Aston Villa fought for the survival in the Premier League during project restart and salvaged themselves with a mere difference of one point from the relegated Watford and Bournemouth. But who would have thought that they would start the new campaign with four wins out of the five games? A...
The 2020/21 Premier League season had got off to an interesting start and heading into game week four; it was already a season full of goals galore. The first few fixtures of the game week proved no different, with West Ham and Newcastle putting three past Leicester and Sheffield United...
Aston Villa find themselves above the dreaded dotted line on the Premier League table for the first time since February. It was a defensive masterclass, hard work and perseverance that saw Dean Smith’s side walk away worthy 1-0 winners against the Arsenal. The games only goal, Aston Villa’s Trézéguet arrives...
Aston Villa’s win on the weekend against Crystal Palace gave them a fighting chance of staying in the Premier League after a terrible run of form since the restart. Coming into this game at Goodison Park Dean Smith’s men could put themselves within a point of survival if they managed...
The Premier League season has reached the business end and in game-week 34, Aston Villa hosted Manchester United. A draw for Bournemouth earlier in the day against Tottenham Hotspur meant that Aston Villa would find themselves in 19th should they lose. Manchester United, on the other hand, were in dominant...
The Premier League returned this week after three months of no games being played due to the pandemic. The return saw Chelsea travel to Villa Park to take on Aston Villa. Despite the season nearing a close, both teams still have a lot on the line in terms of their...
Two Premier League games were postponed because of the first English major trophy final in 2020: Aston Villa vs Manchester City. After 90 minutes, Pep Guardiola’s men retained the English League Cup at Wembley. Manchester City had a good start, as Phil Foden set up Sergio Agüero’s goal at 20th...
This Sunday we have the first (second depending on where you stand on the Community Shield debate) silverware up for grabs in England. The EFL Cup Final has arrived once again this season. On one side, a club whose appearance in this match has become somewhat of an expectation in...
As Leicester City hosted Aston Villa in the first leg of the English League Cup semifinal, both clubs knew they had a valuable opportunity ahead. The Foxes could move one step closer to earning concrete evidence of a highly successful season in the form of silverware. The Villans, on the...
The matchup between Aston Villa and Arsenal was expected to be a wide-open affair. Aston Villa and Arsenal are the bottom two teams in shots per game against. Aston Villa gives up 18.5 shots per game and Arsenal clocks in at 18.3 shots against per game. The wide-open action was...
The last game of the fifth Premier League match-day between Aston Villa and West Ham United ended in a goalless draw. In a match between two sides with similar tactical concepts, spectators saw plenty of long balls, wing attacks and solid defensive departments when it came to defending the opposition...
The new Premier League season kicked off with high hopes for fans all across the country, with Tottenham and Aston Villa being no exception to this. Spurs hosted newly-promoted Villa in their first game of the season at their spanking new stadium, with both sides hoping to scale greater heights...
If there is one club that has been active in the current transfer season, it has been Aston Villa. After being relegated from the Premier League in the 2015/2016 season, three years had to pass until they were able to return to England’s top league. They started last season led...
The English football season had almost finished and all eyes were focused on Wembley Stadium, where the Championship play-off final was hosted. Fifth-placed Aston Villa and sixth-placed Derby County battled each other out for the last Premier League spot next season. The Birmingham-based side started this season poorly under Steve...
Aston Villa moved one step closer to returning to the Premier League by beating Midlands rivals West Bromwich Albion on penalties at the Hawthorns to advance into the Championship play-off final. This tactical analysis uses statistics to look at the tactical trends of the game. The focus is on West Bromwich Albion's...
The EFL Championship play-offs threw up two very intriguing ties - Derby vs Leeds was always going to be a highlight following 'Spygate' earlier this season, while a West Midlands derby between Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion was the second semi-final. Villa came into this game on a good...
Swansea City are going from strength to strength in 2019 after another excellent away performance and victory, this time in the FA Cup third round at Aston Villa. In this FA Cup tactical analysis, we'll look in detail at how Swansea were able to win comfortably at Villa Park, and what...
Aston Villa got back to winning ways on Boxing Day in what was a tightly-fought encounter at Swansea City’s Liberty Stadium. In this tactical analysis, we’ll break down the key aspects of the game and how Aston Villa’s solid defensive shape helped them on their way to three points. Both...
Two months ago, Dean Smith walked through the doors of Aston Villa hoping to transform the club’s promotion-chasing fortunes as they struggled to shake off a damaging summer. A play-off final defeat to Fulham in May, near financial capitulation and key players lost, were only some of the things the...
This tactical analysis of Leeds United vs Brentford originally featured on our network site eflanalysis.com where you can find everything analysis related to the English Championship. After a few days of speculation of manager Dean Smith potentially heading to Aston Villa, Brentford Football Club produced one of their best away...
