2017–18 Aston Villa F.C. season

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Aston Villa
2017–18 season
Chairman	Tony Xia
Manager	Steve Bruce
Stadium	Villa Park
Championship	4th
Play-offs	Runners-up; (vs. Fulham)
FA Cup	Third round; (vs. Peterborough United)
EFL Cup	Third round; (vs. Middlesbrough)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Albert Adomah (14); All: ; Albert Adomah (15)
Highest home attendance	41,745; vs Derby County, 28 April 2018
Lowest home attendance	11,197; vs Middlesbrough, 19 September 2017
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 EFL Championship season was Aston Villa's 143rd season in English football. It was the club's second consecutive season in the Championship following their relegation from the Premier League during the 2015–16 season.^[1] Villa secured a play-off place and defeated Middlesbrough to reach the final,^[2] but lost 1–0 to Fulham in the final and thus missed out on promotion to the Premier League.^[3]

John Terry (32) joined Aston Villa and was appointed captain.^[4] Other signings included Ahmed Elmohamady (113), Glenn Whelan (68), Robert Snodgrass (40), Josh Onomah (33), Axel Tuanzebe (39), Lewis Grabban (15) and Christopher Samba (12).

Competitions

Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Cardiff City (P)	46	27	9	10	69	39	+30	90	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Fulham (O, P)	46	25	13	8	79	46	+33	88	Qualification for Championship play-offs^[a]
4	Aston Villa	46	24	11	11	72	42	+30	83
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	10	14	67	45	+22	76
6	Derby County	46	20	15	11	70	48	+22	75

Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	24	11	11	72	42	+30	83	14	7	2	42	19	+23	10	4	9	30	23	+7

Last updated: 14 April 2018.
Source: Football League Championship

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L
Position	10	21	23	16	15	18	18	13	10	8	7	7	5	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	8	7	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2018. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^[5]^[6]

5 August 2017 1	Aston Villa	1–1	Hull City	Birmingham
17:30 BST	Agbonlahor 7' Lansbury 17' Whelan 22'	Report	Bowen 62'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,241 (1,211 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

12 August 2017 2	Cardiff City	3–0	Aston Villa	Leckwith
15:00 BST	Mendez-Laing 21', 71' Hoilett 60'	Report	Taylor 55'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 23,899 (4,803 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

15 August 2017 3	Reading	2–1	Aston Villa	Reading
20:00	Moore 36' Whelan 49' (o.g.) Barrow 55' McCleary 90'	Report	Green 27' Hourihane 37' 87'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 20,144 (3,935 away) Referee: Kevin Friend

19 August 2017 4	Aston Villa	4–2	Norwich City	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Hourihane 22', 68', 85' Green 42' Hutton 58'	Report	Murphy 36' 60' Franke 78' Oliveira 79' 86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,157 (2,389 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

25 August 2017 5	Bristol City	1–1	Aston Villa	Ashton Gate
19:45 BST	Paterson 60' Brownhill 87'	Report	Onomah 64' 85'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 21,542 (3,106 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

9 September 2017 6	Aston Villa	0–0	Brentford	Birmingham
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,799 (1,259 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) 7	Aston Villa	0–0	Middlesbrough	Birmingham
19:30 BST	Snodgrass 31' Lansbury 64' Kodjia 83'	Report	Traoré 4' Christie 80'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 26,631 (1,378 away) Referee: James Linington

16 September 2017 8	Barnsley	0–3	Aston Villa	Barnsley
17:30 BST	Hammill 25'	Report	Adomah 19', 44 pen.' Davis 55' Whelan 76' Hourihane 90+3'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 14,633 (3,268 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

23 September 2017 9	Aston Villa	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
17:30 BST	Adomah 15' Hourihane 60' Taylor 90+5'	Report	Bridcutt 42' Murphy 52' Brereton 59'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 28,554 (2,026 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

26 September 2017 10	Burton Albion	0–4	Aston Villa	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST		Report	Davis 13' Adomah 16' Snodgrass 32' Onomah 71'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 5,786 (1,654 away) Referee: Jonathan Moss

30 September 2017 11	Aston Villa	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Whelan 11' Kodjia 39' (pen.) Taylor 90+4'	Report	Wheater 59' Beevers 68' Henry 90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,451 (1,110 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

14 October 2017 12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Aston Villa	Wolverhampton
17:30 BST	Jota 55' Bonatini 72'	Report	Snodgrass 12' Hourihane 42'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 30,239 (2,758 away) Referee: Andy Davies

21 October 2017 13	Aston Villa	2–1	Fulham	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Terry 23' Adomah 49' Onomah 82'	Report	Norwood 9' Fonte 15' Johansen 45+1'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,724 (1,341 away) Referee: Mike Jones

29 October 2017 14	Birmingham City	0–0	Aston Villa	Birmingham
12:00 GMT	Adams 16' N'Doye 52' Roberts 74'	Report	Snodgrass 16' Onomah 76'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 24,408 (2,078 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

1 November 2017 15	Preston North End	0–2	Aston Villa	Preston
19:45 BST	Browne 55'	Report	Chester 12' Snodgrass 33' Davis 63'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,212 (2,828 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

4 November 2017 16	Aston Villa	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Samba 90+6'	Report	Reach 1' Rhodes 23' Wallace 56'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,154 (2,718 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

18 November 2017 17	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Aston Villa	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST	Mackie 19' Robinson 53' Manning 76'	Report	Whelan 38' Adomah 45+3', 58' Snodgrass 60' Taylor 90+1'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,934 (3,200 away) Referee: Darren England

22 November 2017 18	Aston Villa	2–1	Sunderland	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Adomah 10' Onomah 49'	Report	Grabban 72'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 27,662 (824 away) Referee: Stephen Martin

25 November 2017 19	Aston Villa	2–0	Ipswich Town	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Adomah 36', 66'	Report	Connolly 56' Huws 73'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,427 (1,364 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

1 December 2017 20	Leeds United	1–1	Aston Villa	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Jansson 19' 74' Sáiz 77'	Report	Hourihane 28' Snodgrass 45+2' Lansbury 71' Hutton 90+2'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 30,547 (2,443 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

9 December 2017 21	Aston Villa	0–0	Millwall	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Whelan 76'	Report	Saville 55' Wallace 70' Cooper 90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,628 (2,088 away) Referee: Andrew Davies

16 December 2017 22	Derby County	2–0	Aston Villa	Derby
15:00 GMT	Weimann 24' Russell 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 28,118 (3,143 away) Referee: Lee Probert

23 December 2017 23	Aston Villa	2–2	Sheffield United	Birmingham
17:30 GMT	Adomah 4' (pen) Jedinak 9'	Report	Donaldson 12' (26) Basham 57' Donaldson 68' O'Connell 71'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 35,210 (2,723 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

26 December 2017 24	Brentford	2–1	Aston Villa	Brentford
17:30 GMT	Sawyers 22' McEachran 57' Barbet 57' Vibe 52'	Report	Onomah 30' Elphick 68'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,341 (1,618 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

30 December 2017 25	Middlesbrough	0–1	Aston Villa	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Leadbitter 15' Friend 67' Downing 90+4'	Report	Hourihane 24' Onomah 30' Elphick 45+4' Chester 62' Snodgrass 75'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,422 (2,648 away) Referee: Andy Madley

1 January 2018 26	Aston Villa	5–0	Bristol City	Birmingham
17:30 GMT	Hogan 23' Snodgrass 34', 60' Bjarnason 72' Hourihane 85'	Report	Baker 29'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,604 (2,100 away) Referee: Andy Davies

13 January 2018 27	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Aston Villa	West Bridgford
17:30 GMT	Lichaj 61' Cash 63'	Report	Hogan 18' Elmohamady 71' Terry 89'	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 25,433 (2,004 away) Referee: James Linington

20 January 2018 28	Aston Villa	3–1	Barnsley	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Hogan 5', 7' Hourihane 18'	Report	Cavare 41' Moore 71' Pinnock 81'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,869 (1,534 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

30 January 2018 29	Sheffield United	0–1	Aston Villa	Sheffield
19:45 GMT	Wilson 71' Basham 81'	Report	Snodgrass 90'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 26,477 (2,385 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

3 February 2018 30	Aston Villa	3–2	Burton Albion	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Snodgrass 20' Hogan 33' Adomah 65' Grealish 69' Elmohamady 73' Grealish 88'	Report	Murphy 71' Akins 71' McFadzean 71' Naylor 71' Elmohamady 71' (o.g.) Boyce 90+2'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,022 (553 away) Referee: Robert Lewis

11 February 2018 31	Aston Villa	2–0	Birmingham City	Birmingham
12:00 GMT	Adomah 60' Hourihane 81'	Report	Jenkinson 71' N'Doye 90+4' Dean 71'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,233 (2,100 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

17 February 2018 32	Fulham	2–0	Aston Villa	Fulham
15:00 GMT	Sessegnon 52' Johansen 67' Ayité 71'	Report	Jedinak 59'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 24,547 (4,073 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

20 February 2018 33	Aston Villa	1–1	Preston North End	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Bjarnason 22' Jedinak 51' Grabban 65' (pen.) Terry 79'	Report	Fisher 34' Barkhuizen 65' Pearson 51' Rudd 90+5'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,894 (973 away) Referee: Darren England

24 February 2018 34	Sheffield Wednesday	2–4	Aston Villa	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Clare 14' Pelupessy 32' João 45+2' Boyd 82' Pudil 90+6'	Report	Grabban 21' Whelan 67' Hourihane 87' Snodgrass 90+3'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 28,604 (4,630 away) Referee: Neil Swarbrick

3 March 2018	Aston Villa	P–P^[7]	Queens Park Rangers	Birmingham
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Villa Park
Note: Match postponed due to a heavy snowfall. Rescheduled for 13 March at 19:45.

6 March 2018 35	Sunderland	0–3	Aston Villa	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Love 23' Oviedo 55'	Report	Grabban 34' Chester 35' Chester 45+3' Oviedo og' (66)	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 26,081 (1,605 away) Referee: Andy Madley

10 March 2018 36	Aston Villa	4–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Birmingham
17:30 GMT	Adomah 8' Adomah 44' Chester 57' Grabban 62' Hourihane 79' Grealish 83' Bjarnason 85'	Report	Jota 20' Batth 37' Jota 39' N'Diaye 55' Coady 73' Costa 80'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,836 (2,700 away) Referee: David Coote

13 March 2018 37	Aston Villa	1–3	Queens Park Rangers	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Chester 88' Grealish 90+2'	Report	Manning 11' Bidwell 33' Lynch 59' Freeman 82' Bidwell 90+2'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,228 (462 away) Referee: Tim Robinson
Note: Rescheduled from 5 March because of heavy snowfall.

17 March 2018 38	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Aston Villa	Horwich
17:30 GMT	Le Fondre 19'	Report		Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 19,304 (4,342 away) Referee: Robert Jones

31 March 2018 39	Hull City	0–0	Aston Villa	Kingston upon Hull
17:30 BST	Larsson 56'	Report	Snodgrass 32' Grabban 81'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 16,133 (2,221 away) Referee: Andy Davies

3 April 2018 40	Aston Villa	3–0	Reading	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Bjarnason 46' Hourihane 63' Hogan 70'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,223 (350 away) Referee: Darren Bond

7 April 2018 41	Norwich City	3–1	Aston Villa	Norwich
12:30 BST	Maddison 36' 72' Murphy 45+2' 86' Srbeny 54' 65' Reed 63'	Report	Grealish 67' 82' Hourihane 68' Chester 90+4'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,278 (2,000 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

10 April 2018 42	Aston Villa	1–0	Cardiff City	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Hourihane 20' Snodgrass 45' Grealish 85' Johnstone 90+4' Kodjia 90+5'	Report	Paterson 37' Gunnarsson 78' Bennett 81' Ward 89' Peltier 90+5'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,560 (2,700 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

13 April 2018 43	Aston Villa	1–0	Leeds United	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Grabban 29'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,374 (2,288 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

21 April 2018 44	Ipswich Town	0–4	Aston Villa	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Ward 42'	Report	Hourihane 25' Grabban 57' Grabban 78' Lansbury 82'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,034 (1,981 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

28 April 2018 45	Aston Villa	1–1	Derby County	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Chester 84'	Report	Jerome 14', 87'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,745 (2,671 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

6 May 2018 46	Millwall	1–0	Aston Villa	Bermondsey
12:30 BST	Williams pen' (30)	Report		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 17,195 (2,163 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Play-offs

12 May 2018 Semi-final first leg	Middlesbrough	0–1	Aston Villa	Middlesbrough
17:15 BST	Friend 45' Gibson 49'	Report	Hourihane 13' Jedinak 15' Snodgrass 75'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 29,233 Referee: Robert Madley

15 May 2018 Semi-final second leg	Aston Villa	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Middlesbrough	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Snodgrass 34' Hutton 45' Grealish 60' Johnstone 87'	Report	Friend 13' Bešić 80'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,505 Referee: Mike Dean

26 May 2018 Final	Aston Villa	0–1	Fulham	London
17:00 BST	Chester 8' Grealish 63' Jedinak 76' Hutton 86'	Report	Cairney 23' Odoi 38' 70' Kamara 77'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 85,243 Referee: Anthony Taylor

FA Cup

In the FA Cup, Aston Villa entered the competition in the third round and were drawn at home against either Woking or Peterborough United.^[8] The latter won their replayed tie 5–2 to visit Villa Park in the third round.^[9]

6 January 2018 Third round	Aston Villa	1–3	Peterborough United	Aston
15:00 GMT	Davis 8'	Report	Marriott 75', 90+3' Tafazolli 83'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 21,677 Referee: Robert Jones

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, the draw for the first round took place with a trip to Colchester United confirmed.^[10] Villa were drawn at home to Wigan Athletic in the second round.^[11] A third round home time against Middlesbrough was made on 24 August 2017.^[12]

9 August 2017 First round	Colchester United	1–2	Aston Villa	Colchester
19:45 BST	Kent 39' Murray 76' Szmodics 87'	Report	Hogan 6' Kent 21' (o.g.) Green 53' O'Hare 59'	Stadium: Weston Homes Community Stadium Attendance: 6,603 Referee: John Brooks

22 August 2017 Second round	Aston Villa	4–1	Wigan Athletic	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Hogan 19', 44' Adomah 36' O'Hare 68' Bjarnason 74'	Report	Colclough 43' Burke 62'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 18,108 Referee: Darren Drysdale

19 September 2017 Third round	Aston Villa	0–2	Middlesbrough	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Elphick 17' 57'	Report	Bamford 58' (pen.), 67' Howson 72'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 11,197 Referee: Stephen Martin

Pre-season friendlies

12 July 2017	Kidderminster Harriers	0–3	Aston Villa	Kidderminster
19:45 BST		Report	Hourihane 9' Chester 30' McKirdy 82'	Stadium: Aggborough Attendance: 2,408

12 July 2017	AFC Telford United	0–4	Aston Villa	Telford
19:45 BST		Report	Green 38' Lansbury 49' (pen.), 84' (pen.) Agbonlahor 53'	Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 1,865 Referee: Blake Antrobus

15 July 2017	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Aston Villa	Shrewsbury
15:00 BST	Jules 76' Gnahoua 80'	Report	Lansbury 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,549 Referee: Steve Martin

18 July 2017	Walsall	0–0	Aston Villa	Walsall
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 7,022

23 July 2017	Aston Villa	3–0	MSV Duisburg	Duisburg, Germany
12:00 CEST (45 min match)	Green 21' Hogan 23', 36'	Report		Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 5,913

23 July 2017	Aston Villa	2–0	Hertha BSC	Duisburg, Germany
15:00 CEST (45 min match)	Samba 17' Agbonlahor 30'	Report		Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 5,913

25 July 2017	Arminia Bielefeld	P–P^[13]	Aston Villa	Gütersloh, Germany
19:00 CEST				Stadium: Heidewaldstadion

29 July 2017	Aston Villa	0–0	Watford	Aston
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 10,900 Referee: Oliver Langford

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
3 July 2017	CB	John Terry	Chelsea	Free	^[14]
19 July 2017	RB	Ahmed Elmohamady	Hull City	Undisclosed	^[15]
20 July 2017	CB	Christopher Samba	Free agent	Free	^[16]
20 July 2017	DM	Glenn Whelan	Stoke City	£2,000,000	^[17]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CF	Libor Kozák	Free agent	Released	^[18]
1 July 2017	CB	Niall Mason	Doncaster Rovers	Undisclosed	^[19]
1 July 2017	DM	Carlos Sánchez Moreno	Fiorentina	£3,000,000	^[20]
25 July 2017	CM	Jordan Veretout	Fiorentina	£7,000,000	^[21]
28 July 2017	CB	Nathan Baker	Bristol City	Undisclosed	^[22]
13 August 2017	MF	Leandro Bacuna	Reading F.C.	Undisclosed	^[23]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
14 July 2017	GK	Sam Johnstone	Manchester United	30 June 2018	^[24]
4 August 2017	CM	Josh Onomah	Tottenham Hotspur	30 June 2018	^[25]
25 August 2017	RW	Robert Snodgrass	West Ham United	30 June 2018	^[26]
25 January 2018	CB	Axel Tuanzebe	Manchester United	30 June 2018	^[27]
31 January 2018	CF	Lewis Grabban	Bournemouth	30 June 2018	^[28]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date	Ref.
16 January 2017	GK	Pierluigi Gollini	Atalanta	30 June 2018	^[29]
12 July 2017	RW	Carles Gil	Deportivo La Coruña	30 June 2018	^[30]
27 July 2017	CM	Aaron Tshibola	Milton Keynes Dons	30 June 2018	^[31]
10 August 2017	LB	Jordan Amavi	Marseille	30 June 2018	^[32]
24 August 2017	CB	Kevin Toner	Stevenage	30 June 2018	^[33]
31 August 2017	CM	Gary Gardner	Barnsley	30 June 2018	^[34]
31 August 2017	GK	Matija Sarkic	Wigan Athletic	January 2018	^[35]
29 September 2017	FW	Ross McCormack	Melbourne City	Injury replacement	^[36]
23 January 2018	RB	Ritchie De Laet	Royal Antwerp	30 June
29 January 2018	CB	Tommy Elphick	Reading	30 June
31 January 2018	CB	Easah Suliman	Grimsby Town	30 June

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Ref:^[37]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		Play-offs		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Sam Johnstone	48	0	45	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	ENG	Jed Steer	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
31	GK	ENG	Mark Bunn	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	WAL	Neil Taylor	30	0	27+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	CGO	Christopher Samba	14	1	5+7	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	WAL	James Chester	50	4	46	4	3	0	0	0	1	0
16	DF	ENG	James Bree	10	0	3+3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
17	DF	ENG	Micah Richards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	SCO	Alan Hutton	33	0	26+3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF	ENG	John Terry	36	1	32	1	3	0	1	0	0	0
27	DF	EGY	Ahmed Elmohamady	45	0	36+7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	ENG	Axel Tuanzebe	5	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	WAL	Mitchell Clark	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	IRL	Glenn Whelan	35	1	30+3	1	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	SCO	Robert Snodgrass	43	7	38+2	7	3	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Henri Lansbury	12	2	6+4	2	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
10	MF	ENG	Jack Grealish	31	3	19+8	3	3	0	0+1	0	0	0
14	MF	IRL	Conor Hourihane	46	11	40+1	11	3	0	1	0	1	0
15	MF	AUS	Mile Jedinak	28	2	17+8	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Josh Onomah	37	4	20+13	4	0+1	0	1	0	2	0
19	MF	ENG	Andre Green	7	1	4+1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
20	MF	ISL	Birkir Bjarnason	29	4	11+12	3	0+2	0	1	0	3	1
32	MF	IRL	Jake Doyle-Hayes	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
37	MF	GHA	Albert Adomah	44	15	34+5	14	3	0	0	0	2	1
38	DF	AUS	Jordan Lyden	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
Forwards
9	FW	IRL	Scott Hogan	41	9	19+18	6	0+1	0	0	0	3	3
11	FW	ENG	Gabriel Agbonlahor	6	1	2+4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	CIV	Jonathan Kodjia	18	1	9+6	1	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	ENG	Rushian Hepburn-Murphy	5	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
36	FW	ENG	Callum O'Hare	8	0	0+4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
39	FW	ENG	Keinan Davis	30	3	17+11	2	0	0	1	1	0+1	0
43	FW	ENG	Corey Blackett-Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
45	FW	ENG	Lewis Grabban	18	8	10+5	8	3	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season
25	MF	ENG	Gary Gardner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44	FW	SCO	Ross McCormack	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
7	MF	CUW	Leandro Bacuna	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	BEL	Ritchie De Laet	9	0	1+4	0	0	0	1	0	2+1	0
24	DF	ENG	Tommy Elphick	6	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
34	DF	ENG	Easah Suliman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Last updated: 8 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Top scorers

As of 17 January 2018
Sources:^[38]^[39]

Player			Championship		League Cup		FA Cup		Other		Total
			Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists	Goals	Assists
Albert Adomah	37	MF	14	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	15	7
Conor Hourihane	14	MF	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	2
Scott Hogan	9	FW	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	2
Lewis Grabban	45	FW	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Robert Snodgrass	7	MF	7	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14
Josh Onomah	18	MF	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
Birkir Bjarnason	20	MF	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	3
James Chester	5	DF	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Jack Grealish	10	MF	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6
Keinan Davis	39	FW	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1
Henri Lansbury	8	MF	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Mile Jedinak	15	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Jonathan Kodjia	22	FW	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Gabriel Agbonlahor	11	FW	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
John Terry	26	DF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Glenn Whelan	6	MF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Christopher Samba	4	DF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Andre Green	19	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ahmed Elmohamady	27	DF	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Alan Hutton	21	DF	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Callum O'Hare	36	MF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ritchie De Laet	2	DF	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total			71	52	5	4	1	0	1	1	78	57

Disciplinary record

As of 30 September 2017

Name
Henri Lansbury	1	1
Conor Hourihane	2	0
Neil Taylor	2	1
Glenn Whelan	3	0
Andre Green	1	0
Alan Hutton	1	0
Jonathan Kodjia	1	0
Josh Onomah	1	0
Robert Snodgrass	1	0

Suspensions served

As of 23 September 2017

Date	Matches Missed	Player	Reason	Opponents Missed
19 September 2017	1	Tommy Elphick	vs Middlesbrough (H)	Nottingham Forest (H)

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[2] "Aston Villa 0–0 Middlesbrough". BBC Sport. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[3] "Aston Villa 0–1 Fulham". BBC Sport. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

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[8] "Aston Villa P-P Queens Park Rangers". BBC Sport. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

[9] "FA Cup draw: Villa to play Woking or Peterborough United". Aston Villa Official Site. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

[10] "Emirates FA Cup third round opponents confirmed". Aston Villa Official Site. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

[11] "Carabao Cup: Villa draw Colchester". Aston Villa Official Site. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

[12] "Carabao Cup: Wigan at home in second round". Aston Villa Official Site. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

[13] "Carabao Cup: Villa to host Middlesbrough". Aston Villa Official Site. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

[14] "Tonight's Arminia game in Germany called off". Aston Villa Official Site. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

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[16] "Transfer news: Elmohamady arrives". Aston Villa Official Site. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

[17] "Transfer news: Samba signs". Aston Villa Official Site. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

[18] "Glenn Whelan: Aston Villa sign Stoke City midfielder on two-year contract". BBC Sport. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

[19] "Kozak leaves Villa". Aston Villa Official Site. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

[20] "Transfer news: Mason joins Doncaster". Aston Villa Official Site. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.

[21] "OFFICIAL: Fiorentina buys Carlos Sánchez". violanation. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

[22] "Transfer news: Veretout moves to Fiorentina". Aston Villa Official Site. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

[23] "Transfer news: Baker joins Bristol City". Aston Villa Official Site. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[24] "Transfer news: Bacuna joins Reading". Aston Villa Official Site. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

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[36] "Transfer news: Sarkic joins Wigan". Aston Villa Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

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