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The Villans lost a third Jersey Mike’s Trophy game, finishing the group in last place.
27.10.26Matchday
The Aston Villa star scored twice against Manchester City, but offered so much more to the team's offensive patterns. His signing has revolutionised Unai Emery's attack.
26.10.26Opinion
Manchester City led every stats column but one. The numbers behind a win built on two shots on target and a second half that offered little.
24.10.26Analysis
The Aston Villa head coach's words after beating Manchester City, and for the third time in four days he has reached for the same one-syllable compliment.
24.10.26News
A win to silence any remaining doubts about the direction of this Aston Villa side, as Manchester City's winning start to the season comes to a juddering halt at Villa Park.
24.10.26Matchday
The Aston Villa head coach marks four years at the club with a home game against Manchester City, amid rumours of interest from Manchester United.
23.10.26Features
The defender may need to continue at left-back for the time being amid the current injury crisis.
19.10.26Features
Unai Emery will be thrilled with the defensive solidity shown at St James' Park, where Villa emerged from with a 1-0 win on Saturday.
18.10.26Opinion
Beaten in the air, outshot and outcrossed, and three points better off. The numbers behind a win built entirely inside the penalty area.
18.10.26Analysis
A milestone reached at Newcastle and waved away in a sentence. Emery's post-match words, and who he was really speaking to.
17.10.26News
Johan Manzambi scored the only goal of the game at St James' Park as Villa's resurgence goes from strength to strength.
17.10.26Matchday
Villa outshot Brentford 20-14 and hit the target seven times to four. Caoimhín Kelleher kept them out. Underneath, the Opta data shows a Villa side that recovered the ball in the attacking third exactly once in 90 minutes, lost it in midfield more often than their visitors, and spent the afternoon being fouled every four minutes.
12.10.26Analysis
Villa's front four sparkled against Brentford, but at the other end of the pitch there are problems to overcome.
11.10.26Analysis
There were further signs of Villa's development this season, even if Unai Emery's demand to return to winning ways at home went unanswered.
10.10.26Matchday
The Bees provide a daunting test at Villa Park as Unai Emery's side look to build on the encouraging form shown before the international break.
10.10.26Features
Cash is a right-back, so his dead leg has no bearing on Ruggeri's selection. With Ian Maatsen out until late October, Ruggeri is the only fit senior left-back at the club. What matters is the matchup: Brentford engineer most of their attacks down their right, carry the division's highest set-piece xG, and Ruggeri's one elite trait is aerial.
08.10.26Opinion
Nine games in a little over four weeks will test where this new-look Villa side's credentials.
06.10.26Features
Alejandro Garnacho scored his first goal in a Villa shirt at Sevilla, in his first start for the club. The numbers behind him tell a clear story: he is one of the most productive ball-carriers in the Premier League and one of its least efficient finishers. Unai Emery can only fix one of those, and it is the one that matters.
05.10.26Analysis
The international break has thrown up news on injury updates, Unai Emery's Manchester City verdict and criticism for John McGinn.
05.10.26News
Speaking exclusively to The Holte Roar, the former defender reflected on his time at Villa Park, his view of the current side and his coaching ambitions.
04.10.26News
Ten Aston Villa players are away with their countries, and the halfway point has already delivered plenty. Nicolas Jackson set up Ibrahim Mbaye for Senegal's winner, Matteo Ruggeri made his senior Italy debut, and Johan Manzambi was the best player on the pitch at Hampden. Both internal derbies, meanwhile, went the same way.
30.09.26News
The butterfly effect of Manchester City's spending are limitless. They changed the course of Premier League history.
29.09.26Opinion
The Spanish broadcaster and author discussed the release of the updated version of his book, The Rise of the Villans, and explored the parallels between this season and last.
24.09.26News
Villa's under-21s lost 4-1 at Crewe. Three goals came from errors and set-pieces, and Max Jenner supplied the one moment of real class.
23.09.26News
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