144th season in existence of Aston Villa
Aston Villa 2018–19 football season
Second City Derby Football team season
The 2018–19 EFL Championship season was Aston Villa's 144th season in English football . It was the club 's third consecutive season in the Championship following relegation from the Premier League in the 2015–16 season . Villa finished in fifth place and were the winners of the subsequent play-offs to achieve promotion to the Premier League . [ 3]
Villa surrendered a two-goal lead, drawing 3–3 at home to bottom club Preston North End on 2 October 2018 . One spectator threw a cabbage at manager, Steve Bruce , and there were calls from home fans on the Holte End for Bruce to go.[ 4] The following day, he was sacked by Villa after a poor run of form.[ 5]
A week later, Dean Smith was appointed manager with the club in 15th place, with John Terry as his assistant coach.[ 6] [ 7]
Smith was named as the EFL's manager of the week after overseeing a 3–0 win at Derby County on 10 November.[ 8] He immediately managed to reinvigorate the "Villans" attack, and only a controversial injury-time equaliser from local rivals West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns denied them a place in the play-offs by 7 December.[ 9] [ 10] However Villa's form dipped dramatically in the three months after Jack Grealish was sidelined with a shin injury picked up in that match, but on 2 March, Smith gave Grealish the captaincy on his return to the first-team and the 23-year old inspired an important 4–0 victory over play-off rivals Derby County and went on to captain the team from that game onwards.[ 11]
Smith was given that month's EFL Championship Manager of the Month award after achieving five wins in five games, including a 1-0 victory over Second City derby rivals Birmingham City on 10 March with Grealish scoring the only goal.[ 12] Earlier in the match, Grealish was "punched from behind by a pitch invader"[ 13] who was then sent to prison for 14 weeks for pitch encroachment and assault.[ 14] [ 15] Following Villa's promotion, the teams have not met since.
On 22 April 2019, the team surpassed a 109 year old club record for longest winning run after defeating Millwall 1–0 at Villa Park to make it 10 successive victories in 10 matches. The record had previously been held at nine straight wins.[ 16] On 11 May, the new manager oversaw his 18th win with Aston Villa as they came from behind to beat West Brom 2–1 in the first leg of the Championship play-off semi-finals.[ 17] Three days later, Villa came from behind at West Brom to win on penalties and secure a place in the play-off final .[ 18] Villa went on to win promotion to the Premier League with a 2–1 victory over Derby County.[ 19]
Competitions
Pre-season friendlies
Villa announced friendlies with AFC Telford United , Kidderminster Harriers , Walsall and Dynamo Dresden .[ 20]
Championship
League table
Source:
Sky Sports Archived 25 September 2019 at the
Wayback Machine Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results
[ 21] (O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted
Notes:
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 A H H A A H H A H A H A A H A H H A A H H A A H A H H A H A H A H A A H H A A H A H A H Result W W D D D L D W L D D L W L L W W W D W D D L W D D L D W D D L L D W W W W W W W W W W D L Position 2 2 4 5 4 12 12 6 12 15 12 15 13 16 16 13 11 8 8 8 8 8 11 9 9 10 12 12 10 9 8 10 10 11 11 9 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2019. Source:
BBC Sport A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Result 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
20
16
10
82
61
+21
76
11
8
4
50
36
+14
9
8
6
32
25
+7
Matches
On 21 June 2018, the Championship fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[ 22] [ 23]
On 22 April 2019, Aston Villa confirmed their place in this year's EFL Championship playoffs.
On 30 April 2019, Aston Villa confirmed 5th place in this year's Championship and would therefore play their first leg at home. The date is set for Saturday 11 May 2019 at 12:30pm.[ 24] [ 25]
FA Cup
The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.[ 26]
EFL Cup
On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam .[ 27] The second round was drawn by Chris Waddle and Mick McCarthy on 16 August 2018.[ 28]
Transfers
Transfers in
Steve Bruce
Dean Smith
Transfers out
Loans in
Loans out
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
[ 85]
^a Given one Red Card, which was later rescinded.[ 86]
Based on matches played until 28 May 2019
Based on matches played until 28 May 2019
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National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Combined Counties League (Premier , One )
East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Midland League (Premier , One )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
North West Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
Southern Combination League (Premier , One )
Southern Counties East League (Premier , One )
South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (Premier , One )
Western League (Premier , One )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only )
Cup competitions
Youth competitions