seeks to continue Villa’s unbeaten record at home this season. Last time out, Villa suffered their first defeat under Bruce, as a change of personnel and formation failed to pay dividends and resulted in a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Leeds at […]
A 2-0 defeat saw Villa’s seven match unbeaten run under Steve Bruce come to an end, as a change in system failed to pay dividends in Yorkshire. Following last Saturday’s 3-1 win over Cardiff, Bruce made three changes to his starting line-up. Rudy Gestede and Gary Gardner replaced the attacking duo of Jordan Ayew and Jack Grealish, whilst […]
Villa travel to Yorkshire on Saturday, to take on Leeds United for the first time since February 2004. On that day at Villa Park, goals from Juan Pablo Angel and Ronny Johnson gave Villa a comfortable 2-0 win against a Leeds team that would be relegated from the Premier League at the end of the […]
This season so far has been frustrating for Villa fans, a summer of heavy investment into the first team squad has yielded only one win in all competitions. Despite Roberto Di Matteo spending over £40 million in the summer, Villa currently sit 18th in the Sky Bet Championship, having only beat Rotherham so far this […]
Ahead of Villa’s game against Brentford at Villa Park on Wednesday night, Roberto Di Matteo has given an update on the players who didn’t feature on Sunday against Nottingham Forest. The 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest on Sunday extended Villa’s winless run to four games, having only won once in all competitions so far this […]
Aston Villa legend Gary Shaw has given his backing to Roberto Di Matteo, despite Villa struggling to find form so far this season. Shaw, who provided the assist for Peter Withe’s winner against Bayern Munich in the 1982 European Cup final, believes that Di Matteo has the credentials and quality to lead Villa back into […]
Transfer deadline day is once again upon us, as teams scramble to add last minute additions to their squads. Since the current transfer window format was introduced in the 2002-03 season, Villa’s deadline day signings have usually turned out to be failures, although the signing of Christian Benteke on deadline day in 2012 is the […]