2020–21 Aston Villa F.C. season
146th season in existence of Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2020–21 football season
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.
Players
Squad
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
Loans in
Loans out
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
September
October
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
0 42.11
FA Cup
8 January 2021
Third round
Third round
1
0
0
1
1
4
−3
00 0.00
EFL Cup
15 September 2020
1 October 2020
Second round
Fourth round
3
2
0
1
6
2
+4
0 66.67
Total
42
18
7
17
62
52
+10
0 42.86
Premier League
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
[ 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
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.[ 58]
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
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]
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]
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
Based on matches played until 23 May 2021
Based on matches played until 23 May 2021
Notes
References
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