**Pre Match report for the Aston Villa - ARCHIVE 26/27 game - Sunday, 23rd August 2026**
PREMIER LEAGUE 26/27: Brighton V Aston Villa - 23/8/26 P1 Aston Villa manager: Unai Emery (1/11/22) . P197 W = 55.3% July 26 UE did ok last term gaining a Champions League spot and winning the Europa League. AV 26/27: W0 D0 L0 . F0 A0 GD0 . Pt0 Po? = 0pt/gm . W = 0% L = 0% last six: n/a EFL Cup: bye R2 . tba R3 . . Champions League: tba UEFA Super Cup: PSG 2-1 Villa (Saltzburg) Villans fans expectations: top six at least odds at start: title 33/1 . top two 12/1, four 4/1, six 5-4 prospects: pundits consider the midlands outfit to finish 6th INS: J Manzambi (Freiburg 52m), J Gomes (Wolves 328m), M Ruggeri (A Madrid 17m), Z Suzuki (Parma 25m), M K Cisse (LASK 4m), A Garnacho (Chelsea loan), A Wan-Bissaka (West Ham loan) pre-season: Walsall 0-5 (A) . Porto 2-1 (A) . R Sociadad l 2-4 (Walsall), Indonesia A-S w 1-3 (Jakarta) . Pathum w 1-3 (Thailand) . B Munich l 2-1 (HK), B Monchengladbach 2-1 (A) \* \* \* \* \* Aston Villa away versus Albion - 1-1 0-0 0-2 1-2 1-0 0-3 3-4 . . . W = 4 D = 2 L = 1 AV 26/27 (A): W0 D0 L0 . F0 A0 GD0 = 0pt/gm or 0% of total points next six: Hull Spurs Newcastle Man Utd Ipswich Coventry reverse sequence: no Prem data - points gained = 0% points lost = 0% \* \* \* \* \* AV from 17/18: 4 5 C, 17 11 14 7 4 6 4 @ 21/8/26 top four 24 26 . top six 25 . top ten 23 . bottom six 20 Prem points: x x 35 45 55 61 68 66 65 recent managers: Steven Gerrard (21-22), Dean Smith (18-21), Steve Bruce (16-18) FS brightonfans refs: via Stats page tabs History & Travel previous encounters . Archive for Clubs records.
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