2016–17 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Aston Villa's first season in the Football League Championship following their relegation from the Premier League last season in their 142nd year in existence. It was also their first season in the second tier of English football since the formation of the Premier League.[1]

Aston Villa

2016–17 season
Chairman	Tony Xia
Manager	Roberto Di Matteo (until 3 October) Steve Bruce (from 12 October)
Stadium	Villa Park
Championship	13th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Jonathan Kodjia (19) All: Jonathan Kodjia (19)
Average home league attendance	32,107 (2,137 at VP)
Home colours Away colours

On 2 June 2016, Roberto Di Matteo was appointed the manager of newly the relegated Championship club, working under the new chairman Tony Xia. Di Matteo's former Chelsea teammate Steve Clarke was appointed as his assistant on the same day.[2] On 3 October 2016, Di Matteo was sacked as manager[3] after a string of poor results culminating in a 2–0 defeat at Preston North End.

On 12 October 2016, Steve Bruce was appointed manager.[4] In his second match in charge, Villa defeated Reading, the club's first win in 11 games and the first away win for 14 months.[5]

Bruce brought in Colin Calderwood as assistant manager from Brighton & Hove Albion and Stephen Clemence from old club Hull City as first-team coach.[6][7]

Transfers

Transfers in

First Team Date Position No. Player From club Transfer fee 20 June 2016 DF 6 Tommy Elphick AFC Bournemouth £3m[8][9] 8 July 2016 GK 1 Pierluigi Gollini Hellas Verona £4.1m[10][11] 10 July 2016 MF 8 Aaron Tshibola Reading £5m[12] 4 August 2016 FW 44 Ross McCormack Fulham £12m[13] 12 August 2016 DF 12 James Chester West Bromwich Albion £8m[14] 17 August 2016 MF 25 Mile Jedinak Crystal Palace £4m[15][16] 24 August 2016 DF 27 Ritchie De Laet Leicester City £2m[17][18] 30 August 2016 FW 26 Jonathan Kodjia Bristol City £15m[19][20] 31 August 2016 MF 37 Albert Adomah Middlesbrough Undisclosed[21][22] 20 January 2017 MF 5 Henri Lansbury Nottingham Forest £2.75m[23][24] 25 January 2017 DF 16 James Bree Barnsley £3m[25][26] 25 January 2017 MF 20 Birkir Bjarnason Basel Undisclosed[27] 26 January 2017 MF 14 Conor Hourihane Barnsley Undisclosed[28] 31 January 2017 DF 3 Neil Taylor Swansea City Undisclosed[29] 31 January 2017 FW 9 Scott Hogan Brentford Undisclosed[30]

EDS, Academy and other Date Position No. Player From club Transfer fee 31 January 2017 DF — Jacob Bedeau Bury Undisclosed[31]

Transfers out

First Team Exit date Position No. Player To club Transfer fee 1 July 2016 MF 18 Kieran Richardson Cardiff City[lower-alpha 1] Free transfer (Released)[33] 1 July 2016 MF 28 Charles N'Zogbia Unattached Free transfer (Released)[34] 1 July 2016 DF 33 José Ángel Crespo PAOK Undisclosed[35] 29 July 2016 GK 1 Brad Guzan Middlesbrough Free transfer[36] 2 August 2016 MF 8 Idrissa Gueye Everton £7.1m[37] 3 August 2016 DF 6 Ciaran Clark Newcastle United £5m[38] 7 August 2016 FW 9 Scott Sinclair Celtic £3.5m[39] 27 August 2016 DF 3 Joe Bennett Cardiff City Free transfer[40] 27 August 2016 DF 5 Jores Okore Copenhagen Undisclosed[41] 29 August 2016 DF 16 Joleon Lescott AEK Athens Free transfer[42] 31 August 2016 FW 20 Adama Traoré Middlesbrough Undisclosed[43] 4 January 2017 FW 14 Rudy Gestede Middlesbrough Undisclosed[44] 31 January 2017 MF 15 Ashley Westwood Burnley Undisclosed[45] 31 January 2017 FW 10 Jordan Ayew Swansea City Undisclosed[46]

EDS and Academy Exit date Position No. Player To club Transfer fee 1 July 2016 DF 26 Lewis Kinsella Colchester United[lower-alpha 2] Free transfer (Released)[48] 1 July 2016 DF 32 Janoi Donacien Accrington Stanley[lower-alpha 3] Free transfer (Released)[33] 1 July 2016 GK — Benjamin Siegrist Vaduz Free transfer [50] 1 July 2016 GK — Charlie Bannister Watford[lower-alpha 4] Free transfer (Released)[33] 1 July 2016 DF — Josh Webb Kilmarnock[lower-alpha 5] Free transfer (Released)[33] 1 July 2016 DF — Kodi Lyons-Foster Bristol City[lower-alpha 6] Free transfer (Released)[33] 4 July 2016 FW 37 Callum Robinson Preston North End Compensation[lower-alpha 7]

1. Following Richardson's release, he signed for Cardiff City.[32]
2. Following Kinsella's release, he signed for Colchester United.[47]
3. Following Donacien's release, he signed for Accrington Stanley.[49]
4. Following Bannister's release, he signed for Watford.[51]
5. Following Webb's release, he signed for Kilmarnock.[52]
6. Following Lyons-Foster's release, he signed for Bristol City.[53]
7. Undisclosed compensation fee agreed between clubs after Robinson turned down new contract offer.[54]

Loans in

First Team Start date End date Position No. Player From club 5 January 2017 End of Season GK 24 Sam Johnstone Manchester United[55]

EDS, Academy and other Start date End date Position No. Player From club

Loans out

First Team Start date End date Position No. Player To club 22 July 2016 End of season MF 25 Carles Gil Deportivo La Coruña[56] 10 August 2016 End of season MF 24 Carlos Sánchez Fiorentina[57] 24 August 2016 End of season MF 17 Jordan Veretout Saint-Étienne[58] 13 January 2017 End of season GK 1 Pierluigi Gollini Atalanta[59] 16 January 2017 End of season DF 28 Aly Cissokho Olympiacos[60] 30 January 2017 End of season MF 8 Aaron Tshibola Nottingham Forest[61] 1 February 2017 End of season FW 44 Ross McCormack Nottingham Forest[62]

EDS, Academy and other Start date End date Position No. Player To club 12 July 2016 1 January 2017 MF — Riccardo Calder Doncaster Rovers[63] 4 August 2016 3 January 2017 DF 34 Easah Suliman Cheltenham Town[64] 6 August 2016 End of Season[65] DF 42 Niall Mason Doncaster Rovers[66] 25 August 2016 End of Season[67] MF — Henry Cowans Stevenage[68] 26 August 2016 3 January 2017 DF 46 Kevin Toner Walsall[69] 31 August 2016 7 January 2017 MF — Harry McKirdy Stevenage[70] 31 January 2017 End of Season DF 46 Kevin Toner Bradford City[71]

Non-competitive

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 July 2016 Friendly	Grazer AK	0–8	Aston Villa	Graz, Austria
17:30 BST		Report	Richards  12' Ayew  19', 35' Kozak  21' Bennett  46', 83' Gestede  63', 86'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Weinzödl

16 July 2016 Friendly	AFC Telford United	1–2	Aston Villa	Telford, England
12:00 BST	Hibbert  3'		Ayew  81' Cissokho  89'	Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 2,884

16 July 2016 Friendly	Worcester City	1–5	Aston Villa	Stourport-on-Severn, England
15:00 BST	Birley  7'		Grealish  11' Kozak  27' Hepburn-Murphy  51' Davis  84', 88'	Stadium: Walshes Meadow Attendance: 1,972

20 July 2016 Friendly	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Aston Villa	Bristol, England
19:45 BST	Taylor  78'	Report	Ayew  42'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,219

23 July 2016 Friendly	FC Nantes	0–1	Aston Villa	Besançon, France
19:00 CEST		Report	Gestede  71'	Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange Referee: Yohann Rouinsard

26 July 2016 Friendly	Cambridge United	0–3	Aston Villa	Cambridge, England
19:30 BST		Report	Sinclair  8' Hepburn-Murphy  8' Gardner  78'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,961

30 July 2016 Friendly	Aston Villa	1–3	Middlesbrough	Birmingham, England
15:00 BST	Baker  14'	Report	Negredo  60' Fischer  75' Rhodes  77'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 14,863 Referee: Steve Martin

Competitions

Football League Championship

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Preston North End	46	16	14	16	64	63	+1	62
12	Cardiff City	46	17	11	18	60	61	−1	62
13	Aston Villa	46	16	14	16	47	48	−1	62
14	Barnsley	46	15	13	18	64	67	−3	58
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	16	10	20	54	58	−4	58

Source: English Football League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7) Play-off.

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
46	16	14	16	47	48	−1	62	12	8	3	33	20	+13	4	6	13	14	28	−14

Last updated: 7 May 2017.
Source: Football League Championship

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	D
Position	19	11	11	12	16	17	17	18	17	17	19	20	18	16	15	14	13	11	15	13	15	13	10	9	12	13	13	14	14	16	16	17	17	15	13	15	13	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2017. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

On 22 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[72]

7 August 2016 1	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Aston Villa	Sheffield
16:30 BST	Hutchinson  30' Wallace  44' Lees  45+3' Forestieri  86'	Report	Elphick  41' Gardner  45+4' Baker  66'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 30,060 (4,494 away) Referee: Steve Martin
Note: Live on Sky Sports

13 August 2016 2	Aston Villa	3–0	Rotherham United	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Gestede  21', 45+4',  38' Ayew  27' McCormack  36' Grealish  84',  84'	Report	Mattock  54' Fisher  82'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,286 (2,317 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

16 August 2016 3	Aston Villa	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Birmingham
19:45 BST	McCormack  25' Tshibola  54' Elphick  68' Bacuna  75'	Report	Hudson  43' Hefele  86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 34,924 (2,678 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

20 August 2016 4	Derby County	0–0	Aston Villa	Derby
17:30 BST	Hughes  57' Keogh  59' Bryson  60'	Report	Bacuna  47' McCormack  60' Cissokho  73'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 31,205 (3,070 away) Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on Sky Sports

27 August 2016 5	Bristol City	3–1	Aston Villa	Bristol
15:00 BST	Byran  31',  61' Abraham  59' Tomlin  81'	Report	Grealish  5',  89' Ayew  56' Chester  57' De Laet  69' Elphick  74' Jedinak  76' Bacuna  90+3'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 21,099 (2,551 away) Referee: James Linington

11 September 2016 6	Aston Villa	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
13:15 BST	McCormack  72' Gestede  74' Cissokho  86' Elphick  90' Ayew  90+3'	Report	Kasami  17' Vellios  57',  70' Fox  66' Lansbury  77',  87' Pereira  87'  88' Perquis  90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,619 (2,869 away) Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: Live on Sky Sports

14 September 2016 7	Aston Villa	1–1	Brentford	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Kodjia  19' Bacuna  86' Jedinak  90+3'	Report	Colin  41' Woods  70' Egan  88'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,752 (1,836 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

17 September 2016 8	Ipswich Town	0–0	Aston Villa	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Lawrence  52'	Report	Kodjia  74'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,249 (1,882 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

24 September 2016 9	Aston Villa	1–1	Newcastle United	Birmingham
17:30 BST	Chester  41' Baker  44' Tshibola  79',  88'	Report	Shelvey  27' Elphick  28' (o.g.)	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,062 (2,788 away) Referee: Christopher Kavanagh
Note: Live on Sky Sports

27 September 2016 10	Barnsley	1–1	Aston Villa	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Kpekawa  31' Morsy  34' MacDonald  64' Yiadom  80' Winnall  90'	Report	Bacuna  53' Ayew  61' Jedinak  63' Tshibola  68'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 15,830 (3,737 away) Referee: James Adcock

1 October 2016 11	Preston North End	2–0	Aston Villa	Preston, Lancashire
15:00 BST	Pearson  5',  44' Hugill  39' Cunningham  61' Welsh  87' Wright  90'	Report	Hutton  42' Westwood  44' Jedinak  45' Amavi  85'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 17,696 (5,421 away)

15 October 2016 12	Aston Villa	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Birmingham
17:30 BST	Kodjia  15' (pen.),  19' McCormack  40' Chester  49'	Report	Costa  34' (pen.) Coady  40' Iorfa  45+5' Edwards  86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,533 (2,800 away) Referee: David Coote
Note: Live on Sky Sports

18 October 2016 13	Reading	1–2	Aston Villa	Reading
20:00 BST	Kermorgant  54' Hutton  78' McCleary  90+3'	Report	Kodjia  38' Ayew  90' (pen.)	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 20,331 (4,030 away) Referee: Andy Woolmer

22 October 2016 14	Aston Villa	1–0	Fulham	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Kodjia  80'	Report	Piazon  45' McDonald  72' Martin  83' Madl  90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,201 (1,211 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

30 October 2016 15	Birmingham City	1–1	Aston Villa	Birmingham
12:00 GMT	Kieftenbeld  28' Davis  71',  72'	Report	Amavi  3' Gardner  29' Westwood  55' Ayew  63'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 29,656 (1,988 away) Referee: Mike Dean
Note: Live on Sky Sports

5 November 2016 16	Aston Villa	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Baker  24' Kodjia  58' (pen.), 70' McCormack  62'	Report	Gallagher  54' Guthrie  66' Akpan  86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,712 (836 away) Referee: Roger East

18 November 2016 17	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Aston Villa	Falmer, Brighton and Hove
19:45 GMT	Murray  45' Dunk  90+1'	Report	Baker  20' Westwood  58'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,107 (3,258 away) Referee: Steve Martin

26 November 2016 18	Aston Villa	3–1	Cardiff City	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Adomah  24' Kodjia  39' Amavi  59' Agbonlahor  65' Gestede  86',  90' (pen.)	Report	Lambert  17',  28' Pilkington  34' Peltier  71'  84' Gunnarsson  78' Morrison  89'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,484 (2,670 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

3 December 2016 19	Leeds United	2–0	Aston Villa	Leeds
17:30 GMT	Phillips  40' Roofe  68' Jansson  76' Wood  90+4'	Report	Jedinak  15' Ayew  90' Grealish  90'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 32,648 (2,773 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

10 December 2016 20	Aston Villa	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Hutton  83' Grealish  86'  88'	Report	Garbutt  12' Gómez  64' Perkins  79' MacDonald  90+3'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,392 (1,255 away) Referee: James Linington

13 December 2016 21	Norwich City	1–0	Aston Villa	Norwich
19:45 GMT	Brady  26' Oliveira  62'	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,044 (2,003 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

18 December 2016 22	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Aston Villa	Shepherd's Bush
12:00 GMT	Luongo  81'	Report	Jedinak  43' Chester  63' Kodjia  75' Bunn  90+3'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,285 (3,228 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

26 December 2016 23	Aston Villa	2–1	Burton Albion	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Bacuna  15' McCormack  78'	Report	Ward  31',  63' Mousinho  62'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,337 (2,573 away) Referee: Steve Martin

29 December 2016 24	Aston Villa	1–1	Leeds United	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Kodjia  86' (pen.) Gestede  86' Bacuna  87' Chester  90+2'	Report	Jansson  54',  86' Bridcutt  59' Cooper  85'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,078 (2,818 away) Referee: Roger East

2 January 2017 25	Cardiff City	1–0	Aston Villa	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Ralls  16',  27' Gunnarsson  57' Bamba  64' Peltier  74'	Report	Chester  41' Grealish  60' Bacuna  78' Hutton  85'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,391 (3,258 away) Referee: Andy Davies

14 January 2017 26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Aston Villa	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Mason  15'	Report	Bacuna  43'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 27,255 (4,195 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

21 January 2017 27	Aston Villa	2–2	Preston North End	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Adomah  22', 36' (pen.),  41' Amavi  67'	Report	Browne  18' Hugill  63',  64', 76' Vermijl  68' McGeady  90+5'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,415 (2,709 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

31 January 2017 28	Brentford	3–0	Aston Villa	Brentford, London
19:45 GMT	Vibe  25', 65' Yennaris  33',  38'	Report	Hourihane  74'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,016 (1,624 away) Referee: David Coote

4 February 2017 29	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Aston Villa	Nottingham
17:30 GMT	Cash  39' Assombalonga  42' Brereton  90+3'	Report	Kodjia  19' Hogan  45+1' Grealish  39'  78'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,866 (1,946 away) Referee: Paul Tierney

11 February 2017 30	Aston Villa	0–1	Ipswich Town	Birmingham
15:00 GMT		Report	Knudsen  76' Diagouraga  79' Huws  83'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,796 (1,802 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

14 February 2017 31	Aston Villa	1–3	Barnsley	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Kodjia  44'	Report	Armstrong  25' (pen.) Watkins  30' Bradshaw  43', 58' Kent  60'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 26,435 (1,633 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

20 February 2017 32	Newcastle United	2–0	Aston Villa	Newcastle upon Tyne
20:00 GMT	Shelvey  34' Lascelles  38' Gouffran  42' Lansbury  59' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,024 (1,770 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

25 February 2017 33	Aston Villa	1–0	Derby County	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Chester  25' Taylor  79' Bacuna  90+3'	Report	Ince  44' Christie  80'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,935 (2,414 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

28 February 2017 34	Aston Villa	2–0	Bristol City	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Hutton  43' Kodjia  54' Hourihane  59' Green  82'	Report	Smith  16' Giefer  19' Reid  39' Wright  68' Bryan  86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 28,119 (2,473 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

4 March 2017 35	Rotherham United	0–2	Aston Villa	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Frecklington  49' Belaïd  62'	Report	Vaulks  68' (o.g.) Kodjia  87'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 10,720 (2,567 away) Referee: Stephen Martin

7 March 2017 36	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Aston Villa	Huddersfield
19:45 GMT	Löwe  26' Mooy  67' Smith  69' Quaner  87'	Report	Jedinak  29' Taylor  64' Baker  83' Kodjia  85'	Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 20,584 (2,000 away) Referee: Darren Bond

11 March 2017 37	Aston Villa	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Baker  5' Amavi  32' Kodjia  34', 79' Hourihane  76'	Report	Loovens  18' Sasso  48'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,143 (2,764 away) Referee: Lee Probert

18 March 2017 38	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Aston Villa	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Hanson  23'	Report	Hourihane  42' Chester  73' Lansbury  75' Hogan  84'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 14,811 (4,781 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

1 April 2017 39	Aston Villa	2–0	Norwich City	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Kodjia  25', 87' Lansbury  51'	Report	Pinto  65'  80'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,605 (2,384 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

4 April 2017 40	Aston Villa	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Kodjia  5',  87'	Report	Mackie  24'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 27,154 (802 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

8 April 2017 41	Burton Albion	1–1	Aston Villa	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Irvine  48' Dyer  61',  62' Murphy  72'	Report	Kodjia  3' Jedinak  64'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 6,716 (1,580 away) Referee: Lee Probert

15 April 2017 42	Aston Villa	1–3	Reading	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Chester  14' Bacuna  78'	Report	Mendes  6', 46' Williams  16' Obita  66' Grabban  79' (pen.) Swift  86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,742 (2,465 away) Referee: Stuart Duncan

17 April 2017 43	Fulham	3–1	Aston Villa	Fulham, London
14:45 BST	Sessegnon  17' Aluko  56' Kebano  79'	Report	Kodjia  22' Amavi  26' Grealish  50' Gardner  55' Hogan  58'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 23,891 (3,849 away) Referee: David Coote

23 April 2017 44	Aston Villa	1–0	Birmingham City	Birmingham
12:00 BST	Agbonlahor  62',  68'	Report	Shotton  62' Robinson  90+2'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,884 (2,000 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

29 April 2017 45	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Aston Villa	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Graham  54'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 21,884 (6,385 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

7 May 2017 46	Aston Villa	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Birmingham
12:00 BST	Baker  63' Grealish  89'	Report	Murray  64' (pen.) Pocognoli  90+2'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,856 (2,865 away) Referee: Darren Bond

FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 January 2017 Third Round	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Aston Villa	Tottenham, London
16:00 GMT	Davies  71' Son  80'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 31,182 Referee: Mike Dean

EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 August 2016 First round	Luton Town	3–1	Aston Villa	Luton
19:45 BST	Gray  35' McGeehan  53' Okore  66' (o.g.) Lee  80' Hylton  90'	Report	Ayew  13',  43' McCormack  17'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 7,412 Referee: Gavin Ward
Note: Live on Sky Sports

First team squad

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Pierluigi Gollini	25	EU	2016	17	0	2020	£4.1M	On loan at Atalanta
2	CB		Nathan Baker	29	EU	2009	99	1	2019	YS	Academy Graduate
4	RB		Micah Richards	32	EU	2015	31	2	2019	Free
5	CM		Henri Lansbury	30	EU	2017	1	0	2021	£2.75M
6	CB		Tommy Elphick	33	EU	2016	14	0	2019	£3M
7	MF		Leandro Bacuna	29	Non-EU	2013	110	7	2020	£800,000
8	MF		Aaron Tshibola	26	EU	2016	7	1	2020	£5M	On loan at Nottingham Forest
10	FW		Jordan Ayew	29	Non-EU	2015	53	10	2020	£9M
11	FW		Gabriel Agbonlahor	34	EU	2005	375	84	2018	YS	Academy Graduate
12	DF		James Chester	32	EU	2016	17	0	2020	Undisclosed	Captain
13	GK		Jed Steer	28	EU	2013	4	0	2019	Free
14	MF		Conor Hourihane	30	EU	2017	0	0	2020	Undisclosed
16	DF		James Bree	23	EU	2017	0	0	2021	Undisclosed
18	FW		Libor Kozák	31	EU	2013	20	4	2017	£4.88M
19	LW		Andre Green	22	EU	2016	8	0	2018	YS	Academy Graduate
20	RB		Birkir Bjarnason	32	EU	2017	0	0	2020	Undisclosed
21	RB		Alan Hutton	36	EU	2011	109	1	2017	£3.38M
22	CM		Gary Gardner	28	EU	2011	29	1	2018	YS	Academy Graduate
23	LB		Jordan Amavi	26	EU	2015	25	0	2020	£8.25M
25	CM		Mile Jedinak	36	Non-EU	2016	13	0	2019	£4M
26	FW		Jonathan Kodjia	31	EU	2016	13	7	2020	£15M
27	DF		Ritchie De Laet	32	EU	2016	3	0	2019	£2M
28	LB		Aly Cissokho	33	EU	2014	58	0	2018	£1.88M	On loan at Olympiacos
29	FW		Rushian Hepburn-Murphy	22	EU	2015	3	0	2017	YS	Academy Graduate
31	GK		Mark Bunn	36	EU	2015	15	0	2017	Free
33	GK		Matija Sarkic	23	EU	2016	0	0	2017	YS	Academy Graduate
34	GK		Sam Johnstone	27	EU	2016	2	0	2017	Loan	On loan from Manchester United
36	FW		Jerell Sellars	25	EU	2015	0	0	2017	YS	Academy Graduate
37	RW		Albert Adomah	33	EU	2016	11	1	2020	£6M
38	DM		Jordan Lyden	25	Non-EU	2016	4	0	2017	YS	Academy Graduate
39	FW		Keinan Davis	22	EU	2016	2	0	2018	YS	Academy Graduate
40	MF		Jack Grealish	25	EU	2012	60	3	2018	YS	Academy Graduate
42	CB		Niall Mason	24	EU	2016	0	0	2017	YS	Academy Graduate On loan at Doncaster Rovers
44	FW		Ross McCormack	34	EU	2016	13	2	2020	£12M	On loan at Nottingham Forest
46	CB		Kevin Toner	24	EU	2012	4	0	2018	YS	Academy Graduate On loan at Bradford City
—	RW		Carles Gil	28	EU	2015 (Winter)	31	3	2019	£3.15M	On loan at Deportivo
—	DM		Carlos Sánchez	35	Non-EU	2014	38	1	2018	£4.5M	On loan at Fiorentina
—	MF		Jordan Veretout	27	EU	2015	29	0	2020	£7.5M	On loan at Saint-Étienne

Updated to match played 26 November 2016
Source: avfc.co.uk
Ordered by squad number. Appearances include all competitive league and cup appearances, including as substitute.

Squad statistics

As of 7 May 2017

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Championship				FA Cup				League Cup				Total
				Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps
2		Nathan Baker	CB	31 (1)	1	5	1	1				1				33 (1)	1	5	1
3		Neil Taylor	CB	14		2						1				14		2
4		Micah Richards	CB	1 (1)								1				2 (1)
5		Henri Lansbury	CM	17 (1)		2										17 (1)		2
6		Tommy Elphick	CB	20 (6)		4										20 (6)		4
7		Leandro Bacuna	RB	22 (8)	1	9	1	1								23 (8)	1	9	1
9		Scott Hogan	CF	9 (4)	1	2										9 (4)	1	2
11		Gabriel Agbonlahor	CF	4 (9)	1	2		1								5 (7)		1
12		James Chester	DF	45	3	6		1								46	3	6
13		Jed Steer	GK
14		Conor Hourihane	MF	13 (4)	1	3										13 (4)	1	3
16		James Bree	RB	6 (1)												6 (1)
18		Libor Kozák	FW	0 (2)												0 (2)
19		Andre Green	LW	4 (11)		1		0 (1)				1				5 (12)		1
20		Birkir Bjarnason	LM	5 (3)												5 (3)
21		Alan Hutton	RB	31 (3)		5		1				0 (1)				32 (4)		5
22		Gary Gardner	CM	18 (8)	1	2						1				19 (8)	1	2
23		Jordan Amavi	LB	26 (8)		6		1				1				28 (8)		6
25		Mile Jedinak	DM	33		8		1								34		8
26		Jonathan Kodjia	FW	36	19	5	1									36	19	5	1
27		Ritchie De Laet	DF	3		1										3		1
29		Rushian Hepburn-Murphy	FW	0 (3)												0 (3)
31		Mark Bunn	GK	5 (1)		1						1				6 (1)		1
34		Sam Johnstone	GK	21				1								22
35		Corey Blackett-Taylor	MF	0 (1)				1								0 (1)
37		Albert Adomah	MF	30 (8)	3	1		1								31 (8)	3	1
38		Jordan Lyden	DM
39		Keinan Davis	FW	0 (6)				0 (1)								0 (7)
40		Jack Grealish	MF	20 (11)	5	5	1	1				1				22 (11)	5	5	1
46		Kevin Toner	CB
1		Pierluigi Gollini*	GK	20												20
5		Jores Okore*	CB									1				1
8		Aaron Tshibola*	MF	5 (3)	1	3		1				1				7 (3)	1	3
10		Jordan Ayew*	FW	17 (4)	2	5						1	1	1		18 (4)	3	6
14		Rudy Gestede*	FW	8 (10)	4	3						0 (1)				8 (11)	4	3
15		Ashley Westwood*	MF	18 (5)		3										18 (5)		3
20		Adama Traoré*	RW	0 (1)												0 (1)
28		Aly Cissokho*	LB	11 (1)		2										11 (1)		2
44		Ross McCormack*	FW	13 (7)	3	4		0 (1)				1		1		14 (8)	3	5
Own goals					1				0				0				0
Totals					47	80	4		0	0	0		1	2	0		48	82	4

Source: (for players and positions) First Team Squad (for squad numbers) Squad Profiles (for actual stats.) Squad Stats.

• (*)Player made appearance(s) before leaving the club on loan or permanently.

Suspensions

As of 31 January 2017

Player	Date Received	Offence	Length of suspension
Leandro Bacuna	v Barnsley, 27/9/16	5 cautions	1 match	Preston North End, Football League Championship
Jack Grealish	15/10/16	Stamp; retrospective ban.[73]	3 matches	Reading, Fulham, Birmingham City, Football League Championship
Jordan Ayew	v Birmingham City, 30/10/16	5 cautions	1 match	Blackburn Rovers, Football League Championship
Ross McCormack	v Blackburn Rovers, 5/11/16	5 cautions	1 match	Brighton & Hove Albion, Football League Championship

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