Talk Villa - An Aston Villa Podcast

Aston Villa made it consecutive clean sheets and wins after seeing off West Ham United in a 2-0 victory on Sunday. It followed our progression in the Europa League in midweek after seeing off Lille, and although the international break arguably comes at a bad time as it risks disrupting our momentum, Unai Emery and the players are certainly in a much better place now compared to a week ago. On the...

It was further frustration and disappointment for Aston Villa at Old Trafford, as we fell to a 3-1 defeat to Manchester United on Sunday afternoon. The hosts went ahead shortly after half-time, but a fine strike from Ross Barkley drew us level to offer renewed hope in our ability to come away with a positive result. However, that hope was soon extinguished as we conceded twice more to suffer a thi...

Aston Villa will take a 1-0 lead into the second leg of our round-of-16 Europa League clash with Lille next week. Ollie Watkins found the back of the net on the hour mark to give us an advantage after winning in France, and it’s hoped that proves to be a decisive moment in the tie. On the agenda in this episode of the Talk Villa podcast: * How vital advantage should influence second leg * Confiden...

Our crunch showdown with Chelsea ended in bitter disappointment as Aston Villa suffered a 4-1 defeat on Wednesday night. Despite taking an early lead and showing positive signs in the opening minutes, things went downhill rapidly for Villa from that point onwards as we collapsed in a critical clash in the race for Champions League qualification. On the agenda in this episode of the podcast: * Vill...

Aston Villa’s poor form continued on Friday as we suffered a 2-0 defeat at Wolves in the Premier League. It’s another major blow in our battle for Champions League qualification, with the chasing pack now having the opportunity to really close the gap on us ahead of a season-defining run of fixtures for Unai Emery and the players. On the agenda in this episode: * Slow, passive approach needs to ch...

Aston Villa salvaged a point after Tammy Abraham’s late equaliser secured a 1-1 draw with Leeds United on Saturday. Villa were poor again as we fell behind in the first half and struggled to find any answers in our response, but Abraham came off the bench and bagged a second goal in as many games to seal a share of the spoils. It’s more frustration and disappointment for Villa though as our form c...

Aston Villa crashed out of the FA Cup this weekend after suffering a 3-1 defeat to Newcastle United. Tammy Abraham gave us an early lead but Marco Bizot’s red card just before half-time changed the game and set the table for a second-half comeback from the visitors. In turn, it’s disappointment for Villa as our FA Cup run comes to an early end, with all of our focus now on the Premier League and E...

Aston Villa toiled but found a way to secure three valuable points in our 1-0 win over Brighton in midweek. With the game looking as though it was heading towards a goalless draw, up stepped Leon Bailey to whip in a dangerous corner with Tyrone Mings heading it towards goal and getting a helpful deflection on its way into the back of the net. It’s a pivotal win for Villa in the ongoing race for Ch...

Aston Villa held Bournemouth to a 1-1 draw at the Vitality Stadium in our Premier League encounter on Saturday. Morgan Rogers broke the deadlock in the first half with a fantastic finish, but the hosts continued to threaten before finding an equaliser shortly after the break. Villa had to dig in and defend well to ensure we came away with at least a point, and so albeit it was a bitterly disappoin...

Aston Villa fell to a 1-0 defeat to Brentford in our Premier League clash on Sunday at Villa Park. Despite seeing the visitors reduced to 10 men, they took the lead just minutes later on the brink of half-time, with Villa unable to find a breakthrough to take something from the encounter. That’s now successive home losses in the Premier League, with the chasing pack now closing the gap on us in th...

Aston Villa secured second place in the Europa League table on Thursday night after a 3-2 win over RB Salzburg. The visitors took advantage of a poor performance from Villa in the opening hour to go 2-0 ahead, but goals from Morgan Rogers and Tyrone Mings drew us level as we launched a stirring comeback in the latter stages of the encounter. It was youngster Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba who came off the...

Aston Villa produced a brilliant performance to secure a 2-0 win over Newcastle United at St. James’ Park on Sunday. Goals from Emiliano Buendia and Ollie Watkins sealed all three points, as we followed up our impressive win at Fenerbahce in the Europa League in midweek with another strong display on the road. The win reinforces our place in the Premier League standings in third spot, as we contin...

Aston Villa picked up a 1-0 win away at Fenerbahce in the Europa League on Thursday night, with Jadon Sancho emerging as our match-winner in Istanbul. It was an impressive performance from Villa as we secured our place in the top-eight of the league phase to, thus qualifying directly to the knockout stage and round-of-16. Despite facing a difficult atmosphere and opponent, Unai Emery’s side did en...

Aston Villa’s 11-game home winning streak came to a disappointing end this past weekend after we suffered a 1-0 defeat to Everton. Unai Emery was dealt an early injury blow as captain John McGinn was forced off in the first half, and although Villa struggled for rhythm and quality, we snatched at countless chances in a wasteful performance. That was ultimately punished as the visitors scored on th...

Aston Villa booked their spot in the fourth round of the FA Cup after a 2-1 win over Tottenham on Saturday. First-half goals from Emiliano Buendia and Morgan Rogers set us on our way, and although the hosts did produce a fightback at the start of the second half, Villa were able to hold out for the victory to progress. On the agenda in this episode: * Impressive first-half performance * Buendia de...

Aston Villa were held to a goalless draw at Crystal Palace on Wednesday night as our poor run against the Eagles continued. That’s now seven games against Palace without a win across all competitions, as Unai Emery struggles to get the better of Oliver Glasner. Still, it was a decent point at a ground we struggle at even though it feels a missed opportunity to get more, but with results elsewhere...

Aston Villa got back to winning ways with a brilliant response in our 3-1 victory over Nottingham Forest on Saturday. After the disappointment of our defeat at Arsenal in midweek, it was crucial that we produced an immediate reaction to get back on track and avoid that setback becoming an extended blip. We did just that against Forest with a stunning Ollie Watkins strike and an impressive double f...

Aston Villa’s winning run came to an end on Tuesday night as we suffered a 4-1 defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates. Despite a competitive first half in which we limited Arsenal’s threat and caused them problems on the counter attack, the hosts overran us in the second half after finding a breakthrough just minutes into the restart. On the agenda in this episode: * Onana injury a major turning point...

Aston Villa made it 11 consecutive wins across all competitions on Saturday evening after securing a 2-1 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. A double from Ollie Watkins off the bench helped seal our latest comeback win after Joao Pedro gave the hosts the lead in the first half, and that’s now eight wins on the spin in the Premier League to keep us comfortably sat in third place in the standin...

Aston Villa’s winning streak goes on and on as we secured a 2-1 victory over Manchester United at Villa Park on Sunday. Given our woeful home record against the Red Devils in the last two decades, this was another impressive box ticked for Unai Emery and the players, as they continue to find a way to win football games on a consistent basis. Morgan Rogers was the star of the show with two sensatio...

Aston Villa secured another comeback win as we defeated West Ham United 3-2 at the London Stadium on Sunday. Morgan Rogers was our goalscoring hero in the second half to help seal all three points, with the win keeping us in third place in the Premier League table after a sixth consecutive win. That’s now nine wins on the bounce across all competitions, as we look ahead to hosting Manchester Unite...

Aston Villa secured a dramatic, last-gasp 2-1 win over Arsenal, with Emiliano Buendia scoring with the last kick of the game. Matty Cash put us ahead in the first half, but Villa started slowly in the second half and subsequently conceded an equaliser as Leandro Trossard drew the Gunners level. The reaction to that was excellent though, and despite having to wait for a dramatic late winner, it was...

Aston Villa produced a stunning comeback to secure a 4-3 win over Brighton at the Amex Stadium on Wednesday night. A brace from Ollie Watkins and second-half goals from Amadou Onana and Donyell Malen sealed the three points, while Marco Bizot produced a fine late save to deny the hosts a share of the spoils. The win moves Villa up to third place in the Premier League table, as we now look ahead to...

Aston Villa produced an impressive second-half comeback to secure a 2-1 win over Leeds United in our Premier League encounter on Sunday. A double from Morgan Rogers, including a stunning free-kick, turn things around in our favour after the break, and it keeps our winning momentum going having made it nine wins in our last 11 games across all competitions. On the agenda in this week’s podcast: * R...

Aston Villa produced an impressive display in our 4-0 win over Bournemouth this past weekend, as we signed off ahead of the international break in positive fashion. Goals from Emiliano Buendia, Amadou Onana, Ross Barkley and Donyell Malen sealed all three points, as Villa moved up to sixth place in the Premier League table and continue to recover ground after a poor start to the campaign. On the a...