Pre Match report for the Aston Villa game - Wednesday, 11th February 2026
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Villa V Brighton - 11/2/26 P26
Villa manager: Unai Emery
UE has so far gotten the Birmingham outfit a potential podium place and an auto-spot in Europa League finals.
W14 D5 L6 . F36 A27 GD9 . Pt47 Po3 = 1.88pt/gm . W = 56% L = 24%
latest: wdl wld
Eu Lg: (H) Bologna 1-0 Maccabi TV 2-0 Y Boys 2-1 Salzburg 3-2,
(A) Feyenoord 0-2 Basel 1-2 GA Eagles 2-1 Fenerbahce 0-1 . W7 D0 L1 Pt21 GD8 Po2
EFL Cup: Brentford 4pen2 1-1 (A) R3
FA Cup: Newcastle (H) R4, Spurs 1-2 (A) R3
situation synopsis: in a three-way tussle for the title, or at least top four.
start: W4 D3 L3 . F9 A10 GD-1 . Pt15 Po11 = 1.50pt/gm . W = 40% L = 30%
halfway: W12 D3 L4 . F30 A23 GD7 . Pt39 Po3 = 2.05pt/gm . W = 63.1% L = 21.0%
run in: Man U (A), West Ham (H), Forest (A), Sunderland (H),
Fulham (A), Spurs (H), Burnley (A), Liverpool (H), Man C (A)
forecast @ 10/2/26: 47 + (1.88 x 13) = 71 points and a top four finish.
INS: January window - Alysson (Gremio 10m), B Madjo (Metz), T Abraham (Besiktas 18m)
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Villa home: versus Albion - - 2-1 1-2 2-0 2-1 6-1 2-2 . W4 D1 L1 . F15 A7 . W = 66.6%
Villa 25/26 home: W8 D1 L3 . F18 A10 GD8 = 2.08pt/gm or 53.1% of total points.
next six: Leeds Chelsea W Ham Sunderland Spurs Liverpool
reverse sequence: llw www www wld - points gained = 69.4% lost = 30.5%
Bford 0-1: (0-1) 45 72%-28% on 5-2, off 22-4, c 12-1, f 8-8, y 0-3, r 0-1 s 2-4 4231-4231
Evton 0-1: (0-0) 59 63%-37% on 5-3, off 13-6, c 6-4, f 15-13, y 1-1, s 3-1 4231-4231
Forest 3-1: (1-0) 4573-61 73%-27% on 4-5, off 7-5, c 4-4, f 10-20, y 1-2, s 5-5 4231-451
Man U 2-1: (1-1) 45,57-45 43%-57% on 4-6, off 8-9, c 5-5, f 11-14, y 1-2, s 5-3 4231-3421
Arnal 2-1: (1-0) 36,95-52 47%-53% on 6-9, off 9-6, c 3-3, f 10-8, y 0-2, s 5-4 4231-433
Wolvs 1-0: (0-0) 67 52%-48% on 6-4, off 10-5, c 7-3, f 13-21, y 0-4, s 4-4 4231-343
Bmth 4-0: (2-0) 2882 52%-48% on 8-3, off 8-7, c 6-9, f 8-20, y 1-2, s 6-6 442-4231
Man C 1-0: (1-0) 19 47%-53% on 3-4, off 6-14, c 5-6, f 8-16, y 1-4, s 4-5 4231-4141
Bnley 2-1: (1-0) 25,63-78 55%-45% on 7-2, off 8-3, c 5-4, f 9-15, y 3-1, s 5-5 4231-541
Fham 3-1: (1-1) 3751-3 48%-52% on 4-4, off 5-7, c 2-8, f 10-13, y 1-4, s 5-5 4231-4231
Palace 0-3: (0-1) 2178 58%-42% on 4-4, off 9-2, c 10-1, 7-14, y 2-3, s 5-4 4231-3421
Ncstle 0-0: (0-0) 0 40%-60% on 3-3, off 0-13, c 3-6, f 13-11, y 1-1, r 1-0 s 1-3 4231-433
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Villa from 11/12: 16 15 15 17 20 P, 13 4 5 C, 17 11 14 7 4 6 3 @ 9/2/26
top four: 24 . top six: 25 . top ten: 23 . bottom six: 12 13 14 15 20 . rel: 16
Prem points: 38 41 38 38 17 - - - 35 55 45 61 68 66 47
recent managers: Steve Gerrard (21-22), Dean Smith (18-21), Steve Bruce (16-18),
Steve Clarke (2016), Roberto di Matteo (2016), Eric Black (2016), Remi Garde (15-16),
Tim Sherwood (2015), Paul Lambert (12-15).
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