Sunderland 0, Aston Villa 4:

Aston Villa 2 West Brom 0

Christian Benteke is missing with a hip injury for Aston Villa’s FA Cup quarter-final meeting with West Brom.

Premier League

Aston Villa 2 West Brom 1

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 21 in the Premier League.

Sunderland 0 Aston Villa 0

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

West Brom 1 Aston Villa 0

Aston Villa 2 Leicester 1

Aston Villa 1 Southampton 1

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.

Manager Paul Lambert has moved to lift the pressure off Christian Benteke as Aston Villa look to end their goalless streak.

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.

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 5 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

Liverpool 1 Aston Villa 0

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.

Ten-man Newcastle registered their first point of the new Barclays Premier League season after fighting out a disappointing 0-0 draw with Aston Villa.

Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert has named an unchanged XI for today’s Barclays Premier League home clash with Newcastle.

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 2 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

PREMIER LEAGUE:

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

Aston Villa could be without Republic fo Ireland defender Ciaran Clark and also midfielder Karim El Ahmadi again when they face Norwich tomorrow.

Aston Villa 1 Fulham 1

Aston Villa striker Darren Bent is nearing a return to full fitness ahead of the visit of Fulham tomorrow.

Aston Villa 0 Manchester City 1

Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 1

Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 1

Olivier Giroud returned to the Arsenal starting line-up as Arsene Wenger looked to end a nightmare week on a high with victory over Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium.

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 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 2 West Ham 1

Aston Villa midfielder Fabian Delph has recovered from an ankle injury after a two-game absence and is included in the squad for Sunday’s home Barclays Premier League fixture with West Ham.

Aston Villa 1 Newcastle 2

Aston Villa 1 Newcastle 2

Aston Villa mananger Paul Lambert has to decide whether to risk a recall for Republic of Ireland defender Richard Dunne, who has started training after a lengthy lay-off with a groin problem.

FA Cup Fourth Round: Millwall 2 Aston Villa 1

Aston Villa 2 Bradford City 1

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