2016–17 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
2016–17 season
Chairman	Tony Xia
Manager	Roberto Di Matteo; (until 3 October); Steve Bruce; (from 12 October)
Stadium	Villa Park
Championship	13th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jonathan Kodjia (19); All: ; Jonathan Kodjia (19)
Average home league attendance	32,107 (2,137 at VP)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was Aston Villa's first season in the Football League Championship following their relegation from the Premier League last season in their 142nd year in existence. It was also their first season in the second tier of English football since the formation of the Premier League.^[1]

On 2 June 2016, Roberto Di Matteo was appointed the manager of newly the relegated Championship club, working under the new chairman Tony Xia. Di Matteo's former Chelsea teammate Steve Clarke was appointed as his assistant on the same day.^[2] On 3 October 2016, Di Matteo was sacked as manager^[3] after a string of poor results culminating in a 2–0 defeat at Preston North End.

On 12 October 2016, Steve Bruce was appointed manager.^[4] In his second match in charge, Villa defeated Reading, the club's first win in 11 games and the first away win for 14 months.^[5]

Bruce brought in Colin Calderwood as assistant manager from Brighton & Hove Albion and Stephen Clemence from old club Hull City as first-team coach.^[6]^[7]

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

First Team
Date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
20 June 2016	DF	6	Tommy Elphick	AFC Bournemouth	£3m^[8]^[9]
8 July 2016	GK	1	Pierluigi Gollini	Hellas Verona	£4.1m^[10]^[11]
10 July 2016	MF	8	Aaron Tshibola	Reading	£5m^[12]
4 August 2016	FW	44	Ross McCormack	Fulham	£12m^[13]
12 August 2016	DF	12	James Chester	West Bromwich Albion	£8m^[14]
17 August 2016	MF	25	Mile Jedinak	Crystal Palace	£4m^[15]^[16]
24 August 2016	DF	27	Ritchie De Laet	Leicester City	£2m^[17]^[18]
30 August 2016	FW	26	Jonathan Kodjia	Bristol City	£15m^[19]^[20]
31 August 2016	MF	37	Albert Adomah	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed^[21]^[22]
20 January 2017	MF	5	Henri Lansbury	Nottingham Forest	£2.75m^[23]^[24]
25 January 2017	DF	16	James Bree	Barnsley	£3m^[25]^[26]
25 January 2017	MF	20	Birkir Bjarnason	Basel	Undisclosed^[27]
26 January 2017	MF	14	Conor Hourihane	Barnsley	Undisclosed^[28]
31 January 2017	DF	3	Neil Taylor	Swansea City	Undisclosed^[29]
31 January 2017	FW	9	Scott Hogan	Brentford	Undisclosed^[30]

EDS, Academy and other
Date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
31 January 2017	DF	—	Jacob Bedeau	Bury	Undisclosed^[31]

Transfers out[]

First Team
Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
1 July 2016	MF	18	Kieran Richardson	Cardiff City^[a]	Free transfer (Released)^[33]
1 July 2016	MF	28	Charles N'Zogbia	Unattached	Free transfer (Released)^[34]
1 July 2016	DF	33	José Ángel Crespo	PAOK	Undisclosed^[35]
29 July 2016	GK	1	Brad Guzan	Middlesbrough	Free transfer^[36]
2 August 2016	MF	8	Idrissa Gueye	Everton	£7.1m^[37]
3 August 2016	DF	6	Ciaran Clark	Newcastle United	£5m^[38]
7 August 2016	FW	9	Scott Sinclair	Celtic	£3.5m^[39]
27 August 2016	DF	3	Joe Bennett	Cardiff City	Free transfer^[40]
27 August 2016	DF	5	Jores Okore	Copenhagen	Undisclosed^[41]
29 August 2016	DF	16	Joleon Lescott	AEK Athens	Free transfer^[42]
31 August 2016	FW	20	Adama Traoré	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed^[43]
4 January 2017	FW	14	Rudy Gestede	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed^[44]
31 January 2017	MF	15	Ashley Westwood	Burnley	Undisclosed^[45]
31 January 2017	FW	10	Jordan Ayew	Swansea City	Undisclosed^[46]

EDS and Academy
Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
1 July 2016	DF	26	Lewis Kinsella	Colchester United^[b]	Free transfer (Released)^[48]
1 July 2016	DF	32	Janoi Donacien	Accrington Stanley^[c]	Free transfer (Released)^[33]
1 July 2016	GK	—	Benjamin Siegrist	Vaduz	Free transfer ^[50]
1 July 2016	GK	—	Charlie Bannister	Watford^[d]	Free transfer (Released)^[33]
1 July 2016	DF	—	Josh Webb	Kilmarnock^[e]	Free transfer (Released)^[33]
1 July 2016	DF	—	Kodi Lyons-Foster	Bristol City^[f]	Free transfer (Released)^[33]
4 July 2016	FW	37	Callum Robinson	Preston North End	Compensation^[g]

^ Following Richardson's release, he signed for Cardiff City.^[32]
^ Following Kinsella's release, he signed for Colchester United.^[47]
^ Following Donacien's release, he signed for Accrington Stanley.^[49]
^ Following Bannister's release, he signed for Watford.^[51]
^ Following Webb's release, he signed for Kilmarnock.^[52]
^ Following Lyons-Foster's release, he signed for Bristol City.^[53]
^ Undisclosed compensation fee agreed between clubs after Robinson turned down new contract offer.^[54]

Loans in[]

First Team
Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club
5 January 2017	End of Season	GK	24	Sam Johnstone	Manchester United^[55]

EDS, Academy and other
Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club

Loans out[]

First Team
Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club
22 July 2016	End of season	MF	25	Carles Gil	Deportivo La Coruña^[56]
10 August 2016	End of season	MF	24	Carlos Sánchez	Fiorentina^[57]
24 August 2016	End of season	MF	17	Jordan Veretout	Saint-Étienne^[58]
13 January 2017	End of season	GK	1	Pierluigi Gollini	Atalanta^[59]
16 January 2017	End of season	DF	28	Aly Cissokho	Olympiacos^[60]
30 January 2017	End of season	MF	8	Aaron Tshibola	Nottingham Forest^[61]
1 February 2017	End of season	FW	44	Ross McCormack	Nottingham Forest^[62]

EDS, Academy and other
Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club
12 July 2016	1 January 2017	MF	—	Riccardo Calder	Doncaster Rovers^[63]
4 August 2016	3 January 2017	DF	34	Easah Suliman	Cheltenham Town^[64]
6 August 2016	End of Season^[65]	DF	42	Niall Mason	Doncaster Rovers^[66]
25 August 2016	End of Season^[67]	MF	—	Henry Cowans	Stevenage^[68]
26 August 2016	3 January 2017	DF	46	Kevin Toner	Walsall^[69]
31 August 2016	7 January 2017	MF	—	Harry McKirdy	Stevenage^[70]
31 January 2017	End of Season	DF	46	Kevin Toner	Bradford City^[71]

Non-competitive[]

Pre-season[]

Win Draw Loss

9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) Friendly	Grazer AK	0–8	Aston Villa	Graz, Austria
17:30 BST		Report	Richards 12' Ayew 19', 35' Kozak 21' Bennett 46', 83' Gestede 63', 86'	Stadium:

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	AFC Telford United	1–2	Aston Villa	Telford, England
12:00 BST	Hibbert 3'		Ayew 81' Cissokho 89'	Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 2,884

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	Worcester City	1–5	Aston Villa	Stourport-on-Severn, England
15:00 BST	Birley 7'		Grealish 11' Kozak 27' Hepburn-Murphy 51' Davis 84', 88'	Stadium: Walshes Meadow Attendance: 1,972

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) Friendly	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Aston Villa	Bristol, England
19:45 BST	Taylor 78'	Report	Ayew 42'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,219

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly	FC Nantes	0–1	Aston Villa	Besançon, France
19:00 CEST		Report	Gestede 71'	Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange Referee: Yohann Rouinsard

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly	Cambridge United	0–3	Aston Villa	Cambridge, England
19:30 BST		Report	Sinclair 8' Hepburn-Murphy 8' Gardner 78'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,961

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly	Aston Villa	1–3	Middlesbrough	Birmingham, England
15:00 BST	Baker 14'	Report	Negredo 60' Fischer 75' Rhodes 77'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 14,863 Referee: Steve Martin

Competitions[]

Football League Championship[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Preston North End	46	16	14	16	64	63	+1	62
12	Cardiff City	46	17	11	18	60	61	−1	62
13	Aston Villa	46	16	14	16	47	48	−1	62
14	Barnsley	46	15	13	18	64	67	−3	58
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	16	10	20	54	58	−4	58

Source: English Football League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 6) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 7) Play-off.

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	16	14	16	47	48	−1	62	12	8	3	33	20	+13	4	6	13	14	28	−14

Last updated: 7 May 2017.
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	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	D
Position	19	11	11	12	16	17	17	18	17	17	19	20	18	16	15	14	13	11	15	13	15	13	10	9	12	13	13	14	14	16	16	17	17	15	13	15	13	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2017. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

Win Draw Loss

On 22 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[72]

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 1	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Aston Villa	Sheffield
16:30 BST	Hutchinson 30' Wallace 44' Lees 45+3' Forestieri 86'	Report	Elphick 41' Gardner 45+4' Baker 66'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 30,060 (4,494 away) Referee: Steve Martin
Note: Live on Sky Sports

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 2	Aston Villa	3–0	Rotherham United	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Gestede 21', 45+4', 38' Ayew 27' McCormack 36' Grealish 84', 84'	Report	Mattock 54' Fisher 82'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,286 (2,317 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

16 August 2016 3	Aston Villa	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Birmingham
19:45 BST	McCormack 25' Tshibola 54' Elphick 68' Bacuna 75'	Report	Hudson 43' Hefele 86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 34,924 (2,678 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

20 August 2016 4	Derby County	0–0	Aston Villa	Derby
17:30 BST	Hughes 57' Keogh 59' Bryson 60'	Report	Bacuna 47' McCormack 60' Cissokho 73'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 31,205 (3,070 away) Referee: Paul Tierney
Note: Live on Sky Sports

27 August 2016 5	Bristol City	3–1	Aston Villa	Bristol
15:00 BST	Byran 31', 61' Abraham 59' Tomlin 81'	Report	Grealish 5', 89' Ayew 56' Chester 57' De Laet 69' Elphick 74' Jedinak 76' Bacuna 90+3'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 21,099 (2,551 away) Referee:

11 September 2016 6	Aston Villa	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Birmingham
13:15 BST	McCormack 72' Gestede 74' Cissokho 86' Elphick 90' Ayew 90+3'	Report	Kasami 17' Vellios 57', 70' Fox 66' Lansbury 77', 87' Pereira 87' 88' Perquis 90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,619 (2,869 away) Referee: Simon Hooper
Note: Live on Sky Sports

14 September 2016 7	Aston Villa	1–1	Brentford	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Kodjia 19' Bacuna 86' Jedinak 90+3'	Report	Colin 41' Woods 70' Egan 88'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,752 (1,836 away) Referee:

17 September 2016 8	Ipswich Town	0–0	Aston Villa	Ipswich
15:00 BST	Lawrence 52'	Report	Kodjia 74'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,249 (1,882 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

24 September 2016 9	Aston Villa	1–1	Newcastle United	Birmingham
17:30 BST	Chester 41' Baker 44' Tshibola 79', 88'	Report	Shelvey 27' Elphick 28' (o.g.)	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,062 (2,788 away) Referee: Christopher Kavanagh
Note: Live on Sky Sports

27 September 2016 10	Barnsley	1–1	Aston Villa	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Kpekawa 31' Morsy 34' MacDonald 64' Yiadom 80' Winnall 90'	Report	Bacuna 53' Ayew 61' Jedinak 63' Tshibola 68'	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 15,830 (3,737 away) Referee:

1 October 2016 11	Preston North End	2–0	Aston Villa	Preston, Lancashire
15:00 BST	Pearson 5', 44' Hugill 39' Cunningham 61' Welsh 87' Wright 90'	Report	Hutton 42' Westwood 44' Jedinak 45' Amavi 85'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 17,696 (5,421 away)

15 October 2016 12	Aston Villa	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Birmingham
17:30 BST	Kodjia 15' (pen.), 19' McCormack 40' Chester 49'	Report	Costa 34' (pen.) Coady 40' Iorfa 45+5' Edwards 86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,533 (2,800 away) Referee: David Coote
Note: Aston Villa's Jack Grealish was suspended for 3 matches after the FA charged him with violent conduct.^[73] Live on Sky Sports

18 October 2016 13	Reading	1–2	Aston Villa	Reading
20:00 BST	Kermorgant 54' Hutton 78' McCleary 90+3'	Report	Kodjia 38' Ayew 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 20,331 (4,030 away) Referee:

22 October 2016 14	Aston Villa	1–0	Fulham	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Kodjia 80'	Report	Piazon 45' McDonald 72' Martin 83' Madl 90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,201 (1,211 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

30 October 2016 15	Birmingham City	1–1	Aston Villa	Birmingham
12:00 GMT	Kieftenbeld 28' Davis 71', 72'	Report	Amavi 3' Gardner 29' Westwood 55' Ayew 63'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 29,656 (1,988 away) Referee: Mike Dean
Note: Live on Sky Sports

5 November 2016 16	Aston Villa	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Baker 24' Kodjia 58' (pen.), 70' McCormack 62'	Report	Gallagher 54' Guthrie 66' Akpan 86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,712 (836 away) Referee: Roger East

18 November 2016 17	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Aston Villa	Falmer, Brighton and Hove
19:45 GMT	Murray 45' Dunk 90+1'	Report	Baker 20' Westwood 58'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 30,107 (3,258 away) Referee:

26 November 2016 18	Aston Villa	3–1	Cardiff City	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Adomah 24' Kodjia 39' Amavi 59' Agbonlahor 65' Gestede 86', 90' (pen.)	Report	Lambert 17', 28' Pilkington 34' Peltier 71' 84' Gunnarsson 78' Morrison 89'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,484 (2,670 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

3 December 2016 19	Leeds United	2–0	Aston Villa	Leeds
17:30 GMT	Phillips 40' Roofe 68' Jansson 76' Wood 90+4'	Report	Jedinak 15' Ayew 90' Grealish 90'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 32,648 (2,773 away) Referee:

10 December 2016 20	Aston Villa	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Hutton 83' Grealish 86' 88'	Report	Garbutt 12' Gómez 64' Perkins 79' MacDonald 90+3'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,392 (1,255 away) Referee:

13 December 2016 21	Norwich City	1–0	Aston Villa	Norwich
19:45 GMT	Brady 26' Oliveira 62'	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,044 (2,003 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

18 December 2016 22	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Aston Villa	Shepherd's Bush
12:00 GMT	Luongo 81'	Report	Jedinak 43' Chester 63' Kodjia 75' Bunn 90+3'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,285 (3,228 away) Referee:

26 December 2016 23	Aston Villa	2–1	Burton Albion	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Bacuna 15' McCormack 78'	Report	Ward 31', 63' Mousinho 62'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,337 (2,573 away) Referee: Steve Martin

29 December 2016 24	Aston Villa	1–1	Leeds United	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Kodjia 86' (pen.) Gestede 86' Bacuna 87' Chester 90+2'	Report	Jansson 54', 86' Bridcutt 59' Cooper 85'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,078 (2,818 away) Referee: Roger East

2 January 2017 25	Cardiff City	1–0	Aston Villa	Cardiff
15:00 GMT	Ralls 16', 27' Gunnarsson 57' Bamba 64' Peltier 74'	Report	Chester 41' Grealish 60' Bacuna 78' Hutton 85'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 21,391 (3,258 away) Referee: Andy Davies

14 January 2017 (2017-01-14) 26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Aston Villa	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Mason 15'	Report	Bacuna 43'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 27,255 (4,195 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

21 January 2017 27	Aston Villa	2–2	Preston North End	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Adomah 22', 36' (pen.), 41' Amavi 67'	Report	Browne 18' Hugill 63', 64', 76' Vermijl 68' McGeady 90+5'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,415 (2,709 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

31 January 2017 28	Brentford	3–0	Aston Villa	Brentford, London
19:45 GMT	Vibe 25', 65' Yennaris 33', 38'	Report	Hourihane 74'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,016 (1,624 away) Referee: David Coote

4 February 2017 29	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Aston Villa	Nottingham
17:30 GMT	Cash 39' Assombalonga 42' Brereton 90+3'	Report	Kodjia 19' Hogan 45+1' Grealish 39' 78'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,866 (1,946 away) Referee: Paul Tierney

11 February 2017 30	Aston Villa	0–1	Ipswich Town	Birmingham
15:00 GMT		Report	Knudsen 76' Diagouraga 79' Huws 83'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,796 (1,802 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

14 February 2017 31	Aston Villa	1–3	Barnsley	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Kodjia 44'	Report	Armstrong 25' (pen.) Watkins 30' Bradshaw 43', 58' Kent 60'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 26,435 (1,633 away) Referee:

20 February 2017 32	Newcastle United	2–0	Aston Villa	Newcastle upon Tyne
20:00 GMT	Shelvey 34' Lascelles 38' Gouffran 42' Lansbury 59' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,024 (1,770 away) Referee:

25 February 2017 33	Aston Villa	1–0	Derby County	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Chester 25' Taylor 79' Bacuna 90+3'	Report	Ince 44' Christie 80'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,935 (2,414 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

28 February 2017 34	Aston Villa	2–0	Bristol City	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Hutton 43' Kodjia 54' Hourihane 59' Green 82'	Report	Smith 16' Giefer 19' Reid 39' Wright 68' Bryan 86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 28,119 (2,473 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

4 March 2017 35	Rotherham United	0–2	Aston Villa	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Frecklington 49' Belaïd 62'	Report	Vaulks 68' (o.g.) Kodjia 87'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 10,720 (2,567 away) Referee:

7 March 2017 36	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Aston Villa	Huddersfield
19:45 GMT	Löwe 26' Mooy 67' Smith 69' Quaner 87'	Report	Jedinak 29' Taylor 64' Baker 83' Kodjia 85'	Stadium: The John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 20,584 (2,000 away) Referee:

11 March 2017 37	Aston Villa	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Baker 5' Amavi 32' Kodjia 34', 79' Hourihane 76'	Report	Loovens 18' Sasso 48'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,143 (2,764 away) Referee: Lee Probert

18 March 2017 38	Wigan Athletic	0–2	Aston Villa	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Hanson 23'	Report	Hourihane 42' Chester 73' Lansbury 75' Hogan 84'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 14,811 (4,781 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

1 April 2017 39	Aston Villa	2–0	Norwich City	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Kodjia 25', 87' Lansbury 51'	Report	Pinto 65' 80'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,605 (2,384 away) Referee:

4 April 2017 40	Aston Villa	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Kodjia 5', 87'	Report	Mackie 24'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 27,154 (802 away) Referee:

8 April 2017 41	Burton Albion	1–1	Aston Villa	Burton upon Trent
15:00 BST	Irvine 48' Dyer 61', 62' Murphy 72'	Report	Kodjia 3' Jedinak 64'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 6,716 (1,580 away) Referee: Lee Probert

15 April 2017 42	Aston Villa	1–3	Reading	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Chester 14' Bacuna 78'	Report	Mendes 6', 46' Williams 16' Obita 66' Grabban 79' (pen.) Swift 86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,742 (2,465 away) Referee: Stuart Duncan

17 April 2017 43	Fulham	3–1	Aston Villa	Fulham, London
14:45 BST	Sessegnon 17' Aluko 56' Kebano 79'	Report	Kodjia 22' Amavi 26' Grealish 50' Gardner 55' Hogan 58'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 23,891 (3,849 away) Referee: David Coote

23 April 2017 44	Aston Villa	1–0	Birmingham City	Birmingham
12:00 BST	Agbonlahor 62', 68'	Report	Shotton 62' Robinson 90+2'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,884 (2,000 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

29 April 2017 45	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Aston Villa	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Graham 54'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 21,884 (6,385 away) Referee:

7 May 2017 46	Aston Villa	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Birmingham
12:00 BST	Baker 63' Grealish 89'	Report	Murray 64' (pen.) Pocognoli 90+2'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,856 (2,865 away) Referee:

FA Cup[]

Win Draw Loss

8 January 2017 Third Round	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Aston Villa	Tottenham, London
16:00 GMT	Davies 71' Son 80'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 31,182 Referee: Mike Dean

EFL Cup[]

Win Draw Loss

10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) First round	Luton Town	3–1	Aston Villa	Luton
19:45 BST	Gray 35' McGeehan 53' Okore 66' (o.g.) Lee 80' Hylton 90'	Report	Ayew 13', 43' McCormack 17'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 7,412 Referee: Gavin Ward
Note: Live on Sky Sports

First team squad[]

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Pierluigi Gollini	26	EU	2016	17	0	2020	£4.1M	On loan at Atalanta
2	CB	Nathan Baker	30	EU	2009	99	1	2019	YS	Academy Graduate
4	RB	Micah Richards	33	EU	2015	31	2	2019	Free
5	CM	Henri Lansbury	31	EU	2017	1	0	2021	£2.75M
6	CB	Tommy Elphick	34	EU	2016	14	0	2019	£3M
7	MF	Leandro Bacuna	30	Non-EU	2013	110	7	2020	£800,000
8	MF	Aaron Tshibola	26	EU	2016	7	1	2020	£5M	On loan at Nottingham Forest
10	FW	Jordan Ayew	30	Non-EU	2015	53	10	2020	£9M
11	FW	Gabriel Agbonlahor	35	EU	2005	375	84	2018	YS	Academy Graduate
12	DF	James Chester	33	EU	2016	17	0	2020	Undisclosed	Captain
13	GK	Jed Steer	29	EU	2013	4	0	2019	Free
14	MF	Conor Hourihane	30	EU	2017	0	0	2020	Undisclosed
16	DF	James Bree	24	EU	2017	0	0	2021	Undisclosed
18	FW	Libor Kozák	32	EU	2013	20	4	2017	£4.88M
19	LW	Andre Green	23	EU	2016	8	0	2018	YS	Academy Graduate
20	RB	Birkir Bjarnason	33	EU	2017	0	0	2020	Undisclosed
21	RB	Alan Hutton	37	EU	2011	109	1	2017	£3.38M
22	CM	Gary Gardner	29	EU	2011	29	1	2018	YS	Academy Graduate
23	LB	Jordan Amavi	27	EU	2015	25	0	2020	£8.25M
25	CM	Mile Jedinak	37	Non-EU	2016	13	0	2019	£4M
26	FW	Jonathan Kodjia	32	EU	2016	13	7	2020	£15M
27	DF	Ritchie De Laet	33	EU	2016	3	0	2019	£2M
28	LB	Aly Cissokho	34	EU	2014	58	0	2018	£1.88M	On loan at Olympiacos
29	FW	Rushian Hepburn-Murphy	23	EU	2015	3	0	2017	YS	Academy Graduate
31	GK	Mark Bunn	37	EU	2015	15	0	2017	Free
33	GK	Matija Sarkic	24	EU	2016	0	0	2017	YS	Academy Graduate
34	GK	Sam Johnstone	28	EU	2016	2	0	2017	Loan	On loan from Manchester United
36	FW	Jerell Sellars	26	EU	2015	0	0	2017	YS	Academy Graduate
37	RW	Albert Adomah	34	EU	2016	11	1	2020	£6M
38	DM	Jordan Lyden	26	Non-EU	2016	4	0	2017	YS	Academy Graduate
39	FW	Keinan Davis	23	EU	2016	2	0	2018	YS	Academy Graduate
40	MF	Jack Grealish	26	EU	2012	60	3	2018	YS	Academy Graduate
42	CB	Niall Mason	25	EU	2016	0	0	2017	YS	Academy Graduate On loan at Doncaster Rovers
44	FW	Ross McCormack	35	EU	2016	13	2	2020	£12M	On loan at Nottingham Forest
46	CB	Kevin Toner	25	EU	2012	4	0	2018	YS	Academy Graduate On loan at Bradford City
—	RW	Carles Gil	29	EU	2015 (Winter)	31	3	2019	£3.15M	On loan at Deportivo
—	DM	Carlos Sánchez	35	Non-EU	2014	38	1	2018	£4.5M	On loan at Fiorentina
—	MF	Jordan Veretout	28	EU	2015	29	0	2020	£7.5M	On loan at Saint-Étienne

Updated to match played 26 November 2016
Source: avfc.co.uk
Ordered by squad number. Appearances include all competitive league and cup appearances, including as substitute.

Squad statistics[]

As of 7 May 2017

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute
Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Championship				FA Cup				League Cup				Total
No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps
2		Nathan Baker	CB	31 (1)	1	5	1	1				1				33 (1)	1	5	1
3		Neil Taylor	CB	14		2						1				14		2
4		Micah Richards	CB	1 (1)								1				2 (1)
5		Henri Lansbury	CM	17 (1)		2										17 (1)		2
6		Tommy Elphick	CB	20 (6)		4										20 (6)		4
7		Leandro Bacuna	RB	22 (8)	1	9	1	1								23 (8)	1	9	1
9		Scott Hogan	CF	9 (4)	1	2										9 (4)	1	2
11		Gabriel Agbonlahor	CF	4 (9)	1	2		1								5 (7)		1
12		James Chester	DF	45	3	6		1								46	3	6
13		Jed Steer	GK
14		Conor Hourihane	MF	13 (4)	1	3										13 (4)	1	3
16		James Bree	RB	6 (1)												6 (1)
18		Libor Kozák	FW	0 (2)												0 (2)
19		Andre Green	LW	4 (11)		1		0 (1)				1				5 (12)		1
20		Birkir Bjarnason	LM	5 (3)												5 (3)
21		Alan Hutton	RB	31 (3)		5		1				0 (1)				32 (4)		5
22		Gary Gardner	CM	18 (8)	1	2						1				19 (8)	1	2
23		Jordan Amavi	LB	26 (8)		6		1				1				28 (8)		6
25		Mile Jedinak	DM	33		8		1								34		8
26		Jonathan Kodjia	FW	36	19	5	1									36	19	5	1
27		Ritchie De Laet	DF	3		1										3		1
29		Rushian Hepburn-Murphy	FW	0 (3)												0 (3)
31		Mark Bunn	GK	5 (1)		1						1				6 (1)		1
34		Sam Johnstone	GK	21				1								22
35		Corey Blackett-Taylor	MF	0 (1)				1								0 (1)
37		Albert Adomah	MF	30 (8)	3	1		1								31 (8)	3	1
38		Jordan Lyden	DM
39		Keinan Davis	FW	0 (6)				0 (1)								0 (7)
40		Jack Grealish	MF	20 (11)	5	5	1	1				1				22 (11)	5	5	1
46		Kevin Toner	CB
1		Pierluigi Gollini*	GK	20												20
5		Jores Okore*	CB									1				1
8		Aaron Tshibola*	MF	5 (3)	1	3		1				1				7 (3)	1	3
10		Jordan Ayew*	FW	17 (4)	2	5						1	1	1		18 (4)	3	6
14		Rudy Gestede*	FW	8 (10)	4	3						0 (1)				8 (11)	4	3
15		Ashley Westwood*	MF	18 (5)		3										18 (5)		3
20		Adama Traoré*	RW	0 (1)												0 (1)
28		Aly Cissokho*	LB	11 (1)		2										11 (1)		2
44		Ross McCormack*	FW	13 (7)	3	4		0 (1)				1		1		14 (8)	3	5
Own goals					1				0				0				0
Totals					47	80	4		0	0	0		1	2	0		48	82	4

Source: (for players and positions) First Team Squad (for squad numbers) Squad Profiles (for actual stats.) Squad Stats.

(*)Player made appearance(s) before leaving the club on loan or permanently.

Suspensions[]

As of 31 January 2017

Player	Date Received	Offence	Length of suspension
Leandro Bacuna	v Barnsley, 27/9/16	5 cautions	1 match	Preston North End, Football League Championship
Jack Grealish	15/10/16	Stamp; retrospective ban.^[74]	3 matches	Reading, Fulham, Birmingham City, Football League Championship
Jordan Ayew	v Birmingham City, 30/10/16	5 cautions	1 match	Blackburn Rovers, Football League Championship
Ross McCormack	v Blackburn Rovers, 5/11/16	5 cautions	1 match	Brighton & Hove Albion, Football League Championship

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[33] Following Richardson's release, he signed for Cardiff City.^[32]

[49] Following Kinsella's release, he signed for Colchester United.^[47]

[52] Following Donacien's release, he signed for Accrington Stanley.^[49]

[55] Following Bannister's release, he signed for Watford.^[51]

[57] Following Webb's release, he signed for Kilmarnock.^[52]

[59] Following Lyons-Foster's release, he signed for Bristol City.^[53]

[61] Undisclosed compensation fee agreed between clubs after Robinson turned down new contract offer.^[54]

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