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Aston Villa made it to the Championship play-off final for the second year in a row thanks to a nervy penalty shootout win over local rivals West Brom at The Hawthorns. Villa can count themselves pretty lucky to be going to Wembley on the 27th May as it was a performance that was full of […]
Aston Villa beat local rivals West Brom on penalties to book their spot in the Championship play-off final at Wembley for the second year in a row. Villa, if we are being honest, were a shadow of what they can be and looked nervous and jittery for the majority of normal time. However, with the […]
Villa take on West Brom at The Hawthorns on Tuesday evening knowing that they will book their place in the play-off final at Wembley if they manage to avoid defeat. Dean Smith’s men go into this second leg with a one goal advantage thanks to their second-half comeback at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon. With […]
Aston Villa won the first leg of their play-off semi-final against local rivals West Brom 2-1 thanks to two second-half goals from Conor Hourihane and Tammy Abraham. West Brom took an early lead when Glenn Whelan took his eyes off a simple pass and miscontrolled it, which allowed Dwight Gayle to run through on goal […]
Aston Villa won the first-leg of their play-off semi-final against fierce local rivals West Brom 2-1 thanks to two second-half goals from Conor Hourihane and Tammy Abraham. Dean Smith’s men started the game on the front foot, but they found themselves behind in just the 16th minute due to a pretty poor error from Glenn […]
The league has ended and Norwich and Sheffield United know that they will be playing against some of the best players in the world next season. On the other hand, Rotherham, Bolton and Ipswich are destined for League One, while 15 other teams have consigned themselves to another arduous season in the Championship. However, one […]
Aston Villa’s final game of the league ended in a 2-1 defeat to Norwich City, who were crowned champions. The game got off to a frenetic start and Aston Villa found themselves behind with just seven minutes on the clock when Teemu Pukki notched his 29th goal of the season. Dean Smith’s men didn’t let […]
Norwich City were crowned champions at Villa Park thanks to a hard-fought 2-1 win over Aston Villa. Despite the loss, Dean Smith will be happy with what he saw as his side, which was missing Tyrone Mings, John McGinn, Jack Grealish, Ahmed Elmohamady, and Anwar El Ghazi, gave the league winners a very good game. […]
We have reached the end of the league season and Villa’s final game is against Norwich City at Villa Park. Although Villa are guaranteed to finish in 5th place (something that looked unlikely two or three months ago) and Norwich are guaranteed automatic promotion to the Premier League, this definitely won’t be a dead rubber […]
Aston Villa’s winning run came to an end against Leeds thanks to what was one of the most eventful 1-1 draws that those who watched it will ever see. With Villa having already guaranteed a play-off spot and Leeds needing a miracle to achieve automatic promotion ahead of Sheffield United, many would have expected this […]
Aston Villa’s winning run ended at 10 wins in a row thanks to a 1-1 draw against Leeds at Elland Road. Many thought that this was a game that would be played like a friendly as Villa have guaranteed their play-off spot while Leeds needed a miracle to overtake Sheffield United and earn automatic promotion. […]
Aston Villa made club history on Monday when they beat Millwall 1-0 to make it 10 wins from their last 10 league matches. To add to this, due to their play-off rivals dropping valuable points, Dean Smith’s men secured a play-off position with two games left to spare. This is some feat considering where they […]