Aston Villa put in their second poor display in as many days as they went down 3-1 to Fulham at Craven Cottage. Villa, just like in the match against Reading, were second best from the first whistle right up until the last. Villa’s defence, especially Amavi and Bree could not cope with Fulham’s accuracy, pace, and movement […]
Aston Villa’s 5 game unbeaten streak was ended on Saturday afternoon by promotion-chasing side Reading. This was Villa’s first defeat at home in two months. According to Bruce, Villa’s performance on Saturday afternoon contained more errors than the last two months combined – and it is very difficult for disagree him. Villa never got going […]
Aston Villa’s 5 match unbeaten run came to a halt thanks to a 3-1 defeat at Villa Park at the hands of Reading. Villa had won their previous 5 home matches without conceding a single goal, but that record came to an abrupt end just 6 minutes into the game as Reading pounced an awful piece […]
The Birmingham Mail worked out recently that Aston Villa would be in the running to make the play-offs, based on average points acquired per game, had they had Steve Bruce as manager from the start of the season. Bruce took over at Villa Park following the sacking of Roberto Di Matteo in October. The Italian, […]
Aston Villa’s slight hopes off getting the 6th and final play-off position were all but extinguished at the weekend thanks to their 1-1 draw with Burton Albion and Sheffield Wednesday’s 2-1 victory over Newcastle United. These results leave Villa sitting in 11th place in the table, 11 points behind The Owls in 6th. With just 5 […]
According to the Chronicle, Steve Bruce has tried to shed some light on Villa’s struggles in the Championship by claiming that his side are the “big scalp in the division.” It was quite a unique situation to have two clubs of Villa and Newcastle’s stature playing in the second division this season, and while Newcastle have […]
Aston Villa’s 4 game winning streak came to an end as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Burton Albion at the Pirelli Stadium. Villa got off to the best start possible when talismanic striker Jonathan Kodjia, who had to replaced with around 35 minutes gone, hammered the ball into the net with just three […]
Aston Villa and Jonathan Kodjia’s fantastic form continued against QPR on Tuesday evening. It took Jonathan Kodjia, who has now scored 7 goals in his last 7 matches, just 5 minutes to find the net against Ian Holloway’s side and this was enough to clinch all three points. The rest of the match was, if we’re […]
Aston Villa made it 7 wins out of their last 8 matches thanks to a 1-0 victory over Queens Park Rangers on Tuesday evening at Villa Park. Once again, Villa have their talismanic striker Jonathan Kodjia to thank for the three points as he rifled home a Leandro Bacuna pass with just 5 minutes on the […]
Aston Villa made it 6 wins out of 7 thanks to a 2-0 win over Norwich City on Saturday afternoon. What makes this impressive run of results even better is that those 6 victories have all been clean sheets. Once again, Villa have Jonathan Kodjia to thank for all three points as he slotted home his […]
Steve Bruce is desperate not to lose top scorer Jonathan Kodjia this summer, but, according to the Birmingham Mail, he has admitted that he cannot deny his striker if the big boys from the Premier League come knocking. Last summer, Kodjia had a lot of interest from sides in the lower half of England’s first division , […]
According to the Birmingham Mail, Bruce has stated that winning 7 out of their last 8 games might just propel them into one of the coveted play-off places. Villa are currently 12th in the table, and after a poor run of form at the start of the year, they had genuine fears about relegation. However, 5 […]