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Aston Villa, Season 2020-2021

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  1. Larry-AV

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    21/08/2020 : The Season 2020-2021 fixtures for the EPL and EFL have been released today.

    Apart from the copyright issue, there is no point posting AVFC's fixtures here as many will be moved for TV or as with our first match, postponed because our opponents are involved in Europe.

    Link to AVFC's fixtures on the SSN website : https://www.skysports.com/aston-villa-fixtures

    These are the Tables (alpha sorted) for the top 6 levels, EPL, EFL and Conference.


    Level 1 (Premier League, EPL) Season 2020-2021
    01 Arsenal
    02 Aston Villa
    03 Brighton and Hove Albion
    04 Burnley
    05 Chelsea
    06 Crystal Palace
    07 Everton
    08 Fulham
    09 Leeds United
    10 Leicester City
    11 Liverpool
    12 Manchester City
    13 Manchester United
    14 Newcastle United
    15 Sheffield United
    16 Southampton
    17 Tottenham Hotspur
    18 West Bromwich Albion
    19 West Ham United
    20 Wolverhampton Wanderers

    Key
    Uefa Champions League: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
    Europa League: 5th
    Relegation: 18th, 19th, 20th

    Level 2 (EFL1, Championship) Season 2020-2021
    01 Barnsley
    02 Birmingham City
    03 Blackburn Rovers
    04 Bournemouth
    05 Brentford
    06 Bristol City
    07 Cardiff City
    08 Coventry City
    09 Derby County
    10 Huddersfield Town
    11 Luton Town
    12 Middlesbrough
    13 Millwall
    14 Norwich City
    15 Nottingham Forest
    16 Preston North End
    17 Queens Park Rangers
    18 Reading
    19 Rotherham United
    20 Sheffield Wednesday
    21 Stoke City
    22 Swansea City
    23 Watford
    24 Wycombe Wanderers

    Key
    Promotion: 1st, 2nd
    Play Off: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
    Relegation: 22nd, 23rd, 24th

    Level 3 (EFL2, League 1) Season 2020-2021
    01 Accrington Stanley
    02 Blackpool
    03 Bristol Rovers
    04 Burton Albion
    05 Charlton Athletic
    06 Crewe Alexandra
    07 Doncaster Rovers
    08 Fleetwood Town
    09 Gillingham
    10 Hull City
    11 Ipswich Town
    12 Lincoln City
    13 Milton Keynes Dons
    14 Northampton Town
    15 Oxford United
    16 Peterborough United
    17 Plymouth Argyle
    18 Portsmouth
    19 Rochdale
    20 Shrewsbury Town
    21 Sunderland
    22 Swindon Town
    23 Wigan Athletic
    24 Wimbledon AFC

    Key
    Promotion: 1st, 2nd
    Play Off: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
    Relegation: 22nd, 23rd, 24th

    Level 4 (EFL3, League 2) Season 2020-2021
    01 Barrow
    02 Bolton Wanderers
    03 Bradford City
    04 Cambridge United
    05 Carlisle United
    06 Cheltenham Town
    07 Colchester United
    08 Crawley Town
    09 Exeter City
    10 Forest Green Rovers
    11 Grimsby Town
    12 Harrogate Town
    13 Leyton Orient
    14 Mansfield Town
    15 Morecambe
    16 Newport County AFC
    17 Oldham Athletic
    18 Port Vale
    19 Salford City
    20 Scunthorpe United
    21 Southend United
    22 Stevenage
    23 Tranmere Rovers
    24 Walsall

    Key
    Promotion: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
    Play Off: 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
    Relegation: 24th

    ***

    Level 5, Step 1 (Conference National) Season 2020-2021
    01 Aldershot Town
    02 Altrincham
    03 Barnet
    04 Boreham Wood
    05 Bromley
    06 Chesterfield
    07 Dagenham & Redbridge
    08 Dover Athletic
    09 Eastleigh
    10 FC Halifax Town
    11 Hartlepool United
    12 King's Lynn Town
    13 Macclesfield Town
    14 Maidenhead United
    15 Notts County
    16 Solihull Moors
    17 Stockport County
    18 Sutton United
    19 Torquay United
    20 Wealdstone
    21 Weymouth
    22 Woking
    23 Wrexham
    24 Yeovil Town

    Level 6, Step 2 (Conference National North) Season 2020-2021
    01 Alfreton Town
    02 Blyth Spartans
    03 Boston United
    04 Brackley Town
    05 Bradford (Park Avenue)
    06 Chester
    07 Chorley
    08 Curzon Ashton
    09 Darlington
    10 Farsley Celtic
    11 Fylde AFC
    12 Gateshead
    13 Gloucester City
    14 Guiseley
    15 Hereford
    16 Kettering Town
    17 Kidderminster Harriers
    18 Leamington
    19 Southport
    20 Spennymoor Town
    21 Telford United AFC
    22 York City

    Level 6, Step 2 (Conference National South) Season 2020-2021
    01 Bath City
    02 Billericay Town
    03 Braintree Town
    04 Chelmsford City
    05 Chippenham Town
    06 Concord Rangers
    07 Dartford
    08 Dorking Wanderers
    09 Dulwich Hamlet
    10 Eastbourne Borough
    11 Ebbsfleet United
    12 Hampton & Richmond Borough
    13 Havant and Waterlooville
    14 Hemel Hempstead Town
    15 Hungerford Town
    16 Maidstone United
    17 Oxford City
    18 Slough Town
    19 St Albans City
    20 Tonbridge Angels
    21 Welling United
     
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  2. Larry-AV

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    06/09/2020 : The Draws for the Second and Third Rounds of the League Cup have been made today.

    Last season's runners-up Aston Villa are away to Burton Albion in the Second Round (North Section).

    Second-round ties are to be played the week commencing September 14 with third-round matches the following week.

    Update 07/09/2020 : AVFC on SKY
    Aston Villa's match against Burton will begin Sky Sports' live League Cup coverage for the week when they travel to Burton on Tuesday 15 September with a 7.45pm kick-off.

    Third Round : Bristol City or Northampton Town v Burton Albion or Aston Villa
     
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  3. Larry-AV

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    13/09/2020 : September sees a full house of disruptions to AVFC's opening EPL fixtures, one postponed and our other two games moved for SKY, who also cover our League Cup tie. None of our matches are listed on the BBC or BT Sport so far and Premier Sports can GTF.

    Sat 12/09/2020 : 01 : Manchester City v Aston Villa - Postponed : Man City in Euros.
    Tue 15/09/2020 : FL : Burton Albion 19:45 Aston Villa - League Cup Round Two - SKY
    Mon 21/09/2020 : 02 : Aston Villa 18:00 Sheffield United - SKY (from Sat 19th)
    Mon 28/09/2020 : 03 : Fulham 18:00 Aston Villa - SKY (from Sat 26th)
     
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    13/09/2020 : Two 'bounce' games and two victories for AVFC, 3-2 on 05/09/2020 at Arsenal and yesterday 1-0 against Man United.
    Let us see these results repeated in the EPL, that will be the true test.

    Aston Villa @AVFCOfficial
    Ollie Watkins scored the only goal as our pre-season schedule was completed with a 1-0 win over Manchester United at Villa Park!
     
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    Football League Cup Round Two (North), Tuesday 15/09/2020 : Burton Albion 1-3 Aston Villa

    Banana skin avoided, goals from Watkins, Grealish (a belter!) and Davis took AVFC from 0-1 down to 3-1 up.
    Our Third Round opponents play tomorrow, I will update their score in this post.

    Update 16/09/2020 : FLC Round Two (South) : Bristol City 4-0 Northampton Town
     
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    17/09/2020 : The League Cup 4th Round Draw was made today, giving AVFC a Home fixture if we win at Bristol City next week.

    Third Round : Thu 24/09/2020 : Bristol City v Aston Villa

    Fourth Round : Bristol City or Aston Villa v Stoke City or Gillingham
     
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    EPL (Premier League), Monday 21/09/2020 : Aston Villa v Sheffield United, KO 18:00 hours, SKY.

    18/09/2020 : We see AVFC start the EPL campaign one week behind all the other teams due to the postponement of our opening game at Man City ... no info as to when that game will be played, atm.
    Let us see AVFC start with a win on Monday, setting the stage for a successful Season with the minimum league target of a top ten place ... and all the way in the Cups !

    My AVF prediction, made today : Aston Villa 2-1 Sheffield United
     
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    EPL (Premier League), Monday 21/09/2020 : Aston Villa 1-0 Sheffield United

    I had to rely on the SSN Live Commentary and my Twitter feed for this match. The latter showed Martinez's 36th minute penalty save and Konsa's 63rd minute goal, which delivered the victory tonight.
    The Blades received an early yellow card for a foul on Grealish and a red card for denial of a goal-scoring opportunity, reducing them to 10 men from the 12th minute onwards.
    That early yellow card was welcome, too many opponents think they can beat AVFC by fouling JG and too many have done this with impunity.
     
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    League Cup Third Round : Thursday 24/09/2020 : Bristol City v Aston Villa, KO 19:00 hours.

    22/09/2020 : A game AVFC as an EPL Club are expected to win, so let us see this fixture through as expected.

    Fourth Round, winners home to : Stoke City or Gillingham - Killum, Gillum ! - personal bias, my Kentish roots.

    My AVF prediction, made today : Bristol City 0-3 Aston Villa
     
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    23/09/2020 : AVFC have announced two more fixture changes today.

    02 : Mon 28/09/2020 : Fulham 17:45 Aston Villa - SKY (Sat 26/09/2020) & 23/09/2020 KO time changed
    03 : Sun 04/10/2020 : Aston Villa 19:15 Liverpool - SKY (Sat 03/10/2020)
     
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    League Cup Third Round : Thursday 24/09/2020 : Bristol City 0-3 Aston Villa

    El Ghazi and Traore (debut goal) scored in the 1st half and Ollie Watkins scored our third goal in the 2nd in what looks to have been a good professional performance from AVFC tonight, doing what we should expect from an EPL team.
    We are home next week to Stoke City, after their 3rd Round win yesterday :
    Stoke City 1-0 Gillingham
     
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    EPL (Premier League), Monday 28/09/2020 : Fulham v Aston Villa, KO 17:45 hours, SKY.

    25/09/2020 : I hope we see AVFC's attacking strikeforce deliver the result again on Monday, although I expect Fulham to provide more potent opposition than that which we faced down at Bristol City.

    My AVF prediction, made today : Fulham 1-3 Aston Villa
     
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    EPL (Premier League), Monday 28/09/2020 : Fulham 0-3 Aston Villa

    I was multi-tasking this evening, listening to the match commentary on the Radio whilst reading the SSN Live Commentary and my Twitter feed too, with our goals shown on the latter.
    A very satisfactory result from what sounded like a comfortable performance. Well worked goals from Grealish and Hourihane gave AVFC a 1st half lead and Mings stretched to add our third in the 2nd half. Fulham had a goal disallowed for a foul.
    So we have a clean sheet tonight which has ended a 26 game run of AVFC conceding away goals, 54 in all ... matching Rangers' League Titles ! ...
    AVFC will concede goals in away games in the future, but I trust we will never get anywhere near 26/54 again !
     
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    League Cup Round Four, Thursday 01/10/2020 : Aston Villa v Stoke City, KO 19:00 hours.

    29/09/2020 : AVFC face Level 2 opposition again on Thursday and I expect us to win comfortably, but without disrespecting our opponents. They might even score against us, probably from a penalty, given for 'handball' against Matt Targett !

    My AVF prediction, made today : Aston Villa 4-1 Stoke City
     
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    League Cup Round Four, Thursday 01/10/2020 : Aston Villa 0-1 Stoke City

    This looks like another case of playing a weakened team and losing a match that was otherwise winnable. Consequently AVFC join Wolves as a scalp for Stoke City in their League Cup campaign.
     
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    EPL (Premier League), Sunday 04/10/2020 : Aston Villa v Liverpool, KO 19:15 hours, SKY.

    03/10/2020 : I hope AVFC's winning EPL start continues tomorrow but it probably will not. As I never predict against AVFC, I compromise with a cautious 1-1 draw.

    My AVF prediction, made today : Aston Villa 1-1 Liverpool
     
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    EPL (Premier League), Sunday 04/10/2020 : Aston Villa 7-2 Liverpool

    So much for the cautious draw ... maybe I should predict one every game !
    I followed this game three-ways, Radio commentary, SSN Live Commentary and my Twitter feed. So for the record our goalscorers were Watkins (3), Grealish (2), McGinn and Barkley. An excellent result which could have seen even more goals.
    Now I hear commentators saying this result is a 'freak' ... the only thing possibly 'freakish' is the high scoreline, but this result is the sort of result we should expect from AVFC. Ours is no tinpot diddy team, Aston Villa is and always has been one of the major Clubs in English football. I trust that now AVFC has reliable owners, we are witnessing the start of the journey back to the pinnacle of English football, which is where Aston Villa naturally belongs.
     
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    Just put some tunes on for the highlights later.

    https://images.app.goo.gl/QNZKWCf3B5nxwSZh9
     
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    Fully deserved that win lazzman.

    Shocker of a result. Not just beaten but absolutely ****in smashed tbh.

    Whatever piss off<whistle>
     
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