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Aston Villa 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Boubacar Kamara’s Long-range Stunner Seals Narrow Derby Win
Aston Villa edged Wolves 1-0 as Boubacar Kamara’s stunning 67th-minute long-range strike secured derby victory and pushed Villa into third place in the Premier League standings
An Aston Villa executive has called out the Premier League over its demanding Christmas schedule which will see the Villans play two games away from home over the course of 72 hours
Follow live coverage as Wolverhampton Wanderers face Aston Villa today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five ...
Aston Villa head coach Unai Emery has labelled former club Arsenal as Premier League title “favourites” ahead of Tuesday’s crunch clash between the two teams. The Spaniard has taken the opportunity to add plenty of extra spice to a mouth-watering fixture which will see Mikel Arteta’s leaders play host to the high-flying Villans at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsenal supposedly receive a major double injury boost ahead of their Premier League showdown with Aston Villa on Tuesday night.
Arsenal have lost three of their last five Premier League matches against Aston Villa (W1 D1) and could see Villa complete a league double over them for the third time in six seasons (also 2020-21 and 2023-24), something they’d done so just once previously in the competition beforehand, in 1992-93.
It'll be a colossal six-pointer in the Premier League title race to close out 2025 on Tuesday, when leaders Arsenal host 3rd-place (and surging) Aston Villa in north London.
Without doubt, Villa have been the most in-form team in the division over the past few months. Having failed to win any of their first five league games, they have since won 13 out of 14 to soar to within touching distance of the top of the table, smashing club records in the process.