Villa were again unable to break their hoodoo against the Old Trafford side.
They never really came close. Some early chances were squandered and then United began to turn the screw. A Bouma mistake allowed Christiano Ronaldo to cheekily flick the ball with the outside of his boot past the despairing Carson. Soon after it was [...]

Villa go into this evening’s fixture on the back of two straight league losses, whilst the home side will be riding high after last weeks stroll against Liverpool.
Villa are without the injured Craig Gardner, so Juventus bound Olof Mellberg will deputise at right back.
United’s only fresh injury is Darren Fletcher who is out for the [...]

Aston Villa were dealt a blow ahead of the weekend’s visit to Old Trafford with the news that Craig Gardner had picked up a thigh strain whilst on international duty.
Gardner picked up the injury during the first half of England’s U21 fixture with Poland at Molineux on Tuesday night.
He is a out of the Manchester [...]

Gabriel Agbonlahor, Ashley Young and goalkeeper Scott Carson have been left out of Fabio Capello’s reduced 23 man England squad for Wednesdays friendly against the French in Paris.
All three had been picked in a preliminary 30 man squad along with Villa captain Gareth Barry.
It is believed Carson picked up an injury in the defeat to [...]

Aston Villa’s disappointing form was to continue today as visitors Sunderland bagged their first away win of the season.
Without main striker Kenwyne Jones, it was hard to see where the Sunderland goals would come from.
But with just seven minutes remaining, former Cardiff City striker Michael Chopra clinched a vital three points for the Black Cats [...]

Villa go into the game on the back of two disappointing results. Firstly their 1-1 draw at home to a Middlesborugh side still reeling from their FA Cup loss to Cardiff, and then a 2-0 defeat at fellow top 6 contenders Portsmouth. Villa had chances aplenty at Fratton Park, but an inspired performance from former [...]

Aston Villa youth were beaten 3-2 at Villa Park on Wednesday night to dash their hopes of youth cup glory.
Going into the second leg at 1-1 it was Villa who took an early lead through former Watford forward Harry Forrester.
This was soon cancelled out by two quick fire goals from Rodriguez and Kakuta for the [...]

Still looking for a place in Europe we travel to Portsmouth tomorrow to face the FA Cup semi-finalists trying to maintain our position above them in the league. Midweek Pompey beat the Blues 4-2 whilst we could only manage a disappointing draw at Villa Park against Boro.
Portsmouth’s don’t have too good of a home record, [...]