Aston Villa

Bournemouth beat Aston Villa 3-0 at the Vitality Stadium, Adli scoring in the 7th minute and Cook and Rodríguez adding two more in the second half. Bournemouth had 19 shots to Aston Villa's 17 and put 7 on…

Aston Villa's Nicolas Jackson scored twice to stop Manchester City's perfect league run, and Arsenal's 2-0 win over Everton later on Saturday took them level with City on 21 points. All twenty clubs were in…

Nicolas Jackson scored twice, in the 6th and 60th minutes, as Aston Villa beat Manchester City 2-1 at Villa Park. Erling Haaland had levelled in the 52nd minute. City had 64 per cent of the possession, 15…

Como led Manchester United after 118 seconds and won 4-1. Nico Paz scored twice, Tasos Douvikas and Jacobo Ramón added the others, and Joshua Zirkzee scored United's only goal in stoppage time.

Seven rounds in, one club has opened the widest gap between what its results say and what its chances say. Brighton have scored 23 goals and conceded five, which is plus 18 on goal difference, while their…

Paris Saint-Germain led Manchester City 3-0 at the Etihad after 32 minutes and won 4-2. Erling Haaland scored twice in a second-half rally that came too late, and Gianluigi Donnarumma saved a late penalty.

Aston Villa have no home win this season, and a half-built stand makes a tempting culprit. This piece asks how much of the slump the rebuild can actually explain, and what Fenerbahce's visit on Wednesday is…

Manchester City won 3-0 at Anfield, their first match since being found guilty of breaching Premier League financial regulations.

Matchday two of the Champions League is on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Manchester City against Paris Saint-Germain the headline, so this is the recap of where the league phase started. Five English clubs…

Tottenham spent more than any club in their history this summer and still sit bottom of the Premier League. This piece looks past the scoreline to explain why the outlay hasn't solved the club's actual…

Arsenal had won nine Premier League matches in a row. Brighton were three up on them by the 57th minute.

Four rounds is where a Premier League table starts to look like it means something, and this one has two clubs on twelve points from twelve, Arsenal and Manchester City, followed by two clubs on eight, Leeds…

Two rounds in, and the table is doing its favourite early-season trick: telling stories the underlying numbers refuse to sign. Hull have won both games while being out-shot in both. Aston Villa have taken 13…

Chelsea's signing of Emiliano Martinez is the eighth transfer between Chelsea and Aston Villa in four years, and no pair of Premier League clubs has exchanged more players over that stretch - though Chelsea's…

Aston Villa's record Premier League scorer is heading for Saudi Arabia days after refusing to play against Brighton, and his manager cried saying goodbye. Read on to understand why Unai Emery's tears and…

Matchweek one of the Premier League ran from Friday 21 to Monday 24 August. All ten games are reviewed here, along with a first table in which the club sitting top and the club sitting bottom were on the same…

One round of football has been played and the table has already started telling stories: Hull above Manchester United, Brighton top on goal difference, Aston Villa bottom. Every one of those lines is a single…

What does Arsenal’s agreement for Ezri Konsa mean for the club buying him and the club preparing to lose him? Read on to understand why his proposed move carries weight beyond the fee, and why Aston Villa’s…

PSG won another trophy in Salzburg, but the scoreline barely tells you who came out of this final looking better placed for the season ahead. Read on to understand why a 17-year-old's goal, an eight-month…

Chelsea have just paid £117m for Morgan Rogers, making him English football's priciest player. This article explains how the club is funding a deal of that size and why fitting him alongside Cole Palmer may…

Alejandro Garnacho is leaving Chelsea for Aston Villa less than a year after arriving, and the way the deal is structured says more than the transfer fee alone. Read on to understand the terms attached to the…

In February 2024, Aston Villa paid Middlesbrough £8m, rising to £15m, for Morgan Rogers. Two and a half seasons later, Chelsea have agreed to pay £117m for the same player. Somewhere in Teesside, an accountant…

Andrey Santos has completed his move toManchester United, signing to 2031 after passing his medical, and the club are now closing in on a second midfielder in Youri Tielemans. This covers the detail of the…

This piece looks beyond the announcement itself to examine what Pep Guardiola's departure genuinely means for Manchester City, for English football, and for a man who reshaped the sport at every club he has…

This piece goes beyond the scoreline to examine how Unai Emery's relentless personal methodology, from late-night football study to online chess, has driven one of English football's most startling…

Mohamed Salah's social media statement after Liverpool's defeat at Aston Villa was more than a frustrated forward venting on a bad night. It was a pointed, carefully worded indictment of where the club stands,…

Aston Villa didn't just win on Friday night - they delivered a performance that emphatically settled their Champions League fate at Liverpool's direct expense. This piece examines how Unai Emery's side…

Two points dropped against already-relegated opposition, Liverpool and Manchester City still to come, and Bournemouth closing fast in sixth. This piece examines how Aston Villa's Champions League ambitions…

The Premier League's run-in has become a qualification chess match unlike any other, with cup results, continental semi-finals and a potential final-day sacrifice all capable of reshaping the European map.…

Aston Villa came into this semi-final second leg under pressure, having lost three Premier League games in a row and conceding a first-leg deficit. What followed at Villa Park was one of the great European…

With three weeks of the Premier League season remaining, the race for European football has never been so layered. This piece maps every route by which England's top flight could place ten clubs across three…

Sunday evening at Villa Park told two very different stories in the space of ninety-six minutes. We examine how Roberto De Zerbi's high-press philosophy transformed Tottenham's survival bid and what a limp…

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery did not hold back after his side's 1-0 first-leg Europa League semi-final defeat to Nottingham Forest, directing his sharpest criticism not at the result but at the officials.…

Ryan Sessegnon's composed rebound finish two minutes before half-time proved the difference as Fulham ended a three-game goalless run to beat Aston Villa 1-0 at Craven Cottage. This piece examines how Marco…

Aston Villa's Champions League ambitions were nearly derailed in the most dramatic fashion on Sunday, as Sunderland wiped out a two-goal lead in under a minute before the final whistle. Tammy Abraham, on as a…

Nottingham Forest find themselves in one of the most bizarre and compelling situations in English football: a Europa League semi-final against Aston Villa while simultaneously fighting to avoid the drop from…

Ollie Watkins reached a remarkable personal milestone as Aston Villa dismantled Bologna 4-0 at Villa Park to advance 7-1 on aggregate into the Europa League semi-finals. Unai Emery's side will now face fellow…