A quick look at Basel #AVFC

New episode! Interview special with ESPN football journalist @stighefootball.bsky.social about Aston Villa. 🟣 Season so far / Arsenal drama / Players reviews 🔵 XG sustainability / Squad & transfer study 🎙️ linktr.ee/allvillanofi... 🎥 youtu.be/TZLNlEKie3c?... #avfc #utv #astonvilla

Aston Villa have placed a €12m bid for 19-year-old attacker Alysson. Grêmio are currently considering the offer.🇧🇷

Unai Emery reaction to Aston Villa's winner was INCREDIBLE.

You hear that? That's the sound of pure Aston Villa joy. 🔊

🇬🇧 Premier League Wingers & Att Mid: Goals per 90 🥇 E. Buendía (Aston Villa, 28) — 0.46 🥈 A. Semenyo (Bournemouth, 25) — 0.45 🥉 H. Barnes (Newcastle, 27) — 0.39 🏅 E. Eze (Arsenal, 27) — 0.38 🏅 B. Mbeumo (Man United, 26) — 0.36 📊 datamb.football

Is it just us... or do Aston Villa only score belters this season? 🤨

Banana skin: avoided #AVFC

Save(s) of the season from Emiliano Martinez? The Argentine keeps Wolves at bay with a terrific save from Yerson Mosquera — and then reaches a hand out to stop the ball bouncing in.

John McGinn for Aston Villa vs Wolves 90 minutes played 84% passing accuracy 1 assist 4 chances created 16 defensive contributions 69 touches 2 tackles won 2 clearances 11 recoveries 6 ground duels won Captains performance once again. #AVFC

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Morgan Rogers has now scored TWO goals from outside the box in away Premier League fixtures in 2025/2026. Only Stiliyan Petrov (3 in 2011/2012) has scored more in a single Premier League season for Aston Villa in the history of the competition. #AVFC

Young Boys Match Preview with my mate UTV Luke #AVFC youtu.be/je_dYhf2TFQ?...

zri Konsa for England vs Serbia 98% passing accuracy (85/87) 🥇 98 touches 9 passes into final third 2 tackles won 2 clearances 2 headed clearances 4 recoveries 4 ground duels won Another clean sheet for his country 👏 #AVFC

This really is an excellent interview with Ross Barkley, by @jacobtanswell.bsky.social

Morgan Rogers has signed a new contract with Aston Villa, valid until 2031. The 23yo has made 86 appearances for the club since joining from Middlesbrough in January 2024 for just £8m rising to £15m. #AVFC

Amadou Onana on Emi Buendia's free-kick: "He practices it a lot. Hundreds and hundreds of times. Austin, our set-piece coach, was speaking about it this morning and showed us the free-kick he scored against Roma in pre-season. Really happy for him, he’s a special player." #AVFC

Today John McGinn created the most chances (3), won the most duels (7) and was the most fouled player (4) in Aston Villa's 4-0 win over Bournemouth. Under the radar from our captain today. #AVFC

Emiliano Martinez vs Bournemouth 90 minutes played 1 penalty save 4 saves 1.37 goals prevented 9 recoveries 2 high claims 52 touches Some performance to put a recent mistake well in the rear-view mirror. #AVFC

Emery trying to use Iraola's man marking to his disadvantage. #AVFC's attackers making unfamiliar movements, which means their markers have to track them. Buendia is making Semenyo go into midfield, Senesi to left, Truffert into midfield etc. No surprise there are lots of fouls

Really impressive performance all round today. Emery completely outdid Iraola. Tactics were spot on, bypassed their press repeatedly and exploited the space brilliantly. ✅ Created loads of chances ✅ Defended well + clean sheet ✅ Emi with key saves ✅ Set pieces sharp ✅ Subs made an impact #UTV

You know it's gone well when about half a dozen players could easily be given the MOTM award. I wish we did that more often, it's so nice to actually be relaxed at the end of a game 😄 Up the Villa #AVFC

🚨 EXCL: Aston Villa reach agreement with Morgan Rogers on new contract. Previous deal 2030; fresh terms 2031 + significantly improved salary. Despite strong interest from PL & foreign suitors, 23yo #AVFC midfielder to sign in coming days 🚨 @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...

4 - Amadou Onana 2 - Ezri Konsa 2 - Pau Torres 1 - Boubacar Kamara 1 - Ross Barkley Aston Villa made 𝐓𝐄𝐍 blocks yesterday against Manchester City, their most in a single Premier League game since the start of the 2020/2021 season. Wall. #AVFC

The 1897 Group and Military Lions have joined forces to create a stunning Remembrance Sunday display for Aston Villa's match vs Bournemouth. It's 100% fan-funded, and to make it happen, they need support from Villa fans to reach their target before the deadline on Wednesday. #AVFC

Up the Villa.

I had a good chat with my mate UTV Luke this morning #AVFC youtu.be/qb_5r0p31ys?...

Bizot. Marco Bizot. #AVFC #UTV

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Since the start of April, Morgan Rogers has recorded the most assists in the Premier League (8), at least two more than any other player. #AVFC

Ezri Konsa deserves big praise this week. Defensively he was solid, making 5 clearances, but just as impressive was his progressive passing and those driving runs forward. The right side of the passing network is looking much improved. #UTV

Boubacar Kamara vs Feyenoord 90 minutes played 1 assist 97% passing accuracy (62/64) 1 chance created 79 touches 100% accurate long balls (2/2) 2 tackles won 3 clearances 2 interceptions 8 recoveries 7 duels won Rolls Royce. #AVFC

Great passing game from Pau Torres 👏 #AVFC

Boubacar Kamara won more duels than other player during Aston Villa's 1-0 win tonight over Bologna (12). Showing his class 👏 #AVFC

I like what I see with Guessand, not sure why I've seen some negativity around him so far? He's got a bit of everything about him, just needs a goal much like a few in our side. #AVFC

Marco Bizot man of the match 👏 #AVFC

Think there is some surprise here that Harvey Elliott hasn't been called upon yet. #AVFC

Wonderful piece from @dermotmcorrigan.bsky.social on Aston Villa’s new sporting director, Roberto Olabe: As ever, full insight on @theathleticfc.bsky.social: #AVFC www.nytimes.com/athletic/665...

Before the season I ran some Monte Carlo analysis to predict how many goals Ollie Watkins would score. This predicted a 92% chance he would have scored at least 1 goal by gameweek 5, and a 71% chance he would have scored 2. #avfc

Really think tomorrow is a huge (and exciting) game in #AVFC's season. A win could shift the mood, internally and externally, considerably. Emery believes the last two games are laying the foundations for improvement - you need to see the results/goals starting tomorrow.

Success brings longevity. Emery is nearing his third year at #AVFC & has the PL's joint oldest squad. It means he'll have to do something he hasn't so far - transition/rebuild the squad,planning for the future rather than upcoming months. @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...

Looked better last night with some pieces learning our game still, Guessand raw but exciting. Saw the vision of when we could be though, wider earlier; Cash's long pass to Guessand got them turned around & Sancho hit the post from his cutback. In the PL it would be Rogers taking that shot 👀

Bogarde steadily becoming a really solid player as well. Intelligent understanding of positioning & makes good decisions a lot of the time. Elliott adds that bite/hunger to make an impact. Sancho has been talking to McGinn and Emery on his remit & still getting up to speed

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Ezri Konsa for England tonight: 90 minutes played 1 goal 97% passing accuracy (87/90) (🥇) 93 touches (🥇) 11 passes into the final third 3 accurate long balls 4 recoveries Rolls Royce strikes again 😍 #AVFC

Lots of Aston Villa-England flags strung up in the Holte End ahead of the first men's international at Villa Park for 20 years.

I put Elliott on the right in my preseason possible transfers thread (the club actually got a guy I liked!). Looking at how we're playing & Cash still being deep until we're in the box, I think it's more likely Elliott plays out the 10 & Malen/Guessand generate cutbacks from the right.

Suspected that Asensio would profile pretty similar to Elliott, minus the crosses and through balls (a team play style thing. Wonder how not playing with Salah and increased minutes will affect particularly the really high xGA/90 #AVFC

Deadline day wrapped up with some big moves for Aston Villa. I caught up with #UTV Luke to break down the new reinforcements and what they could mean for the squad. youtu.be/UblDmupSH7w?...

Agreement now in place for #AVFC to sign Harvey Elliott. Midfielder set to undergo medical and complete a deal to join on a season-long loan with a buy obligation. Story @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/653...