2020–21 Aston Villa F.C. season

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

The 2020–21 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 146th season in English football. It was the club's 26th season in the Premier League and their 107th season at the top flight. In addition to the domestic league, Aston Villa participated in the EFL Cup, being eliminated by Stoke City in the fourth round, and participated in the FA Cup, being eliminated by Liverpool in the third round.

Aston Villa

2020–21 season
Owners	Nassef Sawiris Wes Edens
Chairman	Nassef Sawiris
Head coach	Dean Smith
Stadium	Villa Park
Premier League	11th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Ollie Watkins (14) All: Ollie Watkins (16)
Biggest win	7–2 (vs. Liverpool, 4 October 2020)
Biggest defeat	0–3 (vs. Leeds United, 23 October 2020)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The entire season took place against the backdrop of the global COVID-19 pandemic, which necessitated the players' compliance with strict restrictions on contact as well as a lack of fans at all Villa's home matches until the final day of the campaign.

Villa started the season with four successive league wins, matching a record which had stood since the 1930-31 season. Other notable statistics included inflicting a 7-2 victory over defending champions Liverpool, the most goals conceded in a single game by a defending champion since 1953.

Players

Squad

Further information: Aston Villa F.C. § Players

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Previous Club	Notes
1	GK		Tom Heaton	35	2019	20	0	2023	£8M	Burnley
2	DF		Matty Cash	23	2020	28	0	2025	£14M	Nottingham Forest
3	DF		Neil Taylor	32	2017 (Winter)	103	0	2021	Undisclosed	Swansea City
4	DF		Ezri Konsa	23	2019	67	4	2026	£12M	Brentford
5	DF		Tyrone Mings	28	2019	91	6	2024	£20M	Bournemouth
6	MF		Douglas Luiz	23	2019	74	3	2023	£15M	Manchester City
7	MF		John McGinn	26	2018	111	13	2025	£3.5M	Hibernian
9	FW		Wesley	24	2019	25	6	2024	£22M	Club Brugge
10	MF		Jack Grealish	25	2001	212	33	2025	Academy	Academy	Captain
11	FW		Ollie Watkins	25	2020	40	16	2025	£28M	Brentford	Current record signing
12	GK		Jed Steer	28	2013	33	0	2023	£0.4M	Norwich City
14	MF		Conor Hourihane	30	2017 (Winter)	150	29	2022	£3.2M	Barnsley	On loan at Swansea City
15	FW		Bertrand Traoré	25	2020	37	8	2024	£17M	Olympique Lyonnais
17	MF		Trézéguet	26	2019	63	9	2023	£8.8M	Kasımpaşa
18	DF		Matt Targett	25	2019	70	2	2023	£11.5M	Southampton
19	MF		Marvelous Nakamba	27	2019	50	0	2024	£10.2M	Club Brugge
20	MF		Ross Barkley	27	2020	24	3	2021	Season Long Loan	Chelsea
21	MF		Anwar El Ghazi	26	2019	107	22	2023	£8.1M	Lille
22	DF		Björn Engels	26	2019	19	1	2024	£9M	Reims
24	DF		Frédéric Guilbert	26	2019 (Winter)	31	2	2023	£4.5M	Caen	On loan at Strasbourg
25	MF		Morgan Sanson	26	2021 (Winter)	9	0	2025	£14M	Marseille
26	GK		Emiliano Martínez	28	2020	38	0	2024	£17M	Arsenal
27	DF		Ahmed Elmohamady	33	2017	131	4	2021	£1M	Hull City
28	GK		Lovre Kalinić	31	2019 (Winter)	8	0	2023	£5.4M	Gent	On loan at Hajduk Split
30	DF		Kortney Hause	25	2019	45	3	2022	£3M	Wolverhampton Wanderers
36	FW		Indiana Vassilev	20	2018	8	1	2022	Academy	Academy	On loan at Cheltenham Town
37	DF		Mungo Bridge	20	2019	3	0	?	Academy	Academy
39	FW		Keinan Davis	23	2015	85	6	2024	Academy	Academy
41	MF		Jacob Ramsey	20	2007	29	0	2025	Academy	Academy
42	DF		Dominic Revan	20	2016	6	0	?	Academy	Academy
46	DF		Jake Walker	20	2016	4	0	?	Academy	Academy
47	DF		Callum Rowe	21	2016	4	0	?	Academy	Academy	On loan at Hereford
50	DF		Harrison Sohna	18	2017	3	1	?	Academy	Academy
51	GK		Ákos Onódi	19	2018	3	0	?	Academy	Academy
52	MF		Jaden Philogene	19	2019	3	0	?	Academy	Academy
56	FW		Cameron Archer	19	2007	4	1	2023	Academy	Academy	On loan at Solihull Moors
57	MF		Ben Chrisene	17	2020	2	0	2023	£0.4M	Exeter City
60	MF		Carney Chukwuemeka	17	2019	4	0	?	Free	Northampton Town
61	FW		Louie Barry	18	2019 (Winter)	2	1	2026	£0.8M	Barcelona
62	MF		Kaine Kesler	18	2018	1	0	?	Academy	Academy
67	MF		Arjan Raikhy	18	2019	2	0	?	Academy	Academy
68	MF		Brad Young	18	2018	3	0	?	Academy	Academy
69	MF		Mamadou Sylla	18	2018	1	0	?	Academy	Academy
70	MF		Lamare Bogarde	17	2020	1	0	2023	Free	Feyenoord
71	MF		Hayden Lindley	18	2019	2	0	?	Academy	Academy
72	MF		Sil Swinkels	17	2020	1	0	?	Free	Vitesse Arnhem
73	MF		Edward Rowe	18	2019	1	0	?	Academy	Academy
74	GK		Viljami Sinisalo	19	2018	1	0	?	Free	Espoo

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
21 July 2020	CB		Aaron O'Reilly	St Patrick's Athletic	Undisclosed	[1]
3 August 2020	CB		Sil Swinkels	Vitesse	Free Transfer	[2]
16 August 2020	GK		Oliwier Zych	Zagłębie Lubin	Undisclosed	[3]
19 August 2020	CM		Ben Chrisene	Exeter City	£440,000	[4]
1 September 2020	CF		Ruben Shakpoke	Norwich City	Undisclosed	[5]
3 September 2020	RB		Matty Cash	Nottingham Forest	£14,000,000	[6][7]
9 September 2020	CF		Ollie Watkins	Brentford	£28,000,000	[8][9]
11 September 2020	CM		Lamare Bogarde	Feyenoord	Undisclosed	[10]
15 September 2020	GK		Emiliano Martínez	Arsenal	£17,000,000	[11][12]
19 September 2020	FW		Bertrand Traoré	Lyon	£17,000,000	[13][14]
26 January 2021	CM		Morgan Sanson	Marseille	£14,000,000	[15]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	CF		Borja Bastón	Leganés	Released	[16][17]
1 July 2020	RB		Isaiah Bazeley-Graham	Barwell	Released	[16]
1 July 2020	DM		Jack Birch	Alvechurch	Released	[16][18]
1 July 2020	CB		James Chester	Stoke City	Released	[16][19]
1 July 2020	CM		Jake Doyle-Hayes	St Mirren	Released	[16][20]
1 July 2020	FW		Andre Green	Sheffield Wednesday	Released	[16][21]
1 July 2020	CF		Rushian Hepburn-Murphy	Pafos	Released	[16][22]
1 July 2020	FW		Anton Hooper	Free Agent	Released	[16]
1 July 2020	LW		Colin Odutayo	Free Agent	Released	[16]
1 July 2020	AM		Callum O'Hare	Coventry City	Released	[16][23]
1 July 2020	GK		Matija Sarkic	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Released	[16][24]
1 July 2020	CF		Dimitri Sea	Barrow	Released	[16][25]
1 July 2020	GK		Jamie Searle	Swansea City	Released	[16][26]
1 September 2020	RB		James Bree	Luton Town	Undisclosed	[27]
16 September 2020	CF		Scott Hogan	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	[28]
3 October 2020	AM		Jota	Alavés	Free Transfer	[29][30]
5 October 2020	GK		Ørjan Nyland	Norwich City	Released	[31][32]
29 January 2021	CM		Henri Lansbury	Bristol City	Released	[33][34]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
30 September 2020	CM		Ross Barkley	Chelsea	End of season	[35]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Until	Ref.
24 August 2020	CM		Jack Clarke	Yeovil Town	5 January 2021	[36][37]
17 September 2020	FW		Indiana Vassilev	Burton Albion	29 January 2021	[38][39]
25 September 2020	CF		Mbwana Samatta	Fenerbahçe	End of season	[40]
25 September 2020	GK		Viljami Sinisalo	Ayr United	8 April 2021	[41][42]
2 October 2020	CF		Cameron Archer	Solihull Moors	End of season	[43][44]
7 October 2020	AM		Ben Guy	Portadown	End of season	[45]
16 October 2020	RB		Jake Walker	Alvechurch	8 January 2021	[46][47]
20 October 2020	CM		Lewis Brunt	Gloucester City	3 January 2021	[48]
5 January 2021	CM		Jack Clarke	Chesterfield	End of season	[37]
13 January 2021	RW		Tyreik Wright	Walsall	End of season	[49]
15 January 2021	CB		Dominic Revan	Weymouth	26 April 2021	[50][51]
16 January 2021	LB		Callum Rowe	Hereford	End of season	[52]
18 January 2021	GK		Lovre Kalinić	Hajduk Split	End of season	[53]
19 January 2021	CM		Conor Hourihane	Swansea City	End of season	[54]
29 January 2021	LW		Indiana Vassilev	Cheltenham Town	End of season	[39]
31 January 2021	RB		Frédéric Guilbert	Strasbourg	End of season	[55]

Pre-season friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

On 25 August 2020, it was revealed that Aston Villa's first pre-season friendly would be against Bristol City. However, the location, kick off time and score would not be publicised until the match was finished.^[56]

August

Aston Villa v Bristol City

26 August 2020	Aston Villa	0–1	Bristol City	Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
12:00 BST		Report	Paterson	Stadium: The Vale Resort Attendance: 0

Aston Villa v Bristol City

26 August 2020	Aston Villa	1–0	Bristol City	Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
14:00 BST	Samatta	Report		Stadium: The Vale Resort Attendance: 0

Aston Villa v Wycombe Wanderers

29 August 2020	Aston Villa	5–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Bodymoor Heath, Warwickshire
15:00 BST	El Ghazi Konsa Trézéguet Samatta	Report	Onyedinma Kashket	Stadium: Bodymoor Heath Training Ground Attendance: 0

September

Arsenal v Aston Villa

5 September 2020	Arsenal	2–3	Aston Villa	Highbury, London
15:00 BST	Aubameyang	Report	Ramsey Douglas Luiz	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 0

Aston Villa v Manchester United

12 September 2020	Aston Villa	1–0	Manchester United	Aston, Birmingham
14:00 BST	Watkins 15'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Mason

October

Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion

28 October 2020	Aston Villa	3–1	West Bromwich Albion	Bodymoor Heath, Warwickshire
14:00 BST	Taylor Traore Davis	Report	Austin	Stadium: Bodymoor Heath Training Ground Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	21 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1	11th	38	16	7	15	55	46	+9	042.11
FA Cup	8 January 2021		Third round	Third round	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
EFL Cup	15 September 2020	1 October 2020	Second round	Fourth round	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	066.67
Total					42	18	7	17	62	52	+10	042.86

Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2020–21 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Leeds United	38	18	5	15	62	54	+8	59
10	Everton	38	17	8	13	47	48	−1	59
11	Aston Villa	38	16	7	15	55	46	+9	55
12	Newcastle United	38	12	9	17	46	62	−16	45
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	12	9	17	36	52	−16	45

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head-to-head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs^[57]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	16	7	15	55	46	+9	55	7	4	8	29	27	+2	9	3	7	26	19	+7

Source: 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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	W
Position	9	4	2	2	3	8	6	7	10	10	11	9	7	5	8	11	8	10	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11

Source: Sky Sports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 20 August 2020.^[58] The 2020–21 season officially began on 12 September 2020. However, clubs who had participated in the latter rearranged knockout rounds of the previous season's Champions League and Europa League competitions in August 2020 were allowed a further week to rest and prepare their squads for the new season. Villa's match away to Manchester City, originally scheduled for gameweek 1, was therefore postponed until later in the season, and Villa instead started their campaign on the following Monday night at home to Sheffield United. The Man City away fixture was eventually rearranged for 20 January 2021.

On 1 December 2020, Villa's game at home to Newcastle United scheduled for 4 December 2020 was postponed following a Premier League Board meeting. Newcastle lodged a request with the Premier League to rearrange the fixture following an increase in positive SARS-CoV-2 test results received by the club the previous day, on top of four positive cases reported on 27 November 2020 for one non-playing staff and three first team players. The Board agreed to rearrange the game as a safety precaution. The match was subsequently rescheduled for 23 January 2021.

September

Aston Villa v Sheffield United

21 September 2020 1	Aston Villa	1–0	Sheffield United	Aston, Birmingham
18:00 BST	Targett  33' Konsa 63' Cash  83' McGinn  84'	Report	Lundstram  10' Egan  12'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Scott
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Fulham v Aston Villa

28 September 2020 2	Fulham	0–3	Aston Villa	Fulham, London
17:45 BST	Reid  11' Cairney  23' Bryan  45+3' Odoi  47' Le Marchand  68' Kamara  90+1'	Report	Grealish 4' Targett  11' Hourihane 15' Mings 48',  90+1' McGinn  59'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 0 Referee: Stuart Attwell
Note: Live on Sky Sports

October

Aston Villa v Liverpool

4 October 2020 3	Aston Villa	7–2	Liverpool	Aston, Birmingham
19:15 BST	Watkins 4', 22', 39' McGinn 35' Douglas Luiz  46' Barkley 55' Grealish 66', 75' Nakamba  90+2'	Report	Salah 33', 60' Van Dijk  38'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Atkinson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Leicester City v Aston Villa

18 October 2020 4	Leicester City	0–1	Aston Villa	Leicester
19:15 BST	Pérez  31' Tielemans  41' Castagne  73' Evans  74'	Report	McGinn  32' Cash  40' Douglas Luiz  70' Barkley 90+1'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Moss
Note: Live on Sky Sports Box Office

Aston Villa v Leeds United

23 October 2020 5	Aston Villa	0–3	Leeds United	Aston, Birmingham
21:00 BST	Mings  53' Grealish  69'	Report	Struijk  10' Bamford 55', 67', 74' Klich  90+1'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on BT Sport Box Office

November

Aston Villa v Southampton

1 November 2020 6	Aston Villa	3–4	Southampton	Aston, Birmingham
12:00 GMT	Cash  43' Mings 62' Watkins 90+3' (pen.) Grealish 90+7'	Report	Ward-Prowse  12', 33', 45' Vestergaard 20' Ings 58' Diallo  90+2'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren England
Note: Live on Sky Sports Box Office

Arsenal v Aston Villa

8 November 2020 7	Arsenal	0–3	Aston Villa	Holloway, London
19:15 GMT		Report	Saka 25' (o.g.) Watkins 72', 75'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Atkinson
Note: Live on Sky Sports Box Office

Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion

21 November 2020 8	Aston Villa	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Aston, Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Targett  44' Konsa 47' Grealish  90+1'	Report	Welbeck 12' March 56' Bissouma  69' Lamptey  88'  90+1'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver
Note: Live on BT Sport

West Ham United v Aston Villa

30 November 2020 9	West Ham United	2–1	Aston Villa	Stratford, London
20:00 GMT	Ogbonna 2' Bowen 46' Fornals  53'	Report	Grealish 25' Cash  67'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Bankes
Note: Live on Sky Sports

December

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Aston Villa

12 December 2020 10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Aston Villa	Wolverhampton
12:30 GMT	Traoré  43' Dendoncker  77' Moutinho  83'  90+5'	Report	Douglas Luiz  14'  85' Cash  29' McGinn  30' Targett  81' Konsa  81' Grealish  88' El Ghazi 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mike Dean
Note: Live on BT Sport

Aston Villa v Burnley

17 December 2020 11	Aston Villa	0–0	Burnley	Aston, Birmingham
18:00 GMT	Watkins  85'	Report	Brady  32'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on Amazon Prime

West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa

20 December 2020 12	West Bromwich Albion	0–3	Aston Villa	West Bromwich
19:15 GMT	Livermore  36' Grant  62'	Report	El Ghazi 5', 88' (pen.) Hause  40' Mings  66' Traoré 84'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Atkinson
Note: Live on BT Sport

Aston Villa v Crystal Palace

26 December 2020 13	Aston Villa	3–0	Crystal Palace	Aston, Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Traoré 5' Mings  39'  45' Hause 66' El Ghazi 76'	Report	Zaha  39' Milivojević  56' Ward  68' Eze  83'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Taylor
Note: Live on BBC Sport

Chelsea v Aston Villa

28 December 2020 14	Chelsea	1–1	Aston Villa	Fulham, London
17:30 GMT	Giroud 34',  71' Azpilicueta  45+2' Kanté  74'	Report	El Ghazi 50',  71'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 0 Referee: Stuart Attwell
Note: Live on Amazon Prime

January

Manchester United v Aston Villa

1 January 2021 15	Manchester United	2–1	Aston Villa	Greater Manchester
20:00 GMT	Martial 40' Maguire  49' Bailly  56' Fernandes 61' (pen.) Shaw  89' Matić  90'	Report	Traoré 58'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver

Manchester City v Aston Villa

20 January 2021 16	Manchester City	2–0	Aston Villa	Manchester
18:00 GMT	Silva 79' Gündoğan 90' (pen.)	Report	McGinn  67' Taylor  86'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Moss
Note: Originally scheduled for 12 September 2020. Postponed due to Manchester City's participation in European fixtures overrunning the previous season. Live on BT Sport

Aston Villa v Newcastle United

23 January 2021 17	Aston Villa	2–0	Newcastle United	Aston, Birmingham
20:00 GMT	Watkins 13' Traoré 42'	Report	Schär  26' Carroll  54' Lascelles  57'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: Originally scheduled for 4 December 2020, postponed due to safety concerns following a COVID-19 outbreak at the Newcastle United training ground.[59] Live on Sky Sports.

Burnley v Aston Villa

27 January 2021 18	Burnley	3–2	Aston Villa	Burnley
18:00 GMT	Tarkowski  22' Mee 52' McNeil 76' Wood 79'	Report	Watkins 14' Grealish 68'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on BT Sport

Southampton v Aston Villa

30 January 2021 19	Southampton	0–1	Aston Villa	Southampton
20:00 GMT	Ward-Prowse  53'	Report	Barkley 41'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Mason
Note: Live on Sky Sports

February

Aston Villa v West Ham United

3 February 2021 20	Aston Villa	1–3	West Ham United	Aston, Birmingham
20:15 GMT	Douglas Luiz  70' Watkins 81'	Report	Souček 51' Lingard 56', 83' Cresswell  65'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrew Madley
Note: Live on BT Sport

Aston Villa v Arsenal

6 February 2021 21	Aston Villa	1–0	Arsenal	Aston, Birmingham
12:30 GMT	Watkins 2' Konsa  31' Nakamba  35' Grealish  90+6'	Report	Thomas  52' Xhaka  90+4'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Note: Live on BT Sport

Brighton & Hove Albion v Aston Villa

13 February 2021 22	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	Aston Villa	Falmer
20:00 GMT	Alzate  20' Trossard  77'	Report	Grealish  21' Douglas Luiz  70' Sanson  89'	Stadium: American Express Community Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren England
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Aston Villa v Leicester City

21 February 2021 23	Aston Villa	1–2	Leicester City	Aston, Birmingham
14:05 GMT	Traoré 48' Luiz  51' Elmohamady  59'	Report	Maddison 19' Barnes 23' Ndidi  34'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Leeds United v Aston Villa

27 February 2021 24	Leeds United	0–1	Aston Villa	Leeds
17:30 GMT	Roberts  61' Klich  63' Hernández  84'	Report	El Ghazi 5' Targett  61' Elmohamady  80'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Bankes
Note: Live on Sky Sports

March

Sheffield United v Aston Villa

3 March 2021 25	Sheffield United	1–0	Aston Villa	Sheffield
18:00 GMT	McGoldrick 30',  45+1' Jagielka  57'	Report		Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Jones
Note: Live on BT Sport

Aston Villa v Wolverhampton Wanderers

6 March 2021 26	Aston Villa	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Aston, Birmingham
17:30 GMT	Sanson  27'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrew Madley
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Newcastle United v Aston Villa

12 March 2021 27	Newcastle United	1–1	Aston Villa	Newcastle upon Tyne
20:00 GMT	Krafth  52' Lascelles  68', 90+4'	Report	McGinn  74' Sanson  77' Mings  79' Clark 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on BT Sport

Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur

21 March 2021 28	Aston Villa	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Aston, Birmingham
19:30 GMT	Cash  74' McGinn  86' Targett  90+3'	Report	Carlos Vinícius 29',  83' Lo Celso  63' Kane 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Mike Dean
Note: Originally scheduled for 13 January 2021, postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak at Aston Villa's training ground.[60] Live on Sky Sports

April

Aston Villa v Fulham

4 April 2021 29	Aston Villa	3–1	Fulham	Aston, Birmingham
16:30 BST	Douglas Luiz  15' Trézéguet 78', 81' Watkins 87'	Report	Andersen  16' Mitrović 61' Reid  74'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrew Madley
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Liverpool v Aston Villa

10 April 2021 30	Liverpool	2–1	Aston Villa	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Salah 57' Milner  65' Robertson  74' Alexander-Arnold 90+1'	Report	Konsa  25' Watkins 43',  85' Douglas Luiz  49' Targett  73'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Aston Villa v Manchester City

21 April 2021 31	Aston Villa	1–2	Manchester City	Aston, Birmingham
20:15 BST	McGinn 1' Cash  54'  57'	Report	Foden 22' Rodri 40' Stones  44' Gündoğan  44'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Bankes
Note: Originally scheduled for 17 April 2021, postponed due to Manchester City's involvement in the FA Cup Semi-finals.[61] Live on Sky Sports

Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion

25 April 2021 32	Aston Villa	2–2	West Bromwich Albion	Aston, Birmingham
19:00 BST	El Ghazi 9' (pen.) Davis 90+2'	Report	Pereira 23' (pen.) Mings 47' (o.g.) Gallagher  54' Yokuşlu  77'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Stuart Attwell
Note: Live on BT Sport

May

Everton v Aston Villa

1 May 2021 33	Everton	1–2	Aston Villa	Liverpool
20:00 BST	Calvert-Lewin 19'	Report	Watkins 13' Douglas Luiz  41' El Ghazi 80',  90'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: Live on BT Sport

Aston Villa v Manchester United

9 May 2021 34	Aston Villa	1–3	Manchester United	Aston, Birmingham
14:05 BST	Traoré 24' Watkins  45+1'  89' McGinn  79'	Report	Fernandes 52' (pen.) Greenwood 56' Maguire  67' Cavani 87'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Aston Villa v Everton

13 May 2021 35	Aston Villa	0–0	Everton	Aston, Birmingham
18:00 BST	Traoré  43' McGinn  90'	Report	Sigurðsson  55'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Atkinson
Note: Originally scheduled for 16 January 2021, moved forward one day due to Aston Villa first team players isolating after a COVID-19 outbreak at their training ground.[62] And then postponed as the training ground could not be opened in time.[63] Live on Sky Sports

Crystal Palace v Aston Villa

16 May 2021 36	Crystal Palace	3–2	Aston Villa	Selhurst, London
12:00 BST	Benteke 32' Ward  73' Zaha 75',  90+2' Kouyaté  82' Mitchell 84'	Report	McGinn 17',  50' El Ghazi 34' Hause  86'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 0 Referee: David Coote
Note: Fixture date was moved to help reschedule the Aston Villa vs. Everton game that was postponed due to COVID-19.[64] Live on Sky Sports

Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa

19 May 2021 37	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	Aston Villa	Tottenham, London
18:00 BST	Bergwijn 8' Højbjerg  43'	Report	Reguilón 20' (o.g.) Watkins 39' McGinn  90+1'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Aston Villa v Chelsea

23 May 2021 38	Aston Villa	2–1	Chelsea	Aston, Birmingham
16:00 BST	Traoré 43' El Ghazi 52' (pen.) McGinn  65' Nakamba  74' Martínez  81'	Report	Jorginho  45' Werner  45+2' Kovačić  49' Chilwell 70' Azpilicueta  89' Arrizabalaga  90+5'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Stuart Attwell

FA Cup

Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

Aston Villa joined the FA Cup along with all other Premier League teams in the third round. The third round draw was made on 30 November 2020, by Robbie Savage on the BT Sport YouTube channel.^[65] In the week building up to their third round tie against Liverpool, there was a "significant" COVID-19 outbreak at Villa's Bodymoor Heath Training Ground. Because of this, the entire Aston Villa first team was forced to self-isolate, as well as Dean Smith and his backroom staff.^[66] On the morning of 8 January 2021, Aston Villa confirmed that they would be forced to field a team made up of players from the Under-18s and Under-23s squads, managed by Mark Delaney.^[67]

Aston Villa v Liverpool

8 January 2021 (2021-01-08) Third round	Aston Villa	1–4	Liverpool	Aston, Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Barry 41'	Report	Mané 4', 63' Jones  44' Wijnaldum 60' Salah 65'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on BT Sport

EFL Cup

Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

Aston Villa joined the EFL Cup in the second round. The second and third round draws were made on 6 September 2020, by Phil Babb on Sky Sports.^[68] The fourth round draw was made on 17 September 2020, also on Sky Sports.^[69]

Burton Albion v Aston Villa

15 September 2020 (2020-09-15) Second round	Burton Albion	1–3	Aston Villa	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST	Daniel 2' Akins  62' Quinn  89'	Report	Watkins 39' Ramsey  69' Grealish 88' Davis 90+2'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Oliver Langford
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Bristol City v Aston Villa

24 September 2020 (2020-09-24) Third round	Bristol City	0–3	Aston Villa	Bristol
19:00 BST		Report	El Ghazi 11' Traoré 14' Watkins 73'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 0 Referee: James Linington

Aston Villa v Stoke City

1 October 2020 (2020-10-01) Fourth round	Aston Villa	0–1	Stoke City	Aston, Birmingham
19:00 BST	Davis  59' Ramsey  65'	Report	Vokes 26'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Jones

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Tom Heaton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	ENG	Jed Steer	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
26	GK	ARG	Emiliano Martínez	38	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	GK	HUN	Ákos Onódi	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	Matty Cash	28	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	WAL	Neil Taylor	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Ezri Konsa	37	2	35+1	2	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Tyrone Mings	37	2	36	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
18	DF	ENG	Matt Targett	38	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	BEL	Björn Engels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	EGY	Ahmed Elmohamady	17	0	8+6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
30	DF	ENG	Kortney Hause	10	1	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0
37	DF	ENG	Mungo Bridge	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
46	DF	ENG	Jake Walker	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
62	DF	ENG	Kaine Kesler	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
72	DF	NED	Sil Swinkels	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
73	DF	ENG	Edward Rowe	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	BRA	Douglas Luiz	34	0	32+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
7	MF	SCO	John McGinn	37	3	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	ENG	Jack Grealish	27	7	24+2	6	0	0	1	1	0	0
17	MF	EGY	Trézéguet	22	2	12+9	2	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
19	MF	ZIM	Marvelous Nakamba	16	0	9+4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Ross Barkley	24	3	18+6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	NED	Anwar El Ghazi	31	11	17+11	10	0	0	3	1	0	0
25	MF	FRA	Morgan Sanson	9	0	3+6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF	ENG	Jacob Ramsey	25	0	6+16	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
50	MF	ENG	Harrison Sohna	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
52	MF	ENG	Jaden Philogene	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	MF	ENG	Ben Chrisene	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
60	MF	ENG	Carney Chukwuemeka	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
67	MF	ENG	Arjan Raikhy	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
68	MF	ENG	Brad Young	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
69	MF	ESP	Mamadou Sylla	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF	NED	Lamare Bogarde	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
71	MF	ENG	Hayden Lindley	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	BRA	Wesley	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	ENG	Ollie Watkins	40	16	37	14	0	0	1+2	2	0	0
15	FW	BFA	Bertrand Traoré	37	8	28+7	7	0	0	2	1	0	0
39	FW	ENG	Keinan Davis	18	2	1+14	1	0	0	2+1	1	0	0
61	FW	ENG	Louie Barry	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season
8	MF	ENG	Henri Lansbury	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
14	MF	IRL	Conor Hourihane	5	1	3+1	1	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
23	MF	ESP	Jota	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
24	DF	FRA	Frédéric Guilbert	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
25	GK	NOR	Ørjan Nyland	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
28	GK	CRO	Lovre Kalinić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	DF	ENG	Dominic Revan	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
47	DF	ENG	Callum Rowe	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary Records

Player	Position	Premier League		EFL Cup		FA Cup		Other		Total
		Y	R	Y	R	Y	R	Y	R	Y	R
Douglas Luiz	CM	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
Matty Cash	RB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Tyrone Mings	CB	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Ollie Watkins	CF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
John McGinn	CM	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
Matt Targett	LB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Jack Grealish	CAM	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Ezri Konsa	CB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Marvelous Nakamba	CM	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Morgan Sanson	CM	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Ahmed Elmohamady	RB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Anwar El Ghazi	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Jacob Ramsey	CM	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Kortney Hause	CB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Bertrand Traoré	FW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Emiliano Martínez	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Keinan Davis	CF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Neil Taylor	LB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTAL		61	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	64	4

Based on matches played until 23 May 2021

Top Scorers

Player	Position	Premier League		EFL Cup		FA Cup		Other		Total
		Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists
Ollie Watkins	CF	14	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	7
Anwar El Ghazi	LW	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Bertrand Traoré	FW	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	6
Jack Grealish	CAM	6	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	10
John McGinn	CM	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Ross Barkley	CM	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Own goal	N/A	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Keinan Davis	CF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2
Trézéguet	LW	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2
Tyrone Mings	CB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Ezri Konsa	CB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Conor Hourihane	CM	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Louie Barry	CF	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Kortney Hause	CB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Douglas Luiz	CM	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Matt Targett	LB	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Matty Cash	RB	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Callum Rowe	LB	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Henri Lansbury	CM	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jacob Ramsey	CM	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Neil Taylor	LB	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL		55	41	6	6	1	1	0	0	62	48

Based on matches played until 23 May 2021

Notes