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Arsenal can thank Jesus and a late Declan Rice goal to stay on topThe English are pretty fascinated with their midweek evening fixtures. There are only a few per season, when the whole league trots out under the lights Tuesday-Thursday (instead of under the lights on Saturday and Sunday because the sun never actually appears in the UK between Halloween and St. Pat...

Is it time to start talking about Aston Villa?The Premier League, at least this season, has become stratified in a way it never has before. There seem to be only two categories. You’re either fighting against relegation or you’re in the race for the Champions League. It’s a little more nuanced than that under the hood, though not by much. From ...

Premier League Soccer Returns, Goal-Line Technology Apparently Still in the JohnThe Premier League returned to action this afternoon at Villa Park with Aston Villa hosting Sheffield United. While VAR has been riling fans and media alike most of the season, today it was goal-line technology’s turn to provide confusion, mystery, and vitriol. ...

Aston Villa Are Returning To The Premier League

Aston Villa have made their way back to the Premier League after defeating Derby County 2-1 at Wembley in the Championship playoff final. The club joins Norwich City and Sheffield United as the three clubs heading to the top flight and replacing Huddersfield Town, Fulham and Cardiff City....

Leeds Manager Marcelo Bielsa Instructs Team To Give Aston Villa An Uncontested Scoring Chance To Make Up For A Controversial Goal

Up until the 71st minute, the match between Leeds United and Aston Villa had been relatively uneventful. But once the game clock hit 71:20, the English Championship bout decided to make up for its lack of excitement over the next several moments with a debatably unsportsmanlike goal leading to a scu...

Jack Grealish Got Punched In The Head By An Opposing Fan And Went On To Score The Game-Winning Goal  

Less than 10 minutes into the EFL Championship match between Aston Villa and Birmingham City, a Birmingham supporter ran onto the pitch during a dead period of play, charged at Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish and landed a punch that hit the side of the player’s head. A steward was able to make his...

Manhunt Is On For Aston Villa Fan Who Chucked A Cabbage At The Team's Manager

Yesterday’s Aston Villa-Preston match was a thriller that ultimately ended in tragedy for the Villans. Though it must have hurt to watch the ball bulge the back of their net three times in the disappointing 3-3 draw, the spheroid that arguably caused Villa the deepest psychic injury was the head of ...

Aston Villa's New Owner Is ... A Little Questionable

In defending his enormous ambitions for Aston Villa, the English club he officially became the new owner of on Wednesday, a few short weeks after the team had been relegated from the Premier League in disastrous fashion, 39-year-old Chinese businessman Tony Xia said in an interview, “At least [until...