2021–22 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 2021–22 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 147th season in English football. It was the club's 27th season in the Premier League, their third consecutive, and their 108th season at the top flight of English football. Along with the league, the club also competed in the FA Cup, being eliminated by Chelsea in the third round, and the EFL Cup, where they were eliminated by Manchester United in the third round. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Aston Villa

2021–22 season
Chairman	Nassef Sawiris
Head coach	Dean Smith (until 7 November) Steven Gerrard (from 11 November)
Stadium	Villa Park
Premier League	14th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Ollie Watkins (11) All: Ollie Watkins (11)
Highest home attendance	42,045 (vs Brentford, 28 August 2021)
Lowest home attendance	40,290 (vs Norwich City, 30 April 2022)
Average home league attendance	41,681
Biggest win	4–0 (vs Southampton, 5 March 2022)
Biggest defeat	0–4 (vs Tottenham Hotspur, 9 April 2022)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

On 5 August, captain Jack Grealish left the club and signed for Manchester City for £100 million, a record fee between two British clubs.^[1] On 7 November, manager Dean Smith was sacked and replaced by Steven Gerrard four days later.^[2] There were debut appearances for Leon Bailey, Emiliano Buendía, Lucas Digne, Danny Ings, Calum Chambers, Philippe Coutinho, Robin Olsen, Tim Iroegbunam, Caleb Chukwuemeka, and Aaron Ramsey.^[3]

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		Emiliano Martínez	29	2020	76	0	2027	£17,000,000	Arsenal
2	DF		Matty Cash	24	2020	68	4	2027	£14,000,000	Nottingham Forest
3	DF		Matt Targett	26	2019	89	3	2025	£11,500,000	Southampton	On loan at Newcastle United
4	DF		Ezri Konsa	24	2019	98	6	2026	£12,000,000	Brentford
5	DF		Tyrone Mings	29	2019	128	7	2024	£20,000,000	Bournemouth	Captain
6	MF		Douglas Luiz	24	2019	109	5	2023	£15,000,000	Manchester City
7	MF		John McGinn	27	2018	147	16	2025	£3,500,000	Hibernian
8	MF		Morgan Sanson	27	2021 (Winter)	21	0	2025	£14,000,000	Marseille
9	FW		Wesley	25	2019	26	6	2024	£22,000,000	Club Brugge	On loan at Internacional
10	MF		Emiliano Buendía	25	2021	37	4	2026	£33,000,000	Norwich City	Current record signing[broken anchor]
11	FW		Ollie Watkins	26	2020	76	27	2025	£28,000,000	Brentford
12	GK		Jed Steer	29	2013	36	0	2023	£400,000	Norwich City	On loan at Luton Town
14	MF		Conor Hourihane	31	2017 (Winter)	151	29	2022	£3,200,000	Barnsley	On loan at Sheffield United
15	FW		Bertrand Traoré	26	2020	47	8	2024	£17,000,000	Olympique Lyonnais
16	DF		Calum Chambers	27	2022 (Winter)	11	1	2026	Free	Arsenal
17	MF		Trézéguet	27	2019	64	9	2023	£8,800,000	Kasımpaşa	On loan at İstanbul Başakşehir
18	DF		Ashley Young	36	2021	215	38	2022	Free	Inter Milan
19	MF		Marvelous Nakamba	28	2019	67	0	2024	£10,200,000	Club Brugge
20	FW		Danny Ings	29	2021	31	7	2024	£25,000,000	Southampton
21	MF		Anwar El Ghazi	27	2019	119	25	2023	£8,100,000	Lille	On loan at Everton
23	MF		Philippe Coutinho	30	2022 (Winter)	19	5	2022	6-Month Loan	Barcelona
24	DF		Frédéric Guilbert	27	2019 (Winter)	32	3	2023	£4,500,000	Caen	On loan at Strasbourg
25	GK		Robin Olsen	32	2022 (Winter)	1	0	2022	6-Month Loan	Roma
27	DF		Lucas Digne	28	2022 (Winter)	16	0	2026	£25,000,000	Everton
28	GK		Lovre Kalinić	32	2019 (Winter)	8	0	2023	£5,400,000	Gent	On loan at Hajduk Split
29	DF		Kaine Kesler Hayden	19	2018	1	0	2026	Academy	Academy	On loan at MK Dons
30	DF		Kortney Hause	26	2019	55	4	2025	£3,000,000	Wolverhampton Wanderers
31	FW		Leon Bailey	24	2021	18	1	2025	£30,000,000	Bayer Leverkusen
32	MF		Jaden Philogene	20	2019	9	2	2025	Academy	Academy	On loan at Stoke City
33	MF		Carney Chukwuemeka	18	2019	19	0	2023	Free	Northampton Town
34	MF		Tyreik Wright	20	2018	5	0	2024	Academy	Academy	On loan at Colchester United
35	FW		Cameron Archer	20	2007	13	11	2025	Academy	Academy	On loan at Preston North End
36	MF		Lamare Bogarde	18	2020	5	0	2023	Free	Feyenoord
37	DF		Mungo Bridge	21	2019	3	0	2024	Academy	Academy
38	GK		Viljami Sinisalo	20	2018	2	0	2024	Free	Espoo
39	FW		Keinan Davis	24	2015	87	7	2024	Academy	Academy	On loan at Nottingham Forest
40	MF		Aaron Ramsey	19	2007	4	1	2023	Academy	Academy	On loan at Cheltenham Town
41	MF		Jacob Ramsey	21	2007	62	6	2027	Academy	Academy
42	MF		Arjan Raikhy	19	2019	2	0	2024	Academy	Academy	On loan at Grimsby Town
43	FW		Brad Young	19	2018	3	0	2024	Academy	Academy
45	MF		Ben Chrisene	18	2020	3	0	2026	£450,000	Exeter City
46	FW		Caleb Chukwuemeka	20	2021	4	0	2024	£300,000	Northampton Town	On loan at Livingston
47	MF		Tim Iroegbunam	18	2021	7	0	2027	Free	West Bromwich Albion
49	MF		Hayden Lindley	19	2019	6	0	2024	Academy	Academy
50	DF		Sil Swinkels	18	2020	5	0	2025	Free	Vitesse Arnhem
59	DF		Josh Feeney	17	2021	2	0	2024	?	Fleetwood Town
68	MF		Edward Rowe	19	2019	1	0	?	Academy	Academy
	GK		Ákos Onódi	20	2018	3	0	2024	Academy	Academy	On loan at Bromsgrove Sporting
	DF		Dominic Revan	21	2013	6	0	?	Academy	Academy
	MF		Ajani Burchall	17	2021	0	0	2025	£125,000	Bournemouth
	FW		Indiana Vassilev	21	2018	8	1	2022	Academy	Academy	On loan at Inter Miami
	FW		Louie Barry	19	2019 (Winter)	2	1	2024	£885,000	Barcelona	On loan at Swindon Town
	MF		Finn Azaz	21	2021	0	0	2024	Free	West Bromwich Albion	On loan at Newport County
	DF		Sebastian Revan	18	2013	3	0	?	Academy	Academy	On loan at Hereford
	MF		Declan Frith	20	2021	0	0	2024	Free	Chelsea
	DF		Kerr Smith	17	2022 (Winter)	0	0	2026	£2,000,000	Dundee United

^[4]

Friendlies

On 2 July 2021, Aston Villa announced their planned pre-season friendlies for the upcoming season.^[5] A fifth friendly against Bristol City was later added on July 9.^[6] A behind-closed-doors friendly against Crewe Alexandra was organised for 31 July, as a replacement for the cancelled Nottingham Forest match.^[7] On 6 August, a friendly against Serie A side Salernitana was organised to replace the cancelled Sevilla match.^[8]

July

Walsall v Aston Villa

21 July 2021 Friendly	Walsall	0–4	Aston Villa	Walsall
19:30 BST		Report	Watkins 27', 38' Philogene 51' A. Ramsey 58'	Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 6,562 Referee: Steve Martin

Stoke City v Aston Villa

24 July 2021 Friendly	Stoke City	2–0	Aston Villa	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST	Fletcher 3' Vrančić 49' Powell  69'	Report	Wesley  69'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Referee: Leigh Doughty

Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest

28 July 2021 Friendly	Aston Villa	Cancelled	Nottingham Forest	Bodymoor Heath
13:00 BST				Stadium: Bodymoor Heath Training Ground
Note: Friendly was cancelled as a precaution after Nottingham Forest recorded some positive COVID-19 test results.[9]

Aston Villa v Crewe Alexandra

31 July 2021 Friendly	Aston Villa	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Bodymoor Heath
12:00 BST	Barry	Report		Stadium: Bodymoor Heath Training Ground

Bristol City v Aston Villa

31 July 2021 Friendly	Bristol City	0–3	Aston Villa	Bristol
13:00 BST		Report	Philogene 6' Konsa 44' Watkins 60'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 8,589 Referee: Kevin Friend

August

Aston Villa v Sevilla

7 August 2021 Friendly	Aston Villa	Cancelled	Sevilla	Aston, Birmingham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Villa Park
Note: Sevilla announced that they would not be travelling to England due to issues related to COVID-19.[10]

Aston Villa v Salernitana

8 August 2021 Friendly	Aston Villa	3–1	Salernitana	Aston, Birmingham
14:00 BST	Ings 34' El Ghazi 43' (pen.) Young 71'	Report	Obi 20'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Pawson

Liverpool v Aston Villa

15 August 2021 Friendly	Liverpool	4–1	Aston Villa	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Origi Williams Jones Gordon	Report	Traoré	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0

February

Aston Villa v Brentford

1 February 2022 Friendly	Aston Villa	2–1	Brentford	Aston, Birmingham
13:00 GMT	Watkins 56' Mings 72'	Report	Dasilva 43'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0

Aston Villa v Molde

5 February 2022 Friendly	Aston Villa	3–1	Molde	Aston, Birmingham
13:00 GMT	Ramsey 5' McGinn 11' Watkins 23'	Report	Haugen 54'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0

April

Brentford v Aston Villa

15 April 2022 Friendly	Brentford	1–5	Aston Villa	Brentford, London
13:00 BST				Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	14 August 2021	22 May 2022	Matchday 1	14th	38	13	6	19	52	54	−2	034.21
FA Cup	10 January 2022		Third round	Third round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
EFL Cup	24 August 2021	22 September 2021	Second round	Third round	2	1	1	0	7	1	+6	050.00
Total					41	14	7	20	59	56	+3	034.15

Source: Soccerway

Premier League

Main article: 2021–22 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Crystal Palace	38	11	15	12	50	46	+4	48
13	Brentford	38	13	7	18	48	56	−8	46
14	Aston Villa	38	13	6	19	52	54	−2	45
15	Southampton	38	9	13	16	43	67	−24	40
16	Everton	38	11	6	21	43	66	−23	39

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^[11]

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	13	6	19	52	54	−2	45	6	5	8	28	25	+3	7	1	11	24	29	−5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	L
Position	11	10	11	12	10	8	10	13	13	15	16	15	13	13	10	13	10	11	14	13	11	11	12	12	12	11	9	9	9	11	12	15	13	11	11	14	14	14

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The 2021–22 season fixtures were released on 16 June 2021.^[12]

August

Watford v Aston Villa

14 August 2021 1	Watford	3–2	Aston Villa	Watford
15:00 BST	Dennis 10' Kucka  23' Sarr 42' Sema  55' Hernández 67' Etebo  86'	Report	Mings  54' McGinn 70' Ings 90+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,051 (2,292 away) Referee: Mike Dean

Aston Villa v Newcastle United

21 August 2021 2	Aston Villa	2–0	Newcastle United	Aston, Birmingham
15:00 BST	Douglas Luiz  45+1' Ings 45+3' El Ghazi 62' (pen.) Martínez  75' Buendía  85'	Report	Wilson  41' Hayden  45' Murphy  57' Schär  84'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,964 (2,950 away) Referee: David Coote

Aston Villa v Brentford

28 August 2021 3	Aston Villa	1–1	Brentford	Aston, Birmingham
15:00 BST	Buendía 13' El Ghazi  50' Cash  61' Ings  72'	Report	Toney 7',  52' Nørgaard  60' Janelt  75'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 42,045 (2,742 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

September

Chelsea v Aston Villa

11 September 2021 4	Chelsea	3–0	Aston Villa	Fulham, London
17:30 BST	Lukaku 15', 90+3' Kovačić 49' Alonso  61'	Report	Ramsey  8' Mings  28' McGinn  90' Targett  90'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 39,969 (2,986 away) Referee: Stuart Attwell
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Aston Villa v Everton

18 September 2021 5	Aston Villa	3–0	Everton	Aston, Birmingham
17:30 BST	Cash 66' Digne 69' (o.g.) Bailey 75',  76'	Report	Godfrey  72'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,888 (2,952 away) Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Manchester United v Aston Villa

25 September 2021 6	Manchester United	0–1	Aston Villa	Greater Manchester
12:30 BST	Shaw  29' Fred  77' Fernandes 90+3'	Report	McGinn  66' Hause 88' Cash  90'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 72,922 (3,048 away) Referee: Mike Dean

October

Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa

3 October 2021 7	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Aston Villa	Tottenham, London
14:00 BST	Højbjerg 27' Skipp  36' Romero  68' Targett 71' (o.g.)	Report	Ramsey  31' Watkins 67'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 53,076 (3,038 away) Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Aston Villa v Wolverhampton Wanderers

16 October 2021 8	Aston Villa	2–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Aston, Birmingham
15:00 BST	Ings 48' Mings  61' McGinn 68' Watkins  81'	Report	Neves  52', 90+5' Saïss 80' Coady 85' Dendoncker  88'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,951 (3,012 away) Referee: Michael Oliver

Arsenal v Aston Villa

22 October 2021 9	Arsenal	3–1	Aston Villa	Holloway, London
20:00 BST	Partey 23' Sambi Lokonga  45+1' Aubameyang 45+5', 45+6',  66' Smith Rowe 56'	Report	Watkins  2' Mings  27' McGinn  32' Targett  60' Ramsey 82' Douglas Luiz  84'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,496 (3,003 away) Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Aston Villa v West Ham United

31 October 2021 10	Aston Villa	1–4	West Ham United	Aston, Birmingham
16:30 BST	Watkins 34' Konsa  50' McGinn  79'	Report	Johnson 7' Rice 38' Fornals  79', 80' Bowen  79', 84'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,874 (3,012 away) Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Note: Live on Sky Sports

November

Southampton v Aston Villa

5 November 2021 11	Southampton	1–0	Aston Villa	Southampton
20:00 GMT	Armstrong 3' Romeu  62' Salisu  90+1'	Report	El Ghazi  11' Tuanzebe  65'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 30,178 (3,344 away) Referee: Andrew Madley
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion

20 November 2021 12	Aston Villa	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Aston, Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Nakamba  59' Watkins 84' Mings 89' Konsa  90+3' Cash  90+4'	Report	Cucurella  49' Webster  67' Mac Allister  90+3'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,925 (3,012 away) Referee: Anthony Taylor

Crystal Palace v Aston Villa

27 November 2021 13	Crystal Palace	1–2	Aston Villa	Selhurst, London
15:00 GMT	Zaha  28' Ward  44' Milivojević  56' Guéhi 90+5'	Report	Targett 15' Cash  29' Nakamba  54' Douglas Luiz  74' McGinn 86'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,203 (2,865 away) Referee: Michael Salisbury

December

Aston Villa v Manchester City

1 December 2021 14	Aston Villa	1–2	Manchester City	Aston, Birmingham
20:15 GMT	Watkins 47'	Report	Dias 27' Silva 43'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,400 (2,921 away) Referee: Mike Dean
Note: Live on Amazon Prime Video

Aston Villa v Leicester City

5 December 2021 15	Aston Villa	2–1	Leicester City	Aston, Birmingham
16:30 GMT	Konsa 17', 54' Nakamba  55'	Report	Barnes 14' Maddison  90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,572 (3,012 away) Referee: Michael Oliver
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Liverpool v Aston Villa

11 December 2021 16	Liverpool	1–0	Aston Villa	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Van Dijk  13' Salah 67' (pen.)	Report	Nakamba  19' Watkins  24'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,093 (2,936 away) Referee: Stuart Attwell

Norwich City v Aston Villa

14 December 2021 17	Norwich City	0–2	Aston Villa	Norwich
19:45 GMT	Aarons  46' Byram  55' Williams  64'	Report	Ramsey 34' Konsa  50' Watkins 87'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,836 (2,669 away) Referee: David Coote
Note: Live on BT Sport

Aston Villa v Chelsea

26 December 2021 18	Aston Villa	1–3	Chelsea	Aston, Birmingham
17:30 GMT	James 28' (o.g.) Martínez  33' Mings  65' Konsa  90+2'	Report	Jorginho 34' (pen.), 90+3' (pen.) Lukaku 56' Alonso  70'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,907 (2,981 away) Referee: Martin Atkinson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

January

Brentford v Aston Villa

2 January 2022 19	Brentford	2–1	Aston Villa	Brentford
14:00 GMT	Onyeka  31' Wissa 42' Toney  77' Roerslev 83'	Report	Ings 16' Ramsey  30' McGinn  89'	Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium Attendance: 16,876 (1,672 away) Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Aston Villa v Manchester United

15 January 2022 20	Aston Villa	2–2	Manchester United	Aston, Birmingham
17:30 GMT	Digne  27' Ramsey 77' Coutinho 82'	Report	Fernandes 6', 67',  46' Matić  31'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,968 (2,981 away) Referee: David Coote
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Everton v Aston Villa

22 January 2022 21	Everton	0–1	Aston Villa	Liverpool
12:30 GMT	Gomes  45+1' Calvert-Lewin  50' Mina  58' Allan  82' Godfrey  83'	Report	Buendía 45+3' Martínez  68' Cash  75' Mings  86' Ings  90+3'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,203 (2,972 away) Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on BT Sport

February

Aston Villa v Leeds United

9 February 2022 22	Aston Villa	3–3	Leeds United	Aston, Birmingham
20:00 GMT	Coutinho 32' Ramsey 38', 43' Konsa  70'  87' Cash  90'	Report	James 9', 45+2',  80' Dallas  43' Llorente 63' Rodrigo  90+7'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,927 (2,900 away) Referee: Jarred Gillett
Note: Live on BT Sport

Newcastle United v Aston Villa

13 February 2022 23	Newcastle United	1–0	Aston Villa	Newcastle upon Tyne
14:00 GMT	Trippier 35' Joelinton  39' Burn  66' Shelvey  82'	Report	McGinn  42' Douglas Luiz  89' Bailey  90+5' Ramsey  90+7'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,207 (3,209 away) Referee: Craig Pawson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Aston Villa v Watford

19 February 2022 24	Aston Villa	0–1	Watford	Aston, Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Cash  57'	Report	Sarr  66' Dennis 78' Kamara  82'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,936 (2,779 away) Referee: Robert Jones

Brighton & Hove Albion v Aston Villa

26 February 2022 25	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Aston Villa	Falmer
15:30 GMT	Cucurella  16' Trossard  25' Bissouma  57' Veltman  58'	Report	Cash 17',  19' Douglas Luiz  25' Mings  40' Watkins  40', 68' Martínez  83'	Stadium: American Express Community Stadium Attendance: 31,475 (3,126 away) Referee: John Brooks

March

Aston Villa v Southampton

5 March 2022 26	Aston Villa	4–0	Southampton	Aston, Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Watkins 9',  74' Douglas Luiz 44' Coutinho 52' Ings 54'	Report	Romeu  68'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,855 (2,959 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

Leeds United v Aston Villa

10 March 2022 27	Leeds United	0–3	Aston Villa	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Koch  45+1' Gelhardt  67' Firpo  81' James  86' Raphinha  90+2'	Report	Watkins  17' Coutinho 22' Mings  47' Douglas Luiz  62' Cash 65' Chambers 73'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,400 (2,913 away) Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 28 December 2021, but was postponed to 10 March 2022 due to COVID-19 cases in the Leeds United squad.[13][14]

West Ham United v Aston Villa

13 March 2022 28	West Ham United	2–1	Aston Villa	Stratford, London
14:00 GMT	Lanzini  44' Yarmolenko 70' Fornals 82'	Report	Ramsey 90'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,957 (3,001 away) Referee: Jarred Gillett

Aston Villa v Arsenal

19 March 2022 29	Aston Villa	0–1	Arsenal	Aston, Birmingham
12:30 GMT	Ramsey  15' Mings  33' McGinn  34'	Report	Saka 30' Xhaka  45+1' Cédric  57' Partey  65'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,956 (2,961 away) Referee: Andrew Madley
Note: Live on BT Sport

April

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Aston Villa

2 April 2022 30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Aston Villa	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Jonny 7'  66' Coady  25' Young 36' (o.g.) Marçal  90+2' Neto  90+3'	Report	McGinn  38' Watkins 86' (pen.) Young  90+3' Konsa  90+4'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,012 (2,969 away) Referee: Darren England

Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur

9 April 2022 31	Aston Villa	0–4	Tottenham Hotspur	Aston, Birmingham
17:30 BST	Ings  21' Young  82'	Report	Son 3', 66', 71' Højbjerg  29' Kulusevski 50' Emerson  74' Kane  90+1'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,949 (2,961 away) Referee: Graham Scott
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Leicester City v Aston Villa

23 April 2022 32	Leicester City	0–0	Aston Villa	Leicester
15:00 BST	Mendy  64' Dewsbury-Hall  65' Maddison  75'	Report	Douglas Luiz  72' Bailey  90+5'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 32,185 (3,305 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

Aston Villa v Norwich City

30 April 2022 33	Aston Villa	2–0	Norwich City	Aston, Birmingham
15:00 BST	Watkins 41' Chambers  44' Iroegbunam  61' Ings  65', 90+3' Ramsey  67'	Report	Aarons  23'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,290 (1,351 away) Referee: John Brooks

May

Burnley v Aston Villa

7 May 2022 34	Burnley	1–3	Aston Villa	Burnley
15:00 BST	Brownhill  69' Cornet 90+1'	Report	Ings 7' Digne  21' Buendía 31' Watkins  45+1', 52'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 20,891 (2,354 away) Referee: David Coote

Aston Villa v Liverpool

10 May 2022 35	Aston Villa	1–2	Liverpool	Aston, Birmingham
20:00 BST	Douglas Luiz 3'	Report	Matip 6' Mané 65'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,919 (2,963 away) Referee: Jonathan Moss
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 16 April 2022, but was postponed due to Liverpool's participation in the FA Cup semi-finals.[15][16]

Aston Villa v Crystal Palace

15 May 2022 36	Aston Villa	1–1	Crystal Palace	Aston, Birmingham
14:00 BST	Mings  9' Watkins 69'	Report	Gallagher  14' Édouard  76' Schlupp 81' Kouyaté  90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,136 (2,309 away) Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Aston Villa v Burnley

19 May 2022 37	Aston Villa	1–1	Burnley	Aston, Birmingham
20:00 BST	Buendía 48'	Report	Barnes 45' (pen.) Long  55' Lowton  90+1'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,468 (1,495 away) Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 18 December 2021, but was postponed due to positive COVID-19 tests in the Aston Villa squad.[17][16] Live on Sky Sports

Manchester City v Aston Villa

22 May 2022 38	Manchester City	3–2	Aston Villa	Manchester
16:00 BST	Gündoğan 76', 81' Rodri 78'	Report	Cash 37' Mings  49' Coutinho 69' Nakamba  86'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 53,395 (3,055 away) Referee: Michael Oliver

FA Cup

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

Aston Villa entered the FA Cup in the third round. The draw for the third round took place on 6 December 2021 at Old Trafford and ended as a 1–0 loss to Manchester United.^[18]

Manchester United v Aston Villa

10 January 2022 Third round	Manchester United	1–0	Aston Villa	Greater Manchester
19:55 GMT	McTominay 8' Fred  65' Shaw  68' Dalot  70'	Report	Ramsey  12'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 72,911 Referee: Michael Oliver
Note: Live on BBC Sport

EFL Cup

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Villa entered the EFL Cup in the second round stage and were drawn away to Barrow.^[19][20] The third round draw took place on 25 August 2021, and Villa were drawn away to Chelsea later losing 4-3 on penalties.^[21][22]

Barrow v Aston Villa

24 August 2021 Second round	Barrow	0–6	Aston Villa	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 BST	Brown  78' Arthur  81' Brough  82'	Report	Archer 10', 63', 88' El Ghazi 24' (pen.), 45+2' Nakamba  35' Guilbert 75'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 5,349 Referee: Martin Coy
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Chelsea v Aston Villa

22 September 2021 Third round	Chelsea	1–1 (4–3 p)	Aston Villa	Fulham
19:45 BST	Sarr  31' Werner 54' James  90+2'	Report	Archer 64' Young  86'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 35,892 Referee: Graham Scott
	Penalties
	Lukaku Mount Barkley Chilwell James		El Ghazi Young Nakamba Konsa Buendía

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
17 May 2021	AM		Kyrie Pierre	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed	[23]
10 June 2021	AM		Emiliano Buendía	Norwich City	£33,000,000	[24][25]
17 June 2021	LB		Ashley Young	Inter Milan	Free transfer	[26]
6 July 2021	CB		Josh Feeney	Fleetwood Town	Undisclosed	[27]
9 July 2021	RB		Jayden Barber	Fulham	Undisclosed	[28]
9 July 2021	LW		Ajani Burchall	Bournemouth	Undisclosed	[29]
9 July 2021	DM		Finley Munroe	Chelsea	Free transfer	[28]
9 July 2021	GK		James Wright	Manchester City	Undisclosed	[28]
26 July 2021	CM		Finn Azaz	West Bromwich Albion	Free transfer	[30]
29 July 2021	CM		Tim Iroegbunam	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed	[31]
4 August 2021	RW		Leon Bailey	Bayer Leverkusen	£30,000,000	[32][33]
4 August 2021	CF		Danny Ings	Southampton	£25,000,000	[34][35]
16 August 2021	CF		Caleb Chukwuemeka	Northampton Town	£300,000	[36][37]
3 September 2021	AM		Finley Thorndike	West Bromwich Albion	Free transfer	[38]
13 October 2021	RW		Declan Frith	Chelsea	Free transfer	[39]
26 November 2021	DF		Thierry Katsukunya	Coventry City	Undisclosed	[40]
13 January 2022	LB		Lucas Digne	Everton	£25,000,000	[41][42]
14 January 2022	CB		Kerr Smith	Dundee United	£2,000,000	[43][44]
27 January 2022	CB		Calum Chambers	Arsenal	Free transfer	[45][46]
6 March 2022	AM		Omari Kellyman	Derby County	£600,000	[47]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
18 June 2021	CB		Björn Engels	Royal Antwerp	Undisclosed	[48]
30 June 2021	CM		Lewis Brunt	Leicester City	Released	[49]
30 June 2021	CB		Brad Burton	Alvechurch	Released	[49]
30 June 2021	CM		Jack Clarke	Chesterfield	Released	[49][50]
30 June 2021	RB		Ahmed Elmohamady	Free Agent	Released	[51]
30 June 2021	CM		Charlie Farr	Free Agent	Released	[49]
30 June 2021	AM		Ben Guy	Hednesford Town	Released	[49]
30 June 2021	GK		Tom Heaton	Manchester United	Released	[51][52]
30 June 2021	RB		Callum Rowe	Exeter City	Released	[49][53]
30 June 2021	CM		Harrison Sohna	Sunderland	Released	[49][54]
30 June 2021	CF		Michael Tait	Tamworth	Released	[49]
30 June 2021	LB		Neil Taylor	Middlesbrough	Released	[51][55]
30 June 2021	RB		Jake Walker	Newtown	Released	[49][56]
3 July 2021	CF		Mbwana Samatta	Fenerbahçe	Undisclosed	[57][58]
5 August 2021	AM		Jack Grealish	Manchester City	£100,000,000	[1][59]
23 August 2021	CM		Mamadou Sylla	Almería	Undisclosed	[60]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
8 August 2021	CB		Axel Tuanzebe	Manchester United	8 January 2022	[61][62]
7 January 2022	AM		Philippe Coutinho	Barcelona	End of season	[63]
18 January 2022	GK		Robin Olsen	Roma	End of season	[64]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
7 July 2021	AM		Indiana Vassilev	Inter Miami	23 November 2021	[65][66]
11 July 2021	GK		Lovre Kalinić	Hajduk Split	End of season	[67]
16 July 2021	GK		Ákos Onódi	Bromsgrove Sporting	End of season	[68]
26 July 2021	CM		Finn Azaz	Newport County	End of season	[30]
28 July 2021	LB		Sebastian Revan	Grimsby Town	12 January 2022	[69][70]
2 August 2021	RB		Kaine Kesler Hayden	Swindon Town	9 January 2022	[71][72]
6 August 2021	CF		Louie Barry	Ipswich Town	3 January 2022	[73][74]
16 August 2021	CF		Brad Young	Carlisle United	4 January 2022	[75][76]
17 August 2021	RW		Tyreik Wright	Salford City	14 January 2022	[77][78]
20 August 2021	CM		Arjan Raikhy	Stockport County	3 January 2022	[79][80]
28 August 2021	CF		Wesley	Club Brugge	7 January 2022	[81]
30 August 2021	CM		Conor Hourihane	Sheffield United	End of season	[82]
31 August 2021	CB		Dominic Revan	Northampton Town	1 January 2022	[83]
31 August 2021	CB		Mungo Bridge	Annecy	27 January 2022	[84][85]
31 August 2021	RB		Frédéric Guilbert	Strasbourg	End of season	[86]
1 January 2022	CF		Keinan Davis	Nottingham Forest	End of season	[87]
7 January 2022	CF		Wesley	Internacional	1 January 2023	[88]
11 January 2022	CM		Aaron Ramsey	Cheltenham Town	End of season	[89]
12 January 2022	CF		Caleb Chukwuemeka	Livingston	End of season	[90]
13 January 2022	RW		Anwar El Ghazi	Everton	End of season	[91]
14 January 2022	LB		Sebastian Revan	Hereford	End of season	[92]
21 January 2022	LW		Jaden Philogene	Stoke City	End of season	[93]
24 January 2022	CF		Cameron Archer	Preston North End	End of season	[94]
24 January 2022	CM		Arjan Raikhy	Grimsby Town	End of season	[95]
28 January 2022	CF		Louie Barry	Swindon Town	End of season	[96]
31 January 2022	RB		Kaine Kesler Hayden	Milton Keynes Dons	End of season	[97]
31 January 2022	GK		Jed Steer	Luton Town	End of season	[98]
31 January 2022	LB		Matt Targett	Newcastle United	End of season	[99]
31 January 2022	RW		Tyreik Wright	Colchester United	End of season	[100]
31 January 2022	GK		Filip Marschall	Gateshead	End of season	[101]
8 February 2022	LW		Trézéguet	İstanbul Başakşehir	End of season	[102]
5 May 2022	AM		Indiana Vassilev	Inter Miami	5 November 2022	[103]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ARG	Emiliano Martínez	37	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	SWE	Robin Olsen	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	GK	FIN	Viljami Sinisalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	POL	Matty Cash	40	4	38	4	1	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Ezri Konsa	31	2	29	2	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Tyrone Mings	37	1	35+1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	Calum Chambers	11	1	9+2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	ENG	Ashley Young	25	0	10+14	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
27	DF	FRA	Lucas Digne	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	ENG	Kortney Hause	9	1	4+3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	BRA	Douglas Luiz	35	2	31+3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	SCO	John McGinn	36	3	35	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	FRA	Morgan Sanson	11	0	3+7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	MF	ARG	Emiliano Buendía	37	4	22+13	4	1	0	1	0	0	0
19	MF	ZIM	Marvelous Nakamba	18	0	10+6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
23	MF	BRA	Philippe Coutinho	19	5	16+3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	ENG	Carney Chukwuemeka	14	0	2+10	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
36	MF	NED	Lamare Bogarde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF	ENG	Jacob Ramsey	35	6	29+5	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF	ENG	Ben Chrisene	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	MF	ENG	Tim Iroegbunam	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	MF	ENG	Hayden Lindley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
11	FW	ENG	Ollie Watkins	36	11	33+2	11	1	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	BFA	Bertrand Traoré	10	0	1+8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
20	FW	ENG	Danny Ings	31	7	22+8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0
31	FW	JAM	Leon Bailey	18	1	7+11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season
3	DF	ENG	Matt Targett	19	1	17	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW	BRA	Wesley	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	ENG	Jed Steer	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
14	MF	IRL	Conor Hourihane	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF	ENG	Axel Tuanzebe	11	0	6+3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
17	FW	EGY	Trézéguet	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	NED	Anwar El Ghazi	12	3	4+5	1	0+1	0	2	2	0	0
24	DF	FRA	Frédéric Guilbert	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
32	FW	ENG	Jaden Philogene	4	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
35	FW	ENG	Cameron Archer	5	4	0+3	0	0	0	2	4	0	0
39	FW	ENG	Keinan Davis	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	ENG	Aaron Ramsey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
46	FW	ENG	Caleb Chukwuemeka	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

Goals

As of match played 22 May 2022

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	CF	11	Ollie Watkins	11	0	0	11
2	CF	20	Danny Ings	7	0	0	7
3	CM	41	Jacob Ramsey	6	0	0	6
4	CAM	23	Philippe Coutinho	5	0	0	5
5	RB	2	Matty Cash	4	0	0	4
5	CAM	10	Emiliano Buendía	4	0	0	4
5	CF	35	Cameron Archer	0	0	4	4
8	CM	7	John McGinn	3	0	0	3
8	LW	21	Anwar El Ghazi	1	0	2	3
10	CB	4	Ezri Konsa	2	0	0	2
10	CM	6	Douglas Luiz	2	0	0	2
12	LB	3	Matt Targett	1	0	0	1
12	CB	5	Tyrone Mings	1	0	0	1
12	CB	16	Calum Chambers	1	0	0	1
12	RB	24	Frédéric Guilbert	0	0	1	1
12	CB	30	Kortney Hause	1	0	0	1
12	LW	31	Leon Bailey	1	0	0	1
Own Goals				2	0	0	2
Total				52	0	7	60

Assists

Not all goals have an assist.

As of match played 22 May 2022

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	CAM	10	Emiliano Buendía	6	0	0	6
1	CF	20	Danny Ings	6	0	0	6
3	RB	2	Matty Cash	3	0	1	4
3	CM	7	John McGinn	4	0	0	4
3	LB	27	Lucas Digne	4	0	0	4
6	CB	5	Tyrone Mings	3	0	0	3
6	CM	6	Douglas Luiz	3	0	0	3
6	LW	21	Anwar El Ghazi	1	0	2	3
6	CAM	23	Philippe Coutinho	3	0	0	3
10	CF	11	Ollie Watkins	2	0	0	2
10	LB	18	Ashley Young	2	0	0	2
10	RW	31	Leon Bailey	2	0	0	2
13	LB	3	Matt Targett	1	0	1	1
13	RB	24	Frédéric Guilbert	0	0	1	1
13	RW	32	Jaden Philogene	0	0	1	1
13	CM	33	Carney Chukwuemeka	1	0	0	1
13	CM	41	Jacob Ramsey	1	0	0	1
Total				39	0	5	44

Clean sheets

As of match played 22 May 2022

Rank	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	1	Emiliano Martínez	11	0	0	11
2	12	Jed Steer	0	0	1	1
Total			11	0	1	12

Disciplinary record

As of match played 22 May 2022

Rank	Pos.	No.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		Total
1	CB	4	Ezri Konsa	5	2	0	0	0	0	5	2
2	CB	5	Tyrone Mings	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
3	RB	2	Matty Cash	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
3	CM	7	John McGinn	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
5	CM	6	Douglas Luiz	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
5	CF	11	Ollie Watkins	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
5	CM	41	Jacob Ramsey	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
8	CM	19	Marvelous Nakamba	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
9	GK	1	Emiliano Martínez	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
9	CF	20	Danny Ings	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11	RB	18	Ashley Young	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
11	LW	31	Leon Bailey	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
13	LB	3	Matt Targett	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	LW	21	Anwar El Ghazi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	LB	27	Lucas Digne	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	RW	10	Emiliano Buendía	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	CB	16	Axel Tuanzebe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	CB	16	Calum Chambers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	CM	47	Tim Iroegbunam	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		Total		75	2	1	0	2	0	79	2

Club awards

Player of the Month award

Voted for by fans on Aston Villa's official website.

Month	Player
August	Not awarded
September
October
November	Marvelous Nakamba[104]
December	Jacob Ramsey[105]
January	Emiliano Buendía[106]
February	Philippe Coutinho[107]
March	Matty Cash[108]
April	Not awarded
May	Matty Cash[109]

Goal of the Month award

Voted for by fans on Aston Villa's Twitter account.

Month	Player	Competition	Opponent
August	Danny Ings	Premier League	Newcastle United
September	Cameron Archer	EFL Cup	Chelsea
October	Not awarded
November	John McGinn	Premier League	Crystal Palace
December	Jacob Ramsey	Premier League	Norwich City
January	Philippe Coutinho	Premier League	Manchester United
February	Matty Cash	Premier League	Brighton & Hove Albion
March	Calum Chambers	Premier League	Leeds United
April	Not awarded
May	Philippe Coutinho	Premier League	Manchester City

End of Season awards

Award	Winner
Supporter's Player of the Season	Matty Cash[110]
Player's Player of the Season	Jacob Ramsey[111]
Young Player of the Season	Jacob Ramsey[112]
Goal of the Season	Danny Ings (vs. Newcastle United, 21 August 2021)[113]

See also

• List of Aston Villa F.C. seasons