2019–20 Aston Villa F.C. season
145th season in existence of Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2019–20 football season
The 2019–20 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 145th season in English football . It was the club 's 25th season in the Premier League , and their 106th season in the top flight, following their promotion from the EFL Championship by winning the play-offs .[ 1]
On 29 November 2019, midway through his first Premier League season with the club, manager Dean Smith signed a contract extension lasting until 2023.[ 2]
In the EFL Cup , Villa advanced past Crewe Alexandra of League Two and four Premier League sides in Brighton & Hove Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers , Liverpool and Leicester City to reach the final at Wembley Stadium ; they lost the final 2–1 to Manchester City .[ 3]
In the league though, Villa were four points deep inside the relegation zone with four games left to play of the 2019–20 season , but pulled off what Smith described as a "magnificent achievement" to clinch survival on the last day with a 1–1 draw at West Ham United .[ 4] [ 5]
Pre-season
Friendlies
On 7 June 2019, Aston Villa announced its pre-season schedule.[ 6]
Win
Loss
Draw
July
August
June
Competitions
Premier League
Villa were four points deep inside the relegation zone with four games left to play of the 2019–20 season, but pulled off what Smith described as a "magnificent achievement" to clinch survival on the last day with a 1–1 draw at West Ham United .[ 7] [ 8]
League table
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
[ 9] (R) Relegated
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
9
8
21
41
67
−26
35
7
3
9
22
30
−8
2
5
12
19
37
−18
Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: [1]
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 H A H A H A H A A H A H H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A H H A H A Result L L W L D L D W W L L L W D L L L L W L W L D W L L L L D L D L L L W D W D Position 15 17 16 18 17 18 18 15 11 15 16 17 15 15 15 17 17 18 18 18 17 18 18 16 17 17 17 19 19 19 19 18 18 19 19 19 17 17
Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2020. Source:
Premier League A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches
On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced.[ 10] On 5 April 2020, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom .[ 11] On 28 May 2020, a date for the resumption of the Premier League was given as the 17 June 2020.[ 12] A full fixture list was confirmed on 4 June 2020 - which had the season returning at 6 PM on 17 June.[ 13]
EFL Cup
On 13 August 2019, the Second Round of the EFL Cup was drawn by Gary Neville and Paul Robinson at Salford City 's Moor Lane stadium.[ 21] The Third Round draw was held on 28 August 2019 at Lincoln City 's Sincil Bank stadium.[ 22] The Fourth Round draw was held on 25 September 2019 at MK Dons ' Stadium MK .[ 23] The Quarter-Final draw was held on 31 October 2019, by David James and Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2 .[ 24] The Semi-Final draw was held on 18 December 2019, at Oxford United 's Kassam Stadium by Dennis Wise and Chris Kamara .[ 25]
FA Cup
On 2 December 2019, the draw was made for the Third Round of the FA Cup at the Etihad Stadium by Tony Adams and former Villa player, Micah Richards .[ 26]
Transfers
Transfers in
Date from
Position
Nationality
Name
From
Fee
Ref.
5 June 2019
RW
Jota
Birmingham City
Undisclosed
[ 27]
10 June 2019
LW
Anwar El Ghazi
Lille
Undisclosed
[ 28]
13 June 2019
CF
Wesley
Club Brugge
£22,000,000
[ 29]
17 June 2019
CB
Kortney Hause
Wolverhampton Wanderers
£3,000,000
[ 30] [ 31]
1 July 2019
LB
Matt Targett
Southampton
£11,500,000
[ 32] [ 33]
8 July 2019
CB
Tyrone Mings
Bournemouth
£20,000,000
[ 34] [ 35]
11 July 2019
CB
Ezri Konsa
Brentford
£12,000,000
[ 36]
16 July 2019
CB
Björn Engels
Reims
£9,000,000
[ 37]
24 July 2019
LW
Trézéguet
Kasımpaşa
£8,750,000
[ 38] [ 39]
25 July 2019
DM
Douglas Luiz
Manchester City
£15,000,000
[ 40] [ 41]
1 August 2019
GK
Tom Heaton
Burnley
£8,000,000
[ 42] [ 43]
1 August 2019
DM
Marvelous Nakamba
Club Brugge
£10,200,000
[ 44] [ 45]
20 January 2020
CF
Mbwana Samatta
Genk
£8,500,000
[ 46]
23 January 2020
CF
Louie Barry
Barcelona
£880,000
[ 47] [ 48]
31 January 2020
CF
Borja Bastón
Swansea City
Free Transfer
[ 49]
Transfers out
Loans in
Loans out
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
Based on matches played until 26 July 2020
Based on matches played until 26 July 2020
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