# 2019–20 Aston Villa F.C. season

The 2019–20 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 145th season in English football. It was the club's 25th season in the Premier League, and their 106th season in the top flight, following their promotion from the EFL Championship by winning the play-offs.
On 29 November 2019, midway through his first Premier League season with the club, manager Dean Smith signed a contract extension lasting until 2023.
In the EFL Cup, Villa advanced past Crewe Alexandra of League Two and four Premier League sides in Brighton & Hove Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Liverpool and Leicester City to reach the final at Wembley Stadium; they lost the final 2–1 to Manchester City.
In the league though, Villa were four points deep inside the relegation zone with four games left to play of the 2019–20 season, but pulled off what Smith described as a "magnificent achievement" to clinch survival on the last day with a 1–1 draw at West Ham United.

## Pre-season
### Friendlies

On 7 June 2019, Aston Villa announced its pre-season schedule.
Win  Loss  Draw

#### June
## Competitions
### Premier League

Villa were four points deep inside the relegation zone with four games left to play of the 2019–20 season, but pulled off what Smith described as a "magnificent achievement" to clinch survival on the last day with a 1–1 draw at West Ham United.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 41 | |
| 16 | West Ham United | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 39 | |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 41 | 67 | −26 | 35 | |
| 18 | Bournemouth (R) | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 40 | 65 | −25 | 34 | Relegation to EFL Championship |
| 19 | Watford (R) | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 64 | −28 | 34 | Relegation to EFL Championship |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source:

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 15 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 |

#### Matches

On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced. On 5 April 2020, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. On 28 May 2020, a date for the resumption of the Premier League was given as the 17 June 2020. A full fixture list was confirmed on 4 June 2020 - which had the season returning at 6 PM on 17 June.

### EFL Cup

On 13 August 2019, the Second Round of the EFL Cup was drawn by Gary Neville and Paul Robinson at Salford City's Moor Lane stadium. The Third Round draw was held on 28 August 2019 at Lincoln City's Sincil Bank stadium. The Fourth Round draw was held on 25 September 2019 at MK Dons' Stadium MK. The Quarter-Final draw was held on 31 October 2019, by David James and Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2. The Semi-Final draw was held on 18 December 2019, at Oxford United's Kassam Stadium by Dennis Wise and Chris Kamara.

### FA Cup

On 2 December 2019, the draw was made for the Third Round of the FA Cup at the Etihad Stadium by Tony Adams and former Villa player, Micah Richards.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 5 June 2019 | RW | Jota | Birmingham City | Undisclosed |
| 10 June 2019 | LW | Anwar El Ghazi | Lille | Undisclosed |
| 13 June 2019 | CF | Wesley | Club Brugge | £22,000,000 |
| 17 June 2019 | CB | Kortney Hause | Wolverhampton Wanderers | £3,000,000 |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Matt Targett | Southampton | £11,500,000 |
| 8 July 2019 | CB | Tyrone Mings | Bournemouth | £20,000,000 |
| 11 July 2019 | CB | Ezri Konsa | Brentford | £12,000,000 |
| 16 July 2019 | CB | Björn Engels | Reims | £9,000,000 |
| 24 July 2019 | LW | Trézéguet | Kasımpaşa | £8,750,000 |
| 25 July 2019 | DM | Douglas Luiz | Manchester City | £15,000,000 |
| 1 August 2019 | GK | Tom Heaton | Burnley | £8,000,000 |
| 1 August 2019 | DM | Marvelous Nakamba | Club Brugge | £10,200,000 |
| 20 January 2020 | CF | Mbwana Samatta | Genk | £8,500,000 |
| 23 January 2020 | CF | Louie Barry | Barcelona | £880,000 |
| 31 January 2020 | CF | Borja Bastón | Swansea City | Free Transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 5 June 2019 | CM | Gary Gardner | Birmingham City | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | RW | Albert Adomah | Nottingham Forest | Free Transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | RW | Corey Blackett-Taylor | Tranmere Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Mark Bunn | Retired | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Mitch Clark | Leicester City | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Ritchie De Laet | Antwerp | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Tommy Elphick | Huddersfield Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Alan Hutton | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | Mile Jedinak | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Harvey Knibbs | Cambridge United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Sam Lomax | Stratford Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | Jordan Lyden | Swindon Town | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | SS | Ross McCormack | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Harry McKirdy | Carlisle United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Alexander Prosser | Kidderminster Harriers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Micah Richards | Retired | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | Glenn Whelan | Heart of Midlothian | Released |
| 3 July 2019 | CB | Luke Ige | Colchester United | Free transfer |
| 8 August 2019 | CM | Birkir Bjarnason | Free agent | Mutual consent |
| 29 August 2019 | CM | Aaron Tshibola | Waasland Beveren | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2020 | CF | Jonathan Kodjia | Al-Gharafa | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2020 | CB | Easah Suliman | Vitória de Guimarães | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2020 | CF | Aaron Pressley | Brentford | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Until | Ref. |
| 7 January 2020 | CM | | Danny Drinkwater | Chelsea | 30 June 2020 | |
| 13 January 2020 | GK | | Pepe Reina | Milan | 30 June 2020 | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Until |
| 26 June 2019 | GK | Matija Sarkic | Livingston | 3 January 2020 |
| 1 August 2019 | CM | Jake Doyle-Hayes | Cheltenham Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 1 August 2019 | LW | Andre Green | Preston North End | 31 December 2019 |
| 2 August 2019 | CF | Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | Tranmere Rovers | 31 January 2020 |
| 7 August 2019 | CF | Scott Hogan | Stoke City | 29 January 2020 |
| 8 August 2019 | RB | James Bree | Luton Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 22 August 2019 | AM | Callum O'Hare | Coventry City | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 January 2020 | LW | Andre Green | Charlton Athletic | 30 June 2020 |
| 20 January 2020 | GK | Lovre Kalinić | Toulouse | 30 June 2020 |
| 22 January 2020 | CB | Jake Walker | Banbury United | 30 June 2020 |
| 24 January 2020 | CM | Lewis Brunt | Gloucester City | 30 June 2020 |
| 29 January 2020 | CF | Scott Hogan | Birmingham City | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CB | James Chester | Stoke City | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CF | Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | Derby County | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CM | Jacob Ramsey | Doncaster Rovers | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | AM | Ben Guy | Belper Town | 30 June 2020 |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Tom Heaton | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ENG | Jed Steer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | NOR | Ørjan Nyland | 12 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | ESP | Pepe Reina | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | MNE | Matija Sarkic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | WAL | Neil Taylor | 18 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Ezri Konsa | 31 | 2 | 24+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Matt Targett | 32 | 2 | 27+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | BEL | Björn Engels | 19 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | FRA | Frédéric Guilbert | 29 | 2 | 22+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Elmohamady | 25 | 2 | 11+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Kortney Hause | 24 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | ENG | Tyrone Mings | 36 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ENG | Danny Drinkwater | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Douglas Luiz | 42 | 3 | 28+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | John McGinn | 30 | 3 | 27+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Henri Lansbury | 15 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Jack Grealish | 41 | 10 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ZIM | Marvelous Nakamba | 34 | 0 | 19+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | IRL | Conor Hourihane | 34 | 7 | 18+9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | EGY | Trézéguet | 41 | 7 | 20+14 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NED | Anwar El Ghazi | 40 | 6 | 26+8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Jota | 14 | 1 | 4+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BRA | Wesley | 22 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Borja Bastón | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | TAN | Mbwana Samatta | 16 | 2 | 11+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | USA | Indiana Vassilev | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Keinan Davis | 23 | 1 | 4+14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | FW | ENG | Cameron Archer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred or loaned out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | WAL | James Chester | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | CIV | Jonathan Kodjia | 9 | 2 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | CRO | Lovre Kalinić | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | ENG | Jacob Ramsey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Disciplinary Records :
| Player | Position | Premier League | Premier League | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Player | Position | Y | R | Y | R | Y | R | Y | R | Y | R |
| Douglas Luiz | CDM | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Grealish | CAM | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tyrone Mings | CB | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Frédéric Guilbert | RB | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Marvelous Nakamba | CDM | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ezri Konsa | CB | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Trézéguet | LW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Anwar El Ghazi | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Conor Hourihane | CM | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| John McGinn | CM | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Matt Targett | LB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kortney Hause | CB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Neil Taylor | LB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Wesley | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ahmed Elmohamady | RB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Henri Lansbury | CM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Björn Engels | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Danny Drinkwater | CDM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan Kodjia | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mbwana Samatta | CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pepe Reina | GK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | 70 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 1 |
Based on matches played until 26 July 2020
Top Scorers :
| Player | Position | Premier League | Premier League | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| | | Goals | Assists | Goals | Assists | Goals | Assists | Goals | Assists | Goals | Assists |
| Jack Grealish | CM | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
| Conor Hourihane | CM | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| Trézéguet | LW | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Anwar El Ghazi | LW | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Wesley | CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| John McGinn | CM | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Douglas Luiz | CM | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Ahmed Elmohamady | RB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Ezri Konsa | CB | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Frédéric Guilbert | RB | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Matt Targett | LB | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Tyrone Mings | CB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jonathan Kodjia | CF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mbwana Samatta | CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Own goal | N/A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jota | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Keinan Davis | CF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Björn Engels | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kortney Hause | CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Henri Lansbury | CM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | 41 | 32 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 48 |
Based on matches played until 26 July 2020