Aston Villa
| FULL NAME | Aston Villa Football Club |
| NICKNAMES | The Villans, The Lions |
| FOUNDED | 1874, 152 years ago |
| GROUND | Villa Park, Birmingham |
| CAPACITY | 42,657 |
| OWNERS | V Sports (Nasser Sawiris, Wes Edens, Atairos) |
| CHAIRMAN | Nasser Sawiris |
| HEAD COACH | Unai Emery |
| 2025-26 | 4th of 20 |
Something of a strange year for Aston Villa. They got off to a horrible start managing only 9 goals in their first 10 games. They finally got it together but started to fall apart again towards the end of the season. Nevertheless, they did end up 4th in the Table, a two-place improvement over the previous year, and an invitation to participate in Europe in the upcoming campaign. They were unable to resist an approx $120 million transfer from Chelsea for probably their best player, Morgan Rogers. Manager Unai Emery must fancy himself of something of a magician. He is of the mind that he can resurrect Alejandro Garnacho. I will remind you that Garnacho was in the running for the Timo Werner Award last year and was only beaten out by the abysmal Brennan Johnson. At the end of last year, I said that anyone willing to pay $40 million, his valuation by some entity or other, for him would need their head examined. Well Emery seems to think he can turn this guy around. In a shrewd move he didn’t buy him outright, but has taken him on for this season on loan. If he pans out, Villa will have the option to buy him for $40/$45 mill.
I think I have a better chance of becoming the next Pope. He may be only 22 years old, but he was an absolute waste of space at Chelsea and at Manchester United before that. Losing Rogers and giving a spot to Garnacho is not a recipe for success in my book. I look for Villa to drop a few places and end the season in the middle of the pack.
SCHEDULE
All times are Mountain Standard Time
| Home | Time | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Aug 23 | ||
| Brighton | 7:00 | Aston Villa |
| Mon Aug 31 | ||
| Aston Villa | 1:00 | Arsenal |
| Sat Sep 5 | ||
| Hull | 8:00 | Aston Villa |
| Sat Sep 12 | ||
| Aston Villa | 8:00 | Notts For |
| Sat Sep 19 | ||
| Tottenham | 5:30 | Aston Villa |
| Sat Oct 10 | ||
| Aston Villa | 8:00 | Brentford |
| Sat Oct 17 | ||
| Newcastle | 8:00 | Aston Villa |
| Sat Oct 24 | ||
| Aston Villa | 8:00 | Man City |
| Sat Oct 31 | ||
| Aston Villa | 9:00 | Fulham |
| Home | Time | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Sat Nov 7 | ||
| Man U | 8:00 | Aston Villa |
| Sat Nov 21 | ||
| Aston Villa | 8:00 | Sunderland |
| Sat Nov 28 | ||
| Ipswich | 08:00 | Aston Villa |
| Wed Dec 2 | ||
| Aston Villa | 1:00 | Everton |
| Sat Dec 5 | ||
| Aston Villa | 8:00 | Crystal Palace |
| Sat Dec 12 | ||
| Coventry | 08:00 | Aston Villa |
| Sat Dec 19 | ||
| Chelsea | 8:00 | Aston Villa |
| Sun Dec 26 | ||
| Aston Villa | 08:00 | Leeds |
| Wed Dec 30 | ||
| Aston Villa | 1:00 | Liverpool |
| Home | Time | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Sat Jan 2 | ||
| Bournemouth | 8:00 | Aston Villa |
| Wed Jan 6 | ||
| Everton | 1:00 | Aston Villa |
| Sat Jan 16 | ||
| Aston Villa | 8:00 | Man U |
| Sat Jan 23 | ||
| Fulham | 8:00 | Aston Villa |
| Sat Jan 31 | ||
| Aston Villa | 8:0 | Ipswich |
| Sat Feb 6 | ||
| Sunderland | 8:00 | Aston Villa |
| Wed Feb 10 | ||
| Aston Villa | 1:00 | Bournemouth |
| Sat Feb 20 | ||
| Leeds | 8:00 | Aston Villa |
| Sat Feb 27 | ||
| Aston Villa | 8:00 | Chelsea |
| Home | Time | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Wed Mar 3 | ||
| Liverpool | 1:00 | Aston Villa |
| Sat Mar 13 | ||
| Aston Villa | 8:00 | Hull |
| Sat Mar 20 | ||
| Notts For | 9:00 | Aston Villa |
| Sat Apr 10 | ||
| Aston Villa | 8:00 | Brighton |
| Sat Apr 17 | ||
| Arsenal | 8:00 | Aston Villa |
| Sat Apr 24 | ||
| Aston Villa | 08:00 | Coventry |
| Sat May 1 | ||
| Crystal Palace | 8:00 | Aston Villa |
| Sat May 8 | ||
| Brentford | 08:00 | Aston Villa |
| Sat May 15 | ||
| Aston Villa | 8:00 | Newcastle |
| Sun May 23 | ||
| Man City | 08:00 | Aston Villa |
| Sun May 30 | ||
| Aston Villa | 9:00 | Tottenham |