2018–19 Aston Villa F.C. season

Main article: History of Aston Villa F.C. (1961–present)

The 2018–19 EFL Championship season was Aston Villa's 144th season in English football. It was the club's third consecutive season in the Championship following relegation from the Premier League in the 2015–16 season. Villa finished in fifth place and were the winners of the subsequent play-offs to achieve promotion to the Premier League. ^[3]

Aston Villa

2018–19 season
Chairman	Nassef Sawiris
Manager	Steve Bruce (until 3 October)[1] Dean Smith (from 10 October)[2]
Stadium	Villa Park
Championship	5th (promoted via play-offs)
Play-offs	Winners
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tammy Abraham (25) All: Tammy Abraham (26)
Highest home attendance	41,696 vs Norwich City, 5 May 2019
Lowest home attendance	27,331 vs Preston North End, 2 October 2018
Average home league attendance	36,029
Biggest win	4–0 vs Derby County, 2 March 2019
Biggest defeat	1–4 vs Sheffield United, 1 September 2018
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Second City Derby

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In July 2018, a consortium consisting of Nassef Sawiris and fellow billionaire Wes Edens, referring to themselves as NSWE, purchased a 55% controlling stake worth £30m in English Championship club Aston Villa. The club had faced significant cash flow issues under previous owner Tony Xia, and faced a potential winding-up order by HMRC, following an unpaid £4m tax bill. Following the takeover, NSWE invested significant funds into addressing said issues.

Villa surrendered a two-goal lead, drawing 3–3 at home to bottom club Preston North End on 2 October 2018. One spectator threw a cabbage at manager, Steve Bruce, and there were calls from home fans on the Holte End for Bruce to go.^[4] The following day, he was sacked by Villa after a poor run of form.^[5] A week later, Dean Smith was appointed manager with the club in 15th place, with John Terry as his assistant coach.^[6][7]

Smith was named as the EFL's manager of the week after overseeing a 3–0 win at Derby County on 10 November.^[8] He immediately managed to reinvigorate the "Villans" attack, and only a controversial injury-time equaliser from local rivals West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns denied them a place in the play-offs by 7 December.^[9][10] However Villa's form dipped dramatically in the three months after Jack Grealish was sidelined with a shin injury picked up in that match, but on 2 March, Smith gave Grealish the captaincy on his return to the first-team and the 23-year old inspired an important 4–0 victory over play-off rivals Derby County and went on to captain the team from that game onwards.^[11]

Smith was given that month's EFL Championship Manager of the Month award after achieving five wins in five games, including a 1-0 victory over Second City derby rivals Birmingham City on 10 March with Grealish scoring the only goal.^[12] Earlier in the match, Grealish was "punched from behind by a pitch invader"^[13] who was then sent to prison for 14 weeks for pitch encroachment and assault.^[14][15] Following Villa's promotion, the teams have not met since.

On 22 April 2019, the team surpassed a 109 year old club record for longest winning run after defeating Millwall 1–0 at Villa Park to make it 10 successive victories in 10 matches. The record had previously been held at nine straight wins.^[16] On 11 May, the new manager oversaw his 18th win with Aston Villa as they came from behind to beat West Brom 2–1 in the first leg of the Championship play-off semi-finals.^[17] Three days later, Villa came from behind at West Brom to win on penalties and secure a place in the play-off final.^[18] Villa went on to win promotion to the Premier League with a 2–1 victory over Derby County.^[19]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Villa announced friendlies with AFC Telford United, Kidderminster Harriers, Walsall and Dynamo Dresden.^[20]

AFC Telford United v Aston Villa

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly	AFC Telford United	0–3	Aston Villa	Telford
15:00 BST		Report	Kodjia 19', 74' Hourihane 81'	Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 1,390

Kidderminster Harriers v Aston Villa

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly	Kidderminster Harriers	1–1	Aston Villa	Kidderminster
15:00 BST	Horsfall 9'	Report	Knibbs 11'	Stadium: Aggborough Stadium Attendance: 2,146

Walsall v Aston Villa

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) Friendly	Walsall	1–4	Aston Villa	Bescot
19:45 BST	Guthrie 68'	Report	Hourihane 4', 23', 54' Whelan 39'	Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 3,501

Burton Albion v Aston Villa

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) Bass Charity Vase	Burton Albion	0–4	Aston Villa	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST		Report	Kodjia 5' Adomah 51' De Laet 58' Gardner 75'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,890

Aston Villa v West Ham United

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25) Friendly	Aston Villa	1–3	West Ham United	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Green 85'	Report	Antonio 10' Arnautović 27' Snodgrass 84'	Stadium: Villa Park Referee: Darren Bond

Dynamo Dresden v Aston Villa

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) Friendly	Dynamo Dresden	1–2	Aston Villa	Dresden
14:00 BST	Koné 25'	Report	Green 55', 59'	Stadium: Stadion Dresden Attendance: 9,768

Championship

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Sheffield United (P)	46	26	11	9	78	41	+37	89	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Leeds United	46	25	8	13	73	50	+23	83	Qualification for Championship play-offs[a]
4	West Bromwich Albion	46	23	11	12	87	62	+25	80
5	Aston Villa (O, P)	46	20	16	10	82	61	+21	76
6	Derby County	46	20	14	12	69	54	+15	74
7	Middlesbrough	46	20	13	13	49	41	+8	73
8	Bristol City	46	19	13	14	59	53	+6	70

Source: Sky Sports Archived 25 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results^[21]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L
Position	2	2	4	5	4	12	12	6	12	15	12	15	13	16	16	13	11	8	8	8	8	8	11	9	9	10	12	12	10	9	8	10	10	11	11	9	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2019. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	20	16	10	82	61	+21	76	11	8	4	50	36	+14	9	8	6	32	25	+7

Last updated: 5 May 2019.
Source: BBC Sport

Matches

On 21 June 2018, the Championship fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[22][23]

Hull City v Aston Villa

6 August 2018 (2018-08-06) 1	Hull City	1–3	Aston Villa	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	Evandro 7'	Report	Elphick 14' Elmohamady 70' Hutton 75' Hutton  76' Bjarnason  90'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 14,071 (2,035 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2	Aston Villa	3–2	Wigan Athletic	Aston
15:00 BST	Chester 13' Dunkley og' (63) Grealish  86' Bjarnason 90+4'	Report	Powell 41' McManaman  50' Connolly 55' Morsy  58' Dunkley  66' Evans  90+3'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 34,331 (1,344 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Ipswich Town v Aston Villa

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 3	Ipswich Town	1–1	Aston Villa	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Chalobah 36' Edun  29'  39' Donacien  49'	Report	Kodjia 21' Hutton  65' McGinn  80'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 17,824 (2,027 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Aston Villa v Brentford

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 4	Aston Villa	2–2	Brentford	Aston
19:45 BST	Kodjia  16' 21', 90+5' Chester  67' Grealish  68'	Report	Maupay 23', 82' Watkins  32' Benrahma  75'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,011 (690 away) Referee: Jon Moss

Aston Villa v Reading

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 5	Aston Villa	1–1	Reading	Aston
15:00 BST	Elmohamady 51'	Report	Méïté  58' Sims  70' Baldock 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,405 (833 away) Referee: Darren England

Sheffield United v Aston Villa

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6	Sheffield United	4–1	Aston Villa	Sheffield
15:00 BST	O'Connell 6' Duffy 23' Basham 27' Norwood 41' Sharp 49'	Report	El Ghazi 61' Grealish  83'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 26,030 (2,247 away) Referee: James Linington

Blackburn Rovers v Aston Villa

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 7	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Aston Villa	Blackburn
17:30 BST	Evans  47' Lenihan  53' Dack 76' Reed  86'	Report	McGinn  18' Hourihane 90+3' Bolasie  90+6'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 15,982 (3,998 away) Referee: Steve Martin

Aston Villa v Rotherham United

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 8	Aston Villa	2–0	Rotherham United	Aston
19:45 BST	Abraham 27'  68' El Ghazi  37' Bolasie 82'	Report	Ajayi  65' Mattock  73'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 27,991 (411 away) Referee: Andy Davies

Aston Villa v Sheffield Wednesday

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	Aston Villa	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Aston
15:00 BST	Chester  8' McGinn 53'  55'	Report	Baker  36' Matias 49' Fletcher 67'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 35,572 (2,600 away) Referee: David Webb

Bristol City v Aston Villa

28 September 2018 (2018-09-28) 10	Bristol City	1–1	Aston Villa	Bristol
20:00 BST	Brownhill 16' Hunt  46' Taylor  57'	Report	Kodjia  16' Bjarnason 45+3' Hutton  62'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 24,224 (3,438 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Aston Villa v Preston North End

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 11	Aston Villa	3–3	Preston North End	Aston
19:45 BST	Kodjia 26' Abraham 37' Chester  54' Grealish  71' McGinn  78' Bolasie 90+1' Whelan 90+6'	Report	Johnson 56' (pen.)  90+5' Davies  64' Gallagher 79' Moult 86'  87' Pearson  89'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 27,331 (433 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

Millwall v Aston Villa

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 12	Millwall	2–1	Aston Villa	Bermondsey
15:00 BST	Elliott  4', 48' Ferguson 26'	Report	Abraham 7' Bolasie  71'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 14,491 (2,214 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

Aston Villa v Swansea City

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 13	Aston Villa	1–0	Swansea City	Aston
15:00 BST	Abraham 8' McGinn  85'	Report	Rodon  27'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,326 (2,784 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

Norwich City v Aston Villa

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 14	Norwich City	2–1	Aston Villa	Norwich
19:45 BST	Zimmermann  5' Rhodes 54', 73' Trybull 87'	Report	Chester 19' Taylor 45'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,977 (1,188 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

Queens Park Rangers v Aston Villa

26 October 2018 (2018-10-26) 15	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Aston Villa	Shepherd's Bush, London
19:45 BST	Lynch  29' Wszołek 38'  80' Luongo  82'	Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,036 (3,087 away) Referee: Darren England

Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers

2 November 2018 (2018-11-02) 16	Aston Villa	2–0	Bolton Wanderers	Aston
19:45 GMT	Grealish 4' Chester 57'	Report	Olkowski  42' Wheater  79' Noone  83'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,802 (509 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

Derby County v Aston Villa

10 November 2018 17	Derby County	0–3	Aston Villa	Derby
15:00 GMT	Huddlestone  84' Marriott  90+2' Wilson  90+3'	Report	Adomah  17' McGinn 74'  76' Abraham 78' Hourihane 84'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 30,400 (3,160 away) Referee: John Brooks

Aston Villa v Birmingham City

25 November 2018 18	Aston Villa	4–2	Birmingham City	Aston
12:00 GMT	Kodjia 37' Grealish 39' Adomah  41' Abraham 51' (pen.) Hutton 76'  77'	Report	Jutkiewicz 28'  89' Pedersen 57' Harding  62' Kieftenbeld  90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,200 (2,100 away) Referee: Robert Jones

Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest

28 November 2018 19	Aston Villa	5–5	Nottingham Forest	Aston
19:45 GMT	Abraham 11', 14', 36' (pen.), 71' Bolasie  20' Hutton  69' El Ghazi 75'  87'	Report	Grabban 3', 82' Carvalho 6' Cash 22' Lolley 51' Yacob  65' Figueirdo  68' Darikwa  69' Colback  78'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,868 (2,484 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

Middlesbrough v Aston Villa

1 December 2018 20	Middlesbrough	0–3	Aston Villa	Middlesbrough
17:30 GMT	Friend  71'	Report	Chester 20' Abraham 65' Whelan 83'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 22,207 (1,891 away) Referee: Andy Davies

West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa

7 December 2018 21	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Aston Villa	West Bromwich
19:45 GMT	Gayle 28' Livermore  61' Hegazi  63' Rodriguez 90+1'	Report	El Ghazi 12', 59' Whelan  90+4'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 26,513 (2,600 away) Referee: Darren England

Aston Villa v Stoke City

15 December 2018 22	Aston Villa	2–2	Stoke City	Aston
15:00 GMT	Abraham 73' (pen.) Kodjia  82' 84' McGinn  90+4'	Report	Ince  31' Allen 47' McClean  52' Pieters  72' Shawcross  72' Afobe 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 36,999 (2,602 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

Aston Villa v Leeds United

23 December 2018 23	Aston Villa	2–3	Leeds United	Aston
13:30 GMT	Abraham 5' Bolasie  6' Hourihane 17' McGinn  81'	Report	Clarke 56' Jansson 61' Klich  69' Alioski  87' Roofe 90+5'  90+7'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,411 (2,600 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

Swansea City v Aston Villa

26 December 2018 24	Swansea City	0–1	Aston Villa	Swansea
15:00 GMT	Naughton  53' van der Hoorn  79' Bony 90'	Report	Whelan  21' Hourihane 65' McGinn  80'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,775 (2,057 away) Referee: Roger East

Preston North End v Aston Villa

29 December 2018 25	Preston North End	1–1	Aston Villa	Preston
15:00 GMT	Johnson  52' Gallagher  59' Elmohamady 61' (Own Goal)	Report	Abraham 45'  59' Hutton  70'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 19,126 (5,629 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Aston Villa v Queens Park Rangers

1 January 2019 26	Aston Villa	2–2	Queens Park Rangers	Aston
15:00 GMT	Abraham 21', 75' Hourihane  45' Kodjia  49'	Report	Wszołek  30' Freeman 41' Eze 57' Leistner  69' Osayi-Samuel  90' Lumley  90+4' Bidwell  90+10'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,760 (1,038 away) Referee: James Linington

Wigan Athletic v Aston Villa

12 January 2019 27	Wigan Athletic	3–0	Aston Villa	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Morsy  13' Garner  38' 83' (pen.) Roberts 41' Windass  66' Jacobs 79'	Report	Bjarnason  54' Taylor  64'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 13,882 (4,499 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

Aston Villa v Hull City

19 January 2019 28	Aston Villa	2–2	Hull City	Aston
15:00 GMT	Chester 45' Hourihane  45+3' Bjarnason  58' Abraham 64'	Report	Bowen 27'  83' Evandro 37' Stewart  40' Henriksen  45+3'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,619 (1,485 away) Referee: Darren Bond

Aston Villa v Ipswich Town

26 January 2019 29	Aston Villa	2–1	Ipswich Town	Aston
15:00 GMT	Abraham 6', 61' (pen.) El Ghazi  27' Kalinic  78' Hourihane  84'	Report	Kenlock  14' Sears 76'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,653 (1,164 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

Reading v Aston Villa

2 February 2019 30	Reading	0–0	Aston Villa	Reading
15:00 GMT	Swift  53' Oliveira  55' Yiadom  62'	Report	El Ghazi  49' Whelan  49' Carroll  87' Hourihane  90+5'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,458 (2,135 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Aston Villa v Sheffield United

8 February 2019 31	Aston Villa	3–3	Sheffield United	Aston
19:45 GMT	Jedinak  14' Hutton  60' Whelan  73' Mings 82' Abraham 86' Green 90+4'	Report	Sharp 11', 53', 62' Basham  42' Egan  72' Baldock  88'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 34,892 (2,286 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

Brentford v Aston Villa

13 February 2019 (2019-02-13) 32	Brentford	1–0	Aston Villa	Brentford
19:45 GMT	Maupay 90+1'	Report	Hutton  40'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,636 (1,610 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion

16 February 2019 33	Aston Villa	0–2	West Bromwich Albion	Aston
15:00 GMT	Mings  31' Hause  38' McGinn  51'	Report	Holgate  29' Robson-Kanu 41' Barry  43' Rodriguez 45'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,263 (2,167 away) Referee: James Linington

Stoke City v Aston Villa

23 February 2019 34	Stoke City	1–1	Aston Villa	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Vokes 5' Martins Indi  54' Etebo  57' Williams  90+2'	Report	Hause  41' Adomah 62'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 27,975 (2,931 away) Referee: David Webb

Aston Villa v Derby County

2 March 2019 35	Aston Villa	4–0	Derby County	Aston
15:00 GMT	Hourihane 9', 44'  24' Abraham 37' Grealish 45+2' Hause  60'	Report	Evans  23' Holmes  72'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,273 (2,796 away) Referee: Lee Mason

Birmingham City v Aston Villa

10 March 2019 36	Birmingham City	0–1	Aston Villa	Birmingham
12:00 GMT	Kieftenbeld  5' Jutkiewicz  45+1' Davis  52'	Report	Hause  61' Grealish 67'  68' McGinn  90+2'	Stadium: St. Andrew's Attendance: 26,631 (2,074 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa

13 March 2019 37	Nottingham Forest	1–3	Aston Villa	West Bridgford
19:45 GMT	Colback 3'  86' Ansarifard  29' Milošević  61'	Report	McGinn 7', 15' Hause 61'  28' Taylor  65' Kodjia  90+6'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 29,224 (2,002 away) Referee: Mike Dean

Aston Villa v Middlesbrough

16 March 2019 38	Aston Villa	3–0	Middlesbrough	Aston
15:00 GMT	El Ghazi 28' McGinn 44' Adomah 88'	Report	Obi Mikel  56'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 36,263 (1,850 away) Referee: Darren Bond

Aston Villa v Blackburn Rovers

30 March 2019 39	Aston Villa	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Aston
15:00 GMT	Abraham 8' Mings 61' McGinn  77'	Report	Bennett  26' Bell 74'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,687 (1,123 away) Referee: Robert Jones

Sheffield Wednesday v Aston Villa

6 April 2019 40	Sheffield Wednesday	1–3	Aston Villa	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Hooper 7' Fletcher  37' 57'	Report	McGinn 22' Whelan  38' Mings  57' Adomah 90+2'  90+4' Abraham 90+3'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 29,458 (4,440 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

Rotherham United v Aston Villa

10 April 2019 41	Rotherham United	1–2	Aston Villa	Rotherham
19.45 BST	Vaulks 36' (pen.)  75' Ajayi  47' Mattock  61'	Report	Abraham 12'  90+2' Mings  18'  34' Kodjia 48' (pen.) Grealish 51'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 10,558 (2,588 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

Aston Villa v Bristol City

13 April 2019 42	Aston Villa	2–1	Bristol City	Aston
15:00 BST	McGinn  20' Abraham 55' (pen.) Hourihane 66'	Report	Pack  19' Taylor  21' Hunt  44' Weimann  54' O'Leary  55' Diédhiou 74' Webster  87'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,418 (2,602 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

Bolton Wanderers v Aston Villa

19 April 2019 43	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Aston Villa	Horwich
15:00 BST	Beevers  64' Connolly  79'	Report	Elmohamady  17' Grealish 47' Abraham 57'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 17,344 (4,569 away) Referee: John Brooks

Aston Villa v Millwall

22 April 2019 44	Aston Villa	1–0	Millwall	Aston
13:00 BST	Kodjia 30' Taylor  81' Davis  85'	Report	Cooper  27' O'Brien  90+3'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,839 (1,400 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Leeds United v Aston Villa

28 April 2019 45	Leeds United	1–1	Aston Villa	Leeds
12:00 BST	Hernández  14' Cooper  21' Klich  63' 72' Bamford  75'	Report	El Ghazi  75' Hourihane  75' Adomah 77' McGinn  80'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,786 (2,626 away) Referee: Stuart Attwell

Aston Villa v Norwich City

5 May 2019 46	Aston Villa	1–2	Norwich City	Aston
12:30 BST	Kodjia 14' Lansbury  62'	Report	Pukki 7' Buendía  29' Zimmermann  60' Lewis  78' Vrančić 86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,696 (2,600 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

Playoffs

On 22 April 2019, Aston Villa confirmed their place in this year's EFL Championship playoffs. On 30 April 2019, Aston Villa confirmed 5th place in this year's Championship and would therefore play their first leg at home. The date is set for Saturday 11 May 2019 at 12:30pm.^[24][25]

Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion

11 May 2019 Semi Final - First Leg	Aston Villa	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Villa Park, Birmingham
12:30 BST	Hourihane 75' Abraham 79' (pen.)	Report	Gayle 16'  62'  88' Holgate  33' Hegazi  48' Gibbs  77'	Attendance: 40,754 Referee: Graham Scott

West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa

14 May 2019 (2019-05-14) Semi-final second leg	West Bromwich Albion	1–0 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (3–4 p)	Aston Villa	West Bromwich
20:00 BST	Dawson 29' Johansen  58' Brunt  66'  80' Morrison  97'	Report	Mings  16' Taylor  74'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,702 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
	Penalties
	Holgate Hegazi Adarabioyo Gibbs Morrison		Hourihane Jedinak Grealish Adomah Abraham

Aston Villa v Derby County

27 May 2019 Final	Aston Villa	2–1	Derby County	Wembley Stadium, London
15:00 BST	El Ghazi  28' 44' Hourihane  48' McGinn 59'	Report	Bennett  47' Tomori  51' Marriott 81' Wilson  90+2'	Attendance: 85,826 Referee: Paul Tierney

FA Cup

Main article: 2018–19 FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.^[26]

Aston Villa v Swansea City

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) Third round	Aston Villa	0–3	Swansea City	Aston
15:00 GMT	Lansbury  71' Taylor  87'	Report	Baker-Richardson 2' Dyer 47' Fulton 78' Fer  90+3'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,572 Referee: Gavin Ward

EFL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.^[27] The second round was drawn by Chris Waddle and Mick McCarthy on 16 August 2018.^[28]

Yeovil Town v Aston Villa

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round	Yeovil Town	0–1	Aston Villa	Yeovil
19:45 BST	Fisher 60' Warren  63' D'Almeida  65'	Report	Hourihane  24' Doyle-Hayes  44' Elphick  59' Kodjia  63' Hourihane 77'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 6,123 Referee: John Brooks

Burton Albion v Aston Villa

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Second round	Burton Albion	1–0	Aston Villa	Burton on Trent
19:45 BST	Boyce 52' McFadzean  45+2'  89'	Report	Hourihane  30' De Laet  69' Adomah 89'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 3,411 Referee: Darren Bond

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2018	GK		Viljami Sinisalo	FC Espoo	Undisclosed	[29]
13 July 2018	LW		Tyreik Wright	Lakewood Athletic	Undisclosed	[30]
7 August 2018	GK		Ørjan Nyland	Ingolstadt 04	Undisclosed	[31]
8 August 2018	CM		John McGinn	Hibernian	£2,500,000	[32]
29 September 2018	GK		Ákos Onódi	Győri ETO FC	Undisclosed	[33]
1 January 2019	GK		Lovre Kalinić	K.A.A. Gent	Undisclosed	[34]
29 January 2019	WG		Jaden Philogene	Pro:Direct Academy	—	[35]
31 January 2019	RB		Frédéric Guilbert	SM Caen	Undisclosed	[36]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CF		Gabriel Agbonlahor	Free agent	Released	[37]
1 July 2018	LB		Jordan Amavi	Marseille	£9,000,000	[38]
1 July 2018	CB		James Finnerty	Rochdale	Free transfer	[39]
1 July 2018	RM		Carles Gil	RC Deportivo	Undisclosed	[40]
1 July 2018	GK		Pierluigi Gollini	Atalanta	£3,750,000	[41]
1 July 2018	GK		Emmanuel Idem	Macclesfield Town	Released	[37][42]
1 July 2018	CB		Christopher Samba	Free agent	Released	[37]
1 July 2018	CB		John Terry	Free agent	Mutual consent	[43]
3 August 2018	GK		Viktor Johansson	Leicester City	Free transfer	[44]
31 January 2019	CB		Jacob Bedeau	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	[45]
18 March 2019	MF		Jordan Lyden	Free agent	Released	[46]
3 May 2019	LB		Mitch Clark	Free agent	Released	[47]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
26 July 2018	GK		André Moreira	Atlético Madrid	23 January 2019	[48][49]
6 August 2018	CB		Axel Tuanzebe	Manchester United	31 May 2019	[50]
22 August 2018	FW		Anwar El Ghazi	Lille	31 May 2019	[51]
25 August 2018	MF		Yannick Bolasie	Everton	21 January 2019	[52][53]
31 August 2018	FW		Tammy Abraham	Chelsea	31 May 2019	[54]
7 January 2019	CB		Kortney Hause	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31 May 2019	[55]
31 January 2019	CM		Tom Carroll	Swansea City	4 April 2019	[56][57]
31 January 2019	CB		Tyrone Mings	Bournemouth	31 May 2019	[58]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
9 August 2018	MF		Gary Gardner	Birmingham City	31 May 2019	[59]
10 August 2018	GK		Jed Steer	Charlton Athletic	31 December 2018	[60][61]
16 August 2018	DF		Mitchell Clark	Port Vale	31 May 2019	[62]
17 August 2018	DF		Easah Suliman	FC Emmen	28 December 2018	[63][64]
29 August 2018	MF		Aaron Tshibola	Kilmarnock	31 May 2019	[65]
29 August 2018	MF		Andre Green	Portsmouth	17 January 2019	[66][67]
31 August 2018	DF		Tommy Elphick	Hull City	29 December 2018	[68][69]
31 August 2018	MF		Jordan Lyden	Oldham Athletic	7 January 2019	[70][71]
31 August 2018	FW		Kelsey Mooney	Cheltenham Town	January 2019	[72]
14 September 2018	DF		Ritchie De Laet	Melbourne City	31 May 2019	[73]
19 September 2018	FW		Ross McCormack	Central Coast Mariners	5 January 2019	[74][75]
5 January 2019	SS		Ross McCormack	Motherwell	31 May 2019	[76]
11 January 2019	CF		Rushian Hepburn-Murphy	Cambridge United	31 May 2019	[77]
29 January 2019	CM		Callum O'Hare	Carlisle United	31 May 2019	[78]
31 January 2019	CM		Corey Blackett-Taylor	Walsall	31 May 2019	[79]
31 January 2019	RB		James Bree	Ipswich Town	31 May 2019	[80]
31 January 2019	CM		Jake Doyle-Hayes	Cambridge United	31 May 2019	[81]
31 January 2019	CF		Scott Hogan	Sheffield United	31 May 2019	[82]
31 January 2019	CF		Harry McKirdy	Newport County	31 May 2019	[83]
31 January 2019	RB		Frederic Guilbert	SM Caen	31 May 2019	[36]
16 March 2019	CM		Alexander Prosser	Brackley Town	31 May 2019	[84]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

^[85]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		Play-offs		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	NOR	Ørjan Nyland	23	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	ENG	Jed Steer	19	0	15+1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	CRO	Lovre Kalinić	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31	GK	ENG	Mark Bunn	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	MNE	Matija Sarkic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	WAL	Neil Taylor	37	0	28+3	0	3	0	1	0	2	0
4	DF	ENG	Axel Tuanzebe	30	0	24+1	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	WAL	James Chester (team captain)	28	5	28	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	SCO	Alan Hutton	34	2	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Tommy Elphick	14	1	11	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
27	DF	EGY	Ahmed Elmohamady	42	2	32+6	2	3	0	0	0	0+1	0
30	DF	ENG	Kortney Hause	12	1	10+1	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	ENG	Dominic Revan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	DF	ENG	Tyrone Mings	18	2	15	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Micah Richards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	IRL	Glenn Whelan	38	1	23+12	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
7	MF	SCO	John McGinn	44	7	39+1	6	3	1	1	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Henri Lansbury	5	0	1+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
10	MF	ENG	Jack Grealish	35	6	31	6	3	0	0	0	0+1	0
14	MF	IRL	Conor Hourihane	48	9	33+10	7	2+1	1	0	0	2	1
15	MF	AUS	Mile Jedinak	18	0	12+5	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	ENG	Andre Green	22	1	8+10	1	1+2	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF	ISL	Birkir Bjarnason	17	2	11+6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	GHA	Albert Adomah	42	4	22+14	4	2+1	0	1	0	2	0
41	MF	ENG	Jacob Ramsey	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
17	FW	ENG	Keinan Davis	7	0	0+5	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	FW	ENG	Tammy Abraham	40	26	37	25	3	1	0	0	0	0
22	FW	NED	Anwar El Ghazi	36	6	25+6	5	3	1	1	0	1	0
26	FW	CIV	Jonathan Kodjia	42	9	19+19	9	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season
2	DF	BEL	Ritchie De Laet	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	IRL	Scott Hogan	7	0	0+6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF	COD	Yannick Bolasie	21	2	9+12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	ENG	Tom Carroll	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	James Bree	11	0	6+2	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
23	GK	POR	André Moreira	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
29	FW	ENG	Rushian Hepburn-Murphy	7	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
34	MF	IRL	Jake Doyle-Hayes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
36	FW	ENG	Harry McKirdy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW	ENG	Callum O'Hare	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	Jordan Lyden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

Disciplinary Records

Player	Number	Position	Championship		EFL Cup		FA Cup		Other		Total
			Y	R	Y	R	Y	R	Y	R	Y	R
John McGinn	7	MF	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
Conor Hourihane	14	MF	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
Alan Hutton	21	DF	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Tyrone Mings	40	DF	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1
Jonathan Kodjia	26	FW	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Neil Taylor	3	DF	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
Anwar El Ghazi	22	FW	4	0a	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Glenn Whelan	6	MF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Jack Grealish	10	MF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Kortney Hause	30	DF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
James Chester	5	DF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Albert Adomah	37	MF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Birkir Bjarnason	20	MF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Tammy Abraham	18	FW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Yannick Bolasie	11	MF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Henri Lansbury	8	MF	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Ahmed Elmohamady	27	DF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jake Doyle-Hayes	34	MF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Keinan Davis	17	ST	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Lovre Kalinić	28	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mile Jedinak	15	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ritchie De Laet	2	DF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tommy Elphick	24	DF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Carroll	11	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTAL			80	2	6	0	2	0	4	0	92	2

^a Given one Red Card, which was later rescinded.^[86]
Based on matches played until 28 May 2019

Top scorers

Top Scorers

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Championship		EFL Cup		FA Cup		Other		Total
				Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists
18	FW	ENG	Tammy Abraham	25	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	26	3
14	MF	IRE	Conor Hourihane	7	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	11
26	FW	CIV	Jonathan Kodjia	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	3
7	MF	SCO	John McGinn	6	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	9
10	MF	ENG	Jack Grealish	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	7
22	FW	NED	Anwar El Ghazi	5	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	6
5	DF	WAL	James Chester	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
37	MF	GHA	Albert Adomah	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
27	DF	EGY	Ahmed Elmohamady	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	8
11	MF	DRC	Yannick Bolasie	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
21	DF	SCO	Alan Hutton	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
20	MF	ISL	Birkir Bjarnason	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
40	DF	ENG	Tyrone Mings	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6	MF	IRE	Glenn Whelan	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
19	MF	ENG	Andre Green	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
30	DF	ENG	Kortney Hause	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	ENG	Tommy Elphick	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	WAL	Neil Taylor	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
4	DF	ENG	Axel Tuanzebe	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL				79	56	1	1	0	0	4	2	84	59

Based on matches played until 28 May 2019