Talk Villa - An Aston Villa Podcast

A week on from the end of a memorable 2025/26 season for Aston Villa, it’s time to look back on the campaign that was and hand out some awards. From player of the season to an unsung hero and a rating for our year, there’s also some early transfer news to discuss. On the agenda in this episode of the Talk Villa podcast: * Player of the season * Most improved * Unsung hero * Biggest disappointment...

It’s been a remarkable season and Aston Villa ensured it ended in brilliant fashion after a 2-1 win over Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. A brace from Ollie Watkins turned things around in our favour in the second half, as we secured all three points and subsequently finished in fourth place in the Premier League standings after our Europa League triumph last week. On the agenda in this epis...

Aston Villa defeated Freiburg 3-0 in the Europa League Final in Istanbul on Wednesday night to end our 30-year drought. Goals from Youri Tielemans, Emiliano Buendia and Morgan Rogers sealed the victory, as Villa produced a dominant performance to emerge victorious on a historic night for the club. After already sealing Champions League football last week, adding a trophy was the icing on the cake...

Aston Villa will feature in the Champions League next season after sealing a top-five finish in the Premier League on Friday night. Our 4-2 win over Liverpool ensured that we will return to Europe’s top table next year, with the chance still to go on and win the Europa League next week. It was a magnificent way to sign off in our last home game of the season, but Istanbul now awaits as we look to...

Aston Villa picked up a point on Sunday after we were held to a 2-2 draw by Burnley at Turf Moor. Goals from Ross Barkley and Ollie Watkins appeared to have turned things around in our favour, but defensive lapses and mistakes ultimately cost us as we dropped two points in a game that we should have won. It’s Liverpool at home on Friday night next, followed by the Europa League Final on May 20 aga...

Aston Villa swept aside Nottingham Forest in the second leg of our Europa League semi-final tie and advanced to the Final after a 4-1 aggregate win. Goals from Ollie Watkins, Emiliano Buendia and a brace from John McGinn saw us put on a ruthlessly brilliant display, as we stifled, overran and suffocated our rivals to book our spot in the showpiece event in Istanbul on May 20. On the agenda in this...

A wasteful Aston Villa fell to a bitterly disappointing 1-0 defeat to Fulham on Saturday afternoon. Chances came and went as Unai Emery cut a frustrated figure on the sideline, and as Villa failed to take our chances, Ryan Sessegnon found the back of the net for the hosts just before half-time. It’s far from ideal preparation for our Europa League semi-final tie with Nottingham Forest in midweek,...

Aston Villa emerged victorious on a dramatic afternoon at Villa Park with a 4-3 win over Sunderland. Unai Emery’s side appeared to be cruising towards three points in the latter stages of this game after a double from Ollie Watkins and Morgan Rogers getting on the scoresheet to put us 3-1 ahead with just over five minutes remaining. However, the visitors struck twice in quick succession in a drama...

Aston Villa were held to a 1-1 draw by Nottingham Forest on Sunday as we were left to rue missed chances. An own goal from Murillo gave us the lead in the first half, but Neco Williams struck before the break to draw the hosts level. However, Villa could, and perhaps should, have been ahead again in the second half but both Morgan Rogers and Ollie Watkins were wasteful in front of goal when big op...

It’s advantage Aston Villa after our 3-1 win over Bologna in the first leg of our Europa League quarter-final tie on Thursday night. Ezri Konsa broke the deadlock before half-time before a brace from Ollie Watkins helped us secure an important advantage ahead of the reverse fixture at Villa Park next week. The dangerous Jonathan Rowe pulled one back for the Serie A side as their threat and quality...

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...