A late home penalty can't derail Champions Villa as they win for the second time in four u18 Premier League games to climb to 10th in the table.

Villa u18s midfielder Oliver Bindley has signed his first professional contract with the club.

Ebony Salmon scores but Villa are beaten at Villa Park by the Champions.

Joe Gauci 🇦🇺 keeps his first clean sheet for Port Vale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in their 2-0 League One win at Exeter. 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⛔ 1 | 🥅 2 | 🇺 2 |

Successive losses for Champions Villa

Finley Munroe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his second assist for Swindon in their 3-1 League Two victory over Kerr Smith's Barrow. 🕒 8 | ✅ 7 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 2 | 🇺 0 |

Villa are held on the South Coast as they open the 2025-26 WSL season with a goalless draw.

Teenage starlet Fletcher Boyd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 joins Villa from Aberdeen on a free transfer.

Rachel Daly, Villa's leading WSL goalscorer with 38 goals, has been appointed captain following the departure of Rachel Corsie at the end of the 2024-25 season.

Villa u21 right back Triston Rowe follows Mungo Bridge in moving on loan to French Ligue 2 side FC Annecy.

Thierry Katsukunya follows in the footsteps of Tommi O'Reilly, Josh Feeney, James Wright, Finley Munroe and Yeimar Mosquera in joining Spanish Segunda Federación side Real Unión on loan.

Jadon Sancho joins Villa on loan for the 2025-26 season.

Zépiqueno Redmond joins Championship side Huddersfield Town on loan two months after signing for Villa from Feyenoord 🇳🇱 on a free transfer.

Fresh from his sole unused substitute appearance against Newcastle on the opening day of the season, Samuel Iling-Junior departs on loan once again.

Villa sign Harvey Elliott on a loan-to-buy deal

Villa have signed Victor Lindelöf 🇸🇪 as an unattached player.

Lewis Dobbin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes a goalscoring debut for Preston North End 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in their EFL Cup defeat at home to Wrexham before making his Championship debut as a 67th minute substitute in the 0-1 defeat to Portsmouth. 🕒 2 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 |

🟥 30 Aug 2025 Chelsea 6-1 Villa

Villa' u18s make it successive away wins following up their opening day u18 Premier League victory with a win in the u18 Premier League Cup thanks to two quick-fire first-half goals from Markie Meade and Woody Burgess as new boss Richard Beale makes a strong start to the season.

Sil Swinkels 🇳🇱 makes it four successive starts for Exeter but suffers a serious injury on 42 minutes and looks likely to be on the sidelines for an extended period. 🕒 4 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺 1 |