On This Day

• Villa taste victory for the first time in six in Steven Gerrard's first game in charge.

• Ezri Konsa collects his 10th booking on his 80th appearance in a Villa shirt (76 Starts) since his debut in August 2019 to make it W31 D15 L34, 4 Goals, 3 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Marvelous Nakamba makes his 60th appearance in a Villa shirt since his debut in August 2019 to make it W23 D10 L27 and 12 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Ollie Watkins makes his 50th appearance for the club (47th Start) since his debut in September 2020 to record W21 D7 L22, 18 Goals, 4 Assists, 6 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Matt Targett secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 82nd appearance (81 Starts) to make it W30 D15 L37, 2 Goals, 5 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Danny Ings makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt since his debut in August 2021 to make it W4 D1 L5, 3 Goals, 2 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa record successive League wins for the first time this season as Steven Gerrard gets off to a perfect start.

• Matt Targett scores his first League goal since October 2019 on his 83rd appearance in a Villa shirt (82 Starts) to make it W31 D15 L37, 3 Goals, 5 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Emiliano Martínez makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt since joining in September 2020 to make it W21 D8 L22, 64 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.28 goals per game, 19 Clean Sheets (38%) and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• John McGinn returns to his imperious best to score his third of the season and equal his goal tally of 2020-21 on his 120th Start in a Villa shirt (123 Appearances) to make it W47 D29 L47, 16 Goals, 16 Assists and 34 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Steven Gerrard’s Villa suffer defeat for the first time under his leadership but run reigning champions Manchester City close at a boisterous Villa Park despite losing Leon Bailey and Matt Targett to injury during the game. 

• Ollie Watkins scores his 20th goal for Villa on his 52nd appearance for the club (49th Start) to make it W22 D7 L23, 20 Goals, 4 Assists, 6 Bookings, 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Ashley Young makes his 200th appearance for the club across two spells after coming on as an early substitute for the injured Leon Bailey. It is just Young's 9th substitute appearance and makes it W87 D59 L55, 38 Goals, 64 Assists, 36 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa win for the third time in four under Steven Gerrard as a fine attacking performance sees off Leicester.

• John McGinn makes his 125th appearance for Villa (122nd Start) since joining in August 2018 to make it W48 D29 L48, 16 Goals, 17 Assists and 34 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Ollie Watkins makes his 50th start for the club (53 Appearances) to make it W23 D7 L23, 20 Goals, 4 Assists, 6 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Marvelous Nakamba secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 63rd appearance (45 Starts) to make it W25 D10 L28, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 14 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Tim Iroegbunam makes his first ever squad appearance for Villa.

On This Day

• Villa lose at Anfield in a tale of two penalties, one given.

• Matt Targett makes his 85th appearance for Villa (84 Starts) since joining in July 2019 to make it W31 D15 L39, 3 Goals, 5 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Marvelous Nakamba collects his 15th booking in a Villa shirt on his 64th appearance (46 Starts) to make it W25 D10 L29, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 15 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa canter to victory at Carrow Road as they win for the fourth time in six under new boss Steven Gerrard.

• Ezri Konsa, 24, makes his 85th appearance for Villa (81 Starts) since joining the club in July 2019 to make it W34 D15 L36, 6 Goals, 3 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Carney Chukwuemeka contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance (2 Starts) to amke it W5 D2 L1 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

• Youth goalkeeper Filip Marschall made his first ever appearance in the Villa squad aged 18. 

• Axel Tuanzebe, 24, made his 46th and final Villa appearance as his third loan spell with the club was cut short. In total Tuanzebe had made 41 Starts, W20 D14 L12, 1 Assist and 1 Booking.

On This Day

• Villa take the lead but lose to a title challenging Chelsea side as Covid stricken Steven Gerrard is absent. 

• Douglas Luiz, 23, makes his 90th appearance in a Villa shirt (79 Starts) since joining in July 2019 to make it W33 D15 L42, 3 Goals, 8 Assists, 22 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa take the lead and lose for the second successive game.

• Steven Gerrard’s loss rate sits at 50% after 8 games in charge of Villa with a record of W4 D0 L4 at a win rate of 50% delivering 1.50 points per game so far in his Villa management career.

• Trézéguet makes his 64th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (36 Starts) to leave with a record of W22 D11 L31, 9 Goals, 4 Assists, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card in his Villa career.

• Jacob Ramsey collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 45th appearance (22 Starts) to make it W19 D5 L21, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• 16 year old centre back Josh Feeney makes his squad debut after joining from Fleetwood Town in July. 

• The opposition, Brentford, didn’t feature a single homegrown player in their squad of 20 and only four players from the home nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

On This Day

• Villa suffer once again with officials at Old Trafford as Danny Ings' equalising goal is referred to VAR for a non-existent offside only to be disallowed after a number of minutes for a 'block' occurring away from the play on the edge of the area with the players in question offering no interference. Few view it as coincidence.

• Jacob Ramsey makes his 46th appearance in a Villa shirt aged 20 and has now made more starts (23) than substitute appearances (22) for the first time in his Villa career to make it W19 D5 L22, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 6 Bookings so far.

• Emiliano Buendía makes his 15th start in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance to make it W6 D2 L11, 1 Goal, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career. 

• Danny Ings makes his 15th appearance in a Villa shirt (13 Starts) to make it W5 D1 L9, 4 Goals, 2 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

• Matt Targett makes the last of his 88 appearances for the club since joining in Dean Smith’s Premier League revolution of Summer 2019. Targett would move to Newcastle United on loan before making his move permanent in return for £15.75m in June 2022 in the first of many curious decisions by Steven Gerrard. Targett leaves with a record of W32 D15 L42, 3 Goals, 5 Assists and 13 Bookings.

• Anwar El Ghazi makes his 119th and final appearance for the club (88 Starts) having scored 26 goals, including the strike that sent Villa on the way back to the Premier League. Despite 42 goal involvements over his time with the club El Ghazi was deemed surplus to requirements by the baffling Gerrard, leaving the club with a record of W42 D27 L50, 26 Goals, 16 Assists, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

• Morgan Sanson makes his 15th appearance in a Villa shirt since arriving in January 2021 and only his 5th start to make it W3 D5 L8, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Steven Gerrard marks his tenth game in charge of Villa with a second successive match against Manchester United. Villa make two mistakes, fall two goals behing before delivering a comeback of Manchester United proportions.

• Steven Gerrard’s loss rate sits at 50% after 10 games in charge of Villa with a record of W4 D1 L5 at a win rate of 40% delivering 1.30 points per game so far in his Villa management career.

• Lucas Digne, 28, makes his Villa debut after his arrival from Everton for a fee of £27,000,000 on Tuesday to become the 975th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

• Philippe Coutinho, 29, creates one and scores one on debut as a 68’ substitute after joining on loan from Barcelona and becomes the 976th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

• Matty Cash makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt since joining in September 2020 and now has a record of W20 D6 L24, 1 Goal, 3 Assists, 12 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Emiliano Buendía makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (16 Starts) since arriving from Norwich in June 2021 to make it W6 D3 L11, 1 Goal, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

• Carney Chukwuemeka, 18, makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (2 Starts) following his graduation from the youth set up to make it W5 D3 L2 and 1 Assist  so far in his Villa career.

• Jed Steer makes his 120th appearance as an unused substitute since his arrival in 2013.

• Villa’s field their most expensive starting line up of the season (£209.86m) but it still costs less than Manchester United’s £247.53m 8 man bench (which includes two free transfer goalkeepers).

On This Day

• Villa take the lead on the stroke of half time amidst disgraceful scenes from the Goodison Park crowd. 

• Having outclassed Everton in the first 45' Villa survive a second half air raid on their box to win for the first time in four Premier League games.

• John McGinn records his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 130th appearance since joining from Hibernian in August 2018 to record W50 D29 L51, 16 Goals, 17 Assists, 35 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Tyrone Mings collects his 25th booking on his 110th start in a Villa shirt (111 Appearances) since joining from Bournemouth in January 2019 to make it W45 D20 L46, 7 Goals, 5 Assists, 25 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

• Jacob Ramsey secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 25th start (48 Appearances) to make it W20 D6 L22, 3 Goals, 2 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Philippe Coutinho makes his first start for Villa on his second appearance to make it W1 D1 L0, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

• Robin Olsen makes his first squad appearance for Villa following his loan signing for the remainder of the season from Roma.

On This Day

• "A Premier League Classic' as Villa fall behind before fighting back with three fantastic first half goals through Coutinho and Ramsey (two). 

• A scruffy Leeds goal just before half time and another in the second half pegs Villa back to leave them with a share of the points as Ezri Konsa is unlucky to receive his second red card of the season whilst more than a few are equally lucky to remain on the pitch.

• Calum Chambers makes his Villa debut after his free transfer arrival from Arsenal in January to become the 977th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

• Jacob Ramsey scores a brace to make it 5 goals in 49 games in a Villa shirt (26 Starts) to record W20 D7 L22, 5 Goals, 2 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Ollie Watkins makes his 60th appearance in a Villa shirt (57 Starts) after joining in September 2020 to make it W25 D9 L26, 21 Goals, 5 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.31 games played so far in his Villa career.

• Emiliano Martínez makes his 60th appearance in a Villa shirt after joining in September 2020 to make it W24 D10 L26, 79 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.31 goals per game, 21 Clean Sheets (35%) and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Eight of Villa's twenty man squad arrived at the club without transfer fees, (Leeds four). 

On This Day

• An awful first half performance gifts Newcastle the lead and the relegation threatened side could have been out of sight had they capitalised on all Villa's defensive mistakes.

• Jacob Ramsey makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (27 Starts) to make it W20 D7 L23, 5 Goals, 2 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Leon Bailey comes on as a second half substitute to make his 10th appearance in 26 games in a Villa shirt (4 Starts) since his £28,800,000 move from Bayer 04 Leverkusen to make it W3 D0 L7, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Once again eight of Villa's twenty man squad arrived at the club without transfer fees, (Newcastle four).

On This Day

• A worryingly flat Villa fail to turn up again and lose successive games to sides at the foot of the table in a performance very similar to the final days of former boss Dean Smith.

• Steven Gerrard’s loss rate sits at 50.00% after 14 games in charge of Villa with a record of W5 D2 L7 at a win rate of 35.71% delivering 1.21 points per game so far in his Villa management career.

• Dean Smith had been relieved of his duties in November 2021 with a record of 1.41 points per game, a win rate of 40.29% and a loss rate of 39.57%.

• John McGinn makes his 130th start in a Villa shirt (133 Appearances) to make it W50 D30 L53, 16 Goals, 17 Assists and 36 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Emiliano Buendía makes his 20th start in a Villa shirt (24 Appearances) to make it W7 D4 L13, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

• Danny Ings makes his 15th start in a Villa shirt (19 Appearances) since joining in August 2021 to make it W6 D2 L11, 4 Goals, 2 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• This is the first 3.00pm Saturday fixture at Villa Park since Steven Gerrard’s first game in charge, on Saturday, 20 November 2021. 

• The opposition, Watford, didn’t feature a single homegrown player in their squad of 20 and only three players from the home nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

On This Day

• Matty Cash hits a screamer and echoes the world in condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine... and is promptly booked ... 18 year old Tommi O'Reilly makes his squad debut ... Ollie Watkins scores for the first time since December ... Tim Iroegbunam finally makes his debut ... and Villa win away.

• 18 year old youth team midfielder Tim Iroegbunam makes his first team debut after ten unused substitute appearances to become the 978th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

• Emiliano Martínez secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 63rd appearance to make it W25 D10 L28, 81 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.28 goals per game, 22 Clean Sheets (35%) and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• 18 year old attacking Midfielder Tommi O’Reilly makes his first squad appearance for Villa.

On This Day

• Danny Ings, booed by his former fans, creates two and scores one as Philippe Coutinho spellbinds again and Villa deliver their biggest win to date under Steven Gerrard.

• Ashley Young makes his 195th start for Villa (207th appearance) in his sixth season with the club to make it W90 D60 L57, 38 Goals, 64 Assists, 36 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

• John McGinn makes his 135th appearance in four campaigns for Villa (132 Starts) to make it W52 D30 L53, 16 Goals, 17 Assists and 36 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Douglas Luiz, the first Brazilian to play for the club and now 23, makes it 99 appearances for Villa since joining in 2019 (87 Starts) to record W36 D17 L46, 4 Goals, 8 Assists, 24 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Ollie Watkins makes his 60th start for the club (64 Appearances) to make it W23 D5 L27, 23 Goals, 5 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Jacob Ramsey, 20, makes his thirtieth start for the club (53 Appearances) to make it W22 D7 L24, 5 Goals, 2 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Emiliano Buendía makes his 25th appearance for the club (20 Starts) to make it W8 D4 L13, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Three consecutive wins, three clean sheets, more stunning play and goals and Villa are up to 9th under Steven Gerrard.

• Douglas Luiz makes his 100th appearance for Villa aged 23 (89 Starts). Having joined in July 2019, Luiz became the first Brazilian to play for the club. Luiz's Villa record now stands at W37 D17 L46, 4 Goals, 8 Assists, 25 Bookings, 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Calum Chambers scores his first and only goal for the club on his 5th appearance (4th Start) to make it W2 D2 L2 so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa concede and lose for the first time in four games as David Moyes' highly physical style pays dividends for the home side to help West Ham continue their lucky hoodoo.

• Jacob Ramsey scores his 6th goal in his last 20 appearances having not scored in his first 34 to make it 55 Appearances, 32 Starts, W23 D7 L25, 6 Goals, 2 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• A poor first half from Villa and the Officials leads to a second successive defeat and sixth home loss of the campaign.

• This is the first Villa game that controversial referee Jonathan Moss has been involved in officiating this season and the first since his highly contentious refereeing of the game at the Etihad in January 2021. Moss sits in the VAR chair today. 

• Ashley Young makes the 20th appearance of his return spell with the club (10 starts, 10 subs) to leave him with 210 appearances in a Villa shirt (196 Starts) and make it W91 D60 L59, 38 Goals, 64 Assists, 36 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

• Philippe Coutinho makes the 10th appearance of his loan spell from Barcelona to make it W4 D2 L4, 4 Goals and 4 Assists so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Look away now. Yet another unfathomably poor first half performance leaves Villa with the increasingly tiresome veneer of 'throwing everything at' a game well lost in the first 45. 

• Questions abound for Gerrard 20 games in. Dean Smith must be watching with mixed emotions to say the least as a sub 11th finish beckons for a clearly disjointed Villa.

• Tyrone Mings makes his 120th appearance for the club (119 Starts) to make it W48 D21 L51, 7 Goals, 7 Assists, 28 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

• Matty Cash makes his 60th appearance in a Villa shirt since joining from Forest in September 2020 to make it W24 D7 L29, 3 Goals, 6 Assists, 16 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Morgan Sanson, 29, makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (7 Starts) since joining from Olympique Marseille for £14,220,000 in January 2021 to make it W6 D5 L9, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career. 

On This Day

• A 3rd minute error puts Villa behind before a 47 minute physical, territorial and footballing onslaught puts Spurs on the rack. Five minutes into the second half Villa concede against the run of play and collapse.

• Steven Gerrard has now lost four consecutive League games. Dean Smith lost five before being sacked in November.

• Steven Gerrard’s Premier League Record: Played 20, Won: 40%, Drew: 10%, Lost: 50%

• Dean Smith’s Premier League Record: Played 87, Won: 32%, Drew: 18%, Lost: 50%

• Steven Gerrard takes charge of his twentieth Premier League game and delivers a tenth defeat. In so doing Gerrard eclipses the managerial loss rate that was set by Tommy Cummings across 64 games between 1967-68 and 1968-69. 50%. 

• Steven Gerrard’s loss rate over 21 League and Cup games is 52%. Only Rémi Garde (57% across 23 games) and Tim Sherwood (57% across 20 games) have worse records for the club - achieved when Villa were relegated in 2015-16. 

• Villa’s defeat is their biggest at home since January 2020 when they gave Danny Drinkwater a debut. 

• John McGinn makes his 140th appearance for the club (137 Starts) to make it W53 D50 L57, 16 Goals, 17 Assists and 38 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Emiliano Buendía makes his 30th appearance in a Villa shirt (21 Starts) to make it W9 D4 L17, 2 Goals, 4 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

• Danny Ings makes his 25th appearance for the club (20 Starts) to make it W9 D2 L14, 5 Goals, 5 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Lucas Digne makes his 10th appearance for the club to make it W3 D2 L5, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career. Digne leaves the field early for the third time in four games since his £27 million move to the club. Good job Stevie G turfed Matt Targett out on loan to Newcastle eh?

On This Day

• The Credit Side: Villa stop a run of 4 consecutive defeats; Villa keep a clean sheet for the first time in five.

• The Debit Side: Villa slump to 15th in the table with relegation a possibility if not currently a probability; Villa fail to score for the third time in four games; despite continued protestations against the squad he inherited, Steven Gerrard plays the same team and continues to ignore Emiliano Buendía and Calum Chambers.

• Ollie Watkins makes his 70th appearance in a Villa shirt (66 Starts) since joining in September 2020 to make it W28 D10 L32, 24 Goals, 5 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.41 games played so far in his Villa career.

• Emiliano Martínez keeps his 25th clean sheet on his 70th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W27 D11 L32, 90 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.28 goals per game, 25 Clean Sheets (36%) and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• A first win in six sees Villa finally reach 40 points, but doubts remain. 

• Villa do enough to beat Dean Smith on his first return to Villa Park 

• The long overdue arrival of Emiliano Buendía as a late sub sees a strong cameo performance as Ings and Watkins reach 15 goals between them for the campaign.

• Ollie Watkins scores his 25th goal in a Villa shirt on his 71st appearance (67 Starts) to make it W29 D10 L32, 25 Goals, 5 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career. 

• Tim Iroegbunam, 19, makes his first start in a Villa shirt after two substitute and 18 squad appearances to make it W2 D1 L0 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career. 

On This Day

• Things WE always knew: Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings CAN play together; Emiliano Buendía > Philippe Coutinho.

• Super John McGinn makes his 140th start in a Villa shirt (143 Appearances) since joining in the Championship years in August 2018 to make it W55 D31 L57, 16 Goals, 18 Assists and 38 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Tyrone Mings records his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 124th appearance (123 Starts) to make it W50 D22 L52, 7 Goals, 7 Assists, 28 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

• Ollie Watkins becomes one of just nine players to have scored 10 or more Premier League goals in each of the last two campaigns, and one of only four Englishmen to do so along with Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy and Raheem Sterling.

On This Day

• Comfortably the worst referee of the modern era, Jonathan Moss, takes charge of the visit of title chasing Liverpool to Villa Park.

• 23’ BBC Sport: “Liverpool have settled into this game and are on top now but it is an understatement to say Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard and the home fans have been uninmpressed with the performance of referee Jon Moss so far.”

• 28’ BBC Sport: “Fabinho subbed off before sent off… ( well perhaps after a further dozen fouls).”

• 28’  BBC Sport: “Ref is having a shocker. I’m a Liverpool fan but how was that not a foul by Keita?”

• 28’  BBC Sport: “Refereeing incompetence is just incredible it really is. I support neither team tonight and I’m fuming watching this.”

• 34’ Jonathan Woodgate: “Jonathan Moss needs to be better. There is letting the game go and letting the game go.”

• 42’: Jonathan Woodgate: “Some of the decisions have been a bit strange all evening.”

• Steven Gerrard takes charge of Villa for the 25th game to make it W10 D13 L12 at a win rate of 40.00%, loss rate of 48.00% at 1.32 points per game so far in his Villa management career.

• Dean Smith had been relieved of his duties in November 2021 with a record of 1.41 points per game, a win rate of 40.29% and a loss rate of 39.57%.

• Tyrone Mings makes his 125th appearance for the club (124 Starts) since joining in January 2019 and now has a record of W50 D22 L53, 7 Goals, 7 Assists, 28 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

• Douglas Luiz scores his 5th goal for the club on his 108th appearance (95th Start) to make it W39 D18 L51, 5 Goals, 8 Assists, 26 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Another missed opportunity to try and climb above last season's 11th placed finish as Villa toil before conceding a late equaliser.

• Meanwhile in Steven Gerrard bingo it’s another favourite: “we must be more ruthless and clinical.”

• Tyrone Mings makes his 125th start in a Villa shirt (126 Appearances) to make it W50 D23 L53, 7 Goals, 7 Assists, 29 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

• Ezri Konsa makes his 99th appearance for Villa (95 Starts) but leaves the field early with injury - potentially meaning his century won’t be completed this season with just two games left to play. Konsa is left on W37 D19 L43, 6 Goals, 3 Assists, 14 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Emiliano Buendía makes his 35th appearance in a Villa shirt (22 Starts) to make it W11 D6 L18, 3 Goals, 6 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

• New permanent signing Philippe Coutinho makes his 15th start for the club (17 Appearances) to make it W6 D4 L7, 4 Goals and 4 Assists so far in his Villa career.

• Lucas Digne contributes his 3rd successive assist in a Villa shirt to make it 14 appearances, W5 D3 L6, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Ollie Watkins hits his 11th goal of the season making it 27 goals in a Villa shirt across his 74 appearances (70 Starts) to make it W30 D11 L33, 27 Goals, 5 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa's slump under Steven Gerrard continues and the alarm bells are ringing louder than the Aston Church bells.

• Typical Villa? It’s nearly two years since Villa won at home in a midweek fixture with the last coming against Arsenal in July 2020 (2019-20 Season).

• Carney Chukwuemeka makes his 3rd start and 16th and final appearance for the club to leave with a record of W7 D5 L4 and 1 Assist.

• Ollie Watkins makes his 75th appearance for the club (71 Starts) to make it W30 D12 L33, 27 Goals, 5 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.34 games played so far in his Villa career.

• Emiliano Martínez makes his 75th appearance for Villa to make it W29 D13 L33, 95 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.27 goals per game, 26 Clean Sheets (35%) and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Lucas Digne makes his 15th appearance in a Villa shirt since signing in January to make is W5 D4 L6, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Calum Chambers makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (8 Starts) after joining in the same window to make it W4 D3 L3, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

• Nick Pope has now made a record number of saves against Villa twice.

• Emiliano Buendía becomes the second Villa player this season to score and concede a penalty after King Kortney at Old Trafford.

On This Day

• Two goals to the good in a fine defensive performance with the threat always there from Villa's notably attacking line up, Gerrard makes another howling strategic blunder with a defensive substitution, Villa concede three and lose.

• Goalkeeper Robin Olsen makes his Villa debut having joined the club in January 2022 and becomes the 979th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

• Marvelous Nakamba makes his 68th and final appearance for Villa (48 Starts) to leave with a record of W25 D12 L31, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 16 Bookings.

• Lucas Digne records his fourth assist in the last five games to make it 16 Appearances, W5 D4 L7, 4 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Matty Cash scores his fourth goal for the season - and fourth since joining in September 2020 - to make it W26 D10 L32, 4 Goals, 6 Assists, 16 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Tyrone Mings collects his 30th booking in a Villa shirt on his 128th appearance (127 Starts) to make it W50 D24 L54, 7 Goals, 7 Assists, 30 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

• Philippe Coutinho scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance (16 Starts) to make it W6 D5 L8, 5 Goals, 4 Assists so far in his Villa career.

• In perhaps the happiest news of the season end for Villa, the questionable and controversial referee Jonathan Moss retires.

On This Day

• A new season, no change, Gerrard falls flat again and it's now two wins in twelve for Villa.

• Brazilian international centre back Diego Carlos makes his Villa debut aged 29 after joining from Sevilla for £27,900,000 in July 2022. Carlos became the fourth Brazilian to sign for Villa alongside Wesley, Douglas Luiz and Phillippe Coutinho. Carlos becomes the 980th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

• French international midfielder Boubacar Kamara makes his Villa debut aged 22 after joining from Marseille on a free transfer in July 2022. Boubacar became the third Frenchman in the first team squad alongside Lucas Digne and Morgan Sanson whilst fellow countryman Frédéric Guilbert also remains with the club. Kamara becomes the 981st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

• Ezri Konsa makes his 100th appearance for the club aged 25 having joined from Brentford for £11.97m in July 2019 to record W37 D19 L44, 6 Goals, 3 Assists, 14 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Philippe Coutinho makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (17 Starts) since his debut in January 2022 to make it W6 D5 L9, 5 Goals and 4 Assists so far in his Villa career.

• Jacob Ramsey, 21, collects his 10th booking on his 40th start in a Villa shirt (64 Appearances) since breaking into the first team in February 2019 to make it W24 D10 L30, 6 Goals, 2 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Steven Gerrard’s 30th game in charge, and first home game of the season, sees him under real pressure to get a result against a team Villa put three past without reply under Dean Smith this time last season. 

• Gerrard’s pre match view provides a typically curious mixed message from a manager whose instructions to his players often seem equally as muddled. 

• “I must also say that taking over from a local person who had a lot of success here was difficult from a personal point of view. But I think after a couple of windows and six months in the job I think it is fair people say ‘Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa’ because we have had time to shape it and get it close to how we want it to look and put our own stamp on it.” 

• Hopefully Gerrard didn’t *really* mean 9 points from a possible 36 was part of the plan. 

• Villa are now without a win in five and have recorded just two wins in their past twelve under Gerrard. 

• Matty Cash makes his 70th appearance in a Villa shirt after joining from Forest in September 2020 to make it W27 D10 L33, 4 Goals, 6 Assists, 16 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa second best from 4’ minute on, are unable to cope with Palace’s pace and the ease with which to a man they fall to the ground.

• John McGinn, 27, makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (147 starts) after joining in September 2018 under Steve Bruce in Villa’s Championship promotion season. McGinn joins Earl Barrett on the magic number having overtaken David Platt (148), Dean Saunders (144) and Paul Merson (144). McGinn’s Villa record now reads W56 D33 L61, 16 Goals, 19 Assists and 39 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Emiliano Martínez concedes his 100th goal on his 78th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W30 D13 L35, 101 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.29 goals per game, 26 Clean Sheets (33%) and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Tyrone Mings makes his 130th appearance in a Villa shirt (129 Start) since joining from AFC Bournemouth in January 2019 to make it W51 D24 L55, 7 Goals, 7 Assists, 30 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

• Emiliano Buendía makes his 25th start for the club (40 Appearances) since joining in July 2021 under Dean Smith to make it W12 D7 L21, 5 Goals, 6 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Villa win at League One Bolton but Gerrard's post match words do little to hide the fact that his is a squad riven with strife.

• Ollie Watkins makes his 80th appearance in a Villa shirt (75 Starts) since joining the club in September 2020 to make it W32 D12 L36, 28 Goals, 8 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Tyrone Mings makes his 130th start in a Villa shirt (131 Appearances) since joining in January 2018 to make it W52 D24 L55, 7 Goals, 7 Assists, 30 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

• Lucas Digne scores his first goal for Villa on his 20th appearance to make it W7 D4 L9, 1 Goal, 4 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Calum Chambers makes his 10th start in a Villa shirt (13 Appearances) to make it W6 D3 L4, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

• Steven Gerrard names the oldest line up of the season so far and the oldest team since Villa’s return to the top flight.

On This Day

• Another self inflicted defeat, Gerrard’s slovenly approach to football means Villa didn’t even attempt to make hay when they had the advantage. Just before half time West Ham worked out an outlet ball to their big centre forward. Second half they continued more of the same building confidence, and momentum.

• Douglas Luiz, 24, makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (115 Appearances) since joining in July 2019 to make it W40 D20 L55, 6 Goals, 8 Assists, 28 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Emiliano Martínez makes his 80th appearance in a Villa shirt since joining in September 2020 to make it W31 D13 L36, 103 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.29 goals per game, 26 Clean Sheets (33%) and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Philippe Coutinho makes his 20th start in a Villa shirt (24 Appearances) since arriving in January 2022 to make it W8 D5 L11, 5 Goals, 4 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.66 games played so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• Steven Gerrard’s team are far less passive than in recent weeks. Play is more expansive too. A better performance, although it would feel odd to celebrate it as the best of the season. But it was.

• Steven Gerrard’s loss rate reaches 50.00% after 34 games in charge of Villa with a record of W12 D15 L17 at a win rate of 35.29% delivering 1.21 points per game so far in his Villa management career.

• Dean Smith had been relieved of his duties in November 2021 with a record of 1.41 points per game, a win rate of 40.29% and a loss rate of 39.57%.

• John McGinn collects his 40th booking on his 150th start in a Villa shirt (153 Appearances) to make it W57 D33 L63, 16 Goals, 19 Assists and 40 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

• Leon Bailey makes his 10th start in 22 appearances in a Villa shirt to make it W7 D1 L16, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.00 starts so far in his Villa career.

• Philippe Coutinho makes his 25th appearance for Villa (20 Starts) to record W8 D5 L12, 5 Goals, 4 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one every 3.12 games played so far in his Villa career.

On This Day

• More refereeing ‘errors’. A euphemism if ever there was one. Credit to Gerrard for setting up the side to at least try and succeed.

• Ezri Konsa makes his 100th start for the club (105th appearance), still aged just 24, to record W38 D20 L47, 6 Goals, 3 Assists, 15 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

• Jan Bednarek is handed his first squad appearance since joining on loan on 1 September.

• Leon Bailey makes his 25th appearance for the club (11 Starts) to make it W7 D2 L16, 3 Goals, 3 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career as the travails under Gerrard weigh heavily on the player.