Aston Villa held Sunderland to a 0-0 draw despite going down to 10 men for the third time in four games.

Aston Villa 2 Leicester 1

Aston Villa 1 Southampton 1

Nathaniel Clyne rescued a point for Southampton as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa.

West Ham 0 Aston Villa 0

Harry Kane hit a late winner as Tottenham clinched a 2-1 victory in a bad-tempered clash with 10-man Aston Villa.

Yaya Toure sent a message to his critics as he and Sergio Aguero struck late to secure a 2-0 win for Manchester City at Aston Villa.

Christian Benteke is named on the Aston Villa bench for the visit of Barclays Premier League champions Manchester City.

Aston Villa’s unbeaten start to the Barclays Premier League season continued as goals from Gabriel Agbonlahor and Andreas Weimann put away Hull at Villa Park.

Aston Villa 0 Newcastle United 0

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Andreas Weimann’s second-half strike proved the difference as Aston Villa won 1-0 at Stoke on the opening day of the Barclays Premier League season.

10 teams are starting their Premier League campaigns this afternoon.

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has no doubt Christian Benteke will soon be back in the goals.

Christian Benteke could return to Aston Villa’s starting line-up against Everton tomorrow following his recent hip injury.

Paul Lambert is assessing Christian Benteke’s fitness before deciding whether to throw the striker back into action when Aston Villa host Tottenham on Sunday.

Paul Lambert insists Aston Villa are a different football club now from the one which made an embarrassing Capital One Cup semi-final exit to Bradford seven months ago.

Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert feels the club are still “years away” from where they want to be – but has no doubt they are firmly heading in the right direction.

Aston Villa have confirmed their winger Charles N’Zogbia has suffered an Achilles tendon injury.

Newcastle have confirmed the appointment of Joe Kinnear as the club’s director of football almost two days after he announced his impending arrival.

Aston Villa 1 Fulham 1

Aston Villa 3 QPR 2

Reading 1 Aston Villa 2

Aston Villa 0 Manchester City 1

Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 1

Waves of relief resonated around the Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon, but there was one corner that remained untouched by their restorative powers.

Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 1

Aston Villa playmaker Charles N’Zogbia has recovered from the thigh injury suffered during the closing stages against West Ham in time for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League encounter at Arsenal.

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert hopes the current fortnight’s break from any action will clear up the recent illness and injury setbacks suffered by the midlands club.

Aston Villa 2 West Ham 1

Aston Villa against West Ham on the day Ireland play England in the Six Nations is not an assignment many Irish journalists dream of being handed.

Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert spoke of his relief at a “huge win” over West Ham which moved the midlands club out of the Barclays Premier League relegation zone.

Aston Villa 2 West Ham 1

Everton 3 Aston Villa 3

Aston Villa 1 Newcastle 2

Aston Villa 1 Newcastle 2

In March last year Roman Abramovich sacked Andre Villas-Boas and speculation linked the then-Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers with the vacant position.

Aston Villa 2 Bradford 1 (Bradford win 4-3 on aggregate)

West Brom 2 Aston Villa 2

Bradford 3 Aston Villa 1

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert’s injury troubles are finally easing ahead of tomorrow’s Capital One Cup semi-final first leg at Bradford.

Aston Villa 2 Ipswich 1

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert is hoping to have a trio of players - including Darren Bent – back in contention for tomorrow’s FA Cup third-round clash with Ipswich.