2014–15 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa
2014–15 season
Chairman	Randy Lerner
Manager	Paul Lambert; (until 11 February 2015); Tim Sherwood; (from 14 February 2015)
Stadium	Villa Park
Premier League	17th
FA Cup	Runners-up
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Christian Benteke (13); All: Christian Benteke (15)
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 140th season in English football. It was the club's 23rd season in the Premier League and 27th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. Villa participated in the FA Cup (reaching the final) and League Cup. The club was managed by Paul Lambert, until his sacking on 11 February 2015.^[1] He was replaced by Tim Sherwood on 14 February.^[2]

Lambert's third season had seen a different approach in the transfer market, with him opting to buy players with experience as opposed to the previous seasons, where the club would sign young prospects. Villa started well, with a 1–0 victory over Stoke City. This was followed by a 0–0 draw against Newcastle United, a 2–1 win over Hull City and a 1–0 victory over Liverpool. During this time, the new back four of Alan Hutton, Ron Vlaar, Philippe Senderos and Aly Cissokho were praised by the manager having gainied three clean sheets out of a possible four, whilst gaining ten points out of an available 12.^{[citation needed]} However, the team then went on to have a five-game long goal drought, losing to Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Everton and QPR before scoring in a 2–1 loss at Villa Park to Tottenham.^[3] Villa then went on to gain some valuable points, drawing 0–0 with West Ham and 1–1 against Southampton. They then won 1–0 against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, courtesy of a Christian Benteke goal, followed with a 2–1 victory over Leicester City at Villa Park. On 11 February, Villa announced they had parted company with Lambert after a 2–0 loss at Hull, leaving the club 18th in the Premier League table.^[4]

On 14 February 2015, the club's official Twitter page announced the appointment of Tim Sherwood as new manager.^[5]^[6] Sherwood attended the following day's 2–1 win over Leicester City in the FA Cup and gave a half-time team-talk, his first game in official control of the team was at home to Stoke City almost a week later. Villa lost the game 2–1 after a 93rd-minute penalty from Victor Moses.^[7]^[8] After also losing his second game in charge, this time going down 1–0 to Newcastle United, Sherwood's first win came on 3 March 2015 against West Midlands rivals West Bromwich Albion. The game finished 2–1, with Christian Benteke scoring a last-minute penalty, which shadowed the decision that went against Villa in the Stoke game.^[9]^[10] Sherwood led Villa to Wembley for the first time since 2010 just four days later, after winning 2–0 in the FA cup quarter-final again against West Bromwich Albion.^[11]^[12] Sherwood then led Villa to a third straight win, a 4–0 away win over relegation rivals Sunderland in which all goals were scored in the first half.^[13] On 19 April 2015, Aston Villa reached the FA Cup Final for the first time since 2000, coming from behind to defeat Liverpool 2–1 in their semi-final at Wembley.^[14] However, they went on to lose the final 4–0 to Arsenal.^[15]

Key events

12 May 2014: Randy Lerner announces that he has put the club up for sale after eight years of ownership.^[16]
20 May: Academy graduates Marc Albrighton and Nathan Delfouneso are both released from the club.^[17]
5 June: The club makes its first summer signing with former Arsenal and Fulham defender Philippe Senderos agreeing to join the club on a free transfer from Valencia.^[18]
10 June: Joe Cole joins the club on a free transfer.^[19]
1 July: Roy Keane is appointed as the new assistant manager to Paul Lambert, following the dismissal of Ian Culverhouse towards the end of the previous season.^[20]
8 July: Chief executive officer Paul Faulkner steps down from his role after failing to reach an agreement on a new non-operational role at the club.^[21]
11 July: Kieran Richardson signs for a fee believed to be £600,000 from relegated Fulham.^[22]
8 August: Aly Cissokho joins on a four-year deal from Valencia.^[23]
15 August: Colombian Carlos Sánchez arrives at the club for a fee believed to be £4.7 million.^[24]
16 August: Villa win 1–0 against Stoke City in the first match of the new season.^[25]
21 August: Tom Fox is appointed as the club's new CEO, after five years as Chief Commercial Officer at Arsenal.^[26]
27 August: Villa are knocked out of the League Cup after a 1–0 home defeat to Leyton Orient of League One.^[27]
2 September: Villa complete a season-long loan for Tom Cleverley from Manchester United, with a view to a permanent move.^[28]
17 September: Paul Lambert signs a new contract committing himself to the club until 2018.^[29]
4 October: Christian Benteke makes his return after six months out with a ruptured achilles tendon, coming on as a substitute in a 2–0 defeat to Manchester City.^[30]
2 November: For the first time since 1967, the club suffers its sixth straight league defeat after losing 2–1 at home to Tottenham Hotspur.^[31]
28 November: Roy Keane leaves his role as assistant manager with immediate effect.^[32]
13 January 2015: Carles Gil becomes Villa's first January signing after joining the club on a four-and-half year deal.^[33]
30 January: Scott Sinclair joins on loan until the end of the season, with a view to a permanent move.^[34]
1 February: A 5–0 defeat at Arsenal sees Villa go six league matches (612 minutes) without scoring.^[35]
10 February: Villa fall into the drop-zone for the time in the season, after losing 2–0 away to relegation rivals Hull City. This prompts angry scenes from the travelling support towards the manager.^[36]
11 February: Paul Lambert is sacked as manager 24 hours after defeat to Hull.^[1]
14 February: Tim Sherwood is appointed as the new manager of the club. However, his first match in charge ends in defeat against Stoke City (21 February).^[2]^[37]
28 February: Villa lose 1–0 to Newcastle United condemning them to a seventh consecutive defeat, beating the six recorded earlier in the season.^[38]
3 March: The run of defeats is eventually ended courtesy of a 2–1 victory over local rivals West Bromwich Albion.^[39]
7 March: Villa reach Wembley for the first time since 2010 after beating their rivals for the second time in a week. West Bromwich Albion go down 2–0 at Villa Park in the FA Cup quarter-finals.^[40]
14 March: The club records its biggest victory of the season, 4–0 away against Sunderland. All four goals were scored before half-time.^[41]
7 April: Christian Benteke scores a hat-trick to salvage a 3–3 draw against fellow relegation candidates Queens Park Rangers.^[42]
11 April: Villa beat Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 at White Hart Lane in Tim Sherwood's first game against his former employers.^[43]
20 April: The club reaches the FA Cup Final after a 2–1 win against Liverpool at Wembley Stadium. Christian Benteke and Fabian Delph scored the goals to take Villa to the prestigious final for the first time since 2000.^[44]
16 May: Despite being thrashed 6–1 at Southampton, Villa's Premier League safety is confirmed after Hull City lose to Tottenham Hotspur.^[45]^[46]
24 May: Villa end the season in 17th place in the Premier League, their second lowest finish since its inception, after a final day defeat to already relegated Burnley.^[47]

Players

Squad No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Apps.	Goals	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Brad Guzan	GK	(1984-09-09)9 September 1984 (aged 29)	140	0
13	Jed Steer	GK	(1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 21)	4	0
31	Shay Given	GK	(1976-04-20)20 April 1976 (aged 38)	52	0
Defenders
2	Nathan Baker	CB / LB	(1991-04-23)23 April 1991 (aged 23)	86	0
3	Joe Bennett	LB	(1990-03-28)28 March 1990 (aged 24)	37	0
4	Ron Vlaar	CB	(1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 29)	87	2
5	Jores Okore	CB	(1992-08-11)11 August 1992 (aged 21)	31	1
6	Ciaran Clark	CB / LB	(1989-09-26)26 September 1989 (aged 24)	136	8
14	Philippe Senderos	CB	(1985-02-14)14 February 1985 (aged 29)	10	0
21	Alan Hutton	RB	(1984-11-30)30 November 1984 (aged 29)	68	1
23	Aly Cissokho	LB	(1987-09-15)15 September 1987 (aged 26)	27	0
32	Janoi Donacien	CB / RB	(1993-11-03)3 November 1993 (aged 20)	0	0
34	Matthew Lowton	RB	(1989-06-09)9 June 1989 (aged 25)	82	2
35	Enda Stevens	LB	(1990-07-09)9 July 1990 (aged 24)	9	0
–	Antonio Luna	LB	(1991-03-17)17 March 1991 (aged 23)	18	1	On loan at Spezia Calcio.
Midfielders
7	Leandro Bacuna	CM / RB / RWB	(1991-08-21)21 August 1991 (aged 22)	63	6
8	Tom Cleverley	CM / AM	(1989-08-12)12 August 1989 (aged 24)	36	3	On loan from Manchester United.
9	Scott Sinclair	LW / RW	(1989-03-25)25 March 1989 (aged 25)	12	3
12	Joe Cole	AM	(1981-11-08)8 November 1981 (aged 32)	15	1
15	Ashley Westwood	CM	(990-04-01)1 April 990 (aged 1024)	101	3
16	Fabian Delph (captain)	CM	(1989-11-21)21 November 1989 (aged 24)	133	8
17	Chris Herd	CM / CB / RB	(1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 25)	42	2
18	Kieran Richardson	LW / LB	(1984-10-21)21 October 1984 (aged 29)	25	0
22	Gary Gardner	CM	(1992-06-29)29 June 1992 (aged 22)	18	0
24	Carlos Sánchez	DM	(1986-02-06)6 February 1986 (aged 28)	32	1
25	Carles Gil	AM / RW	(1992-11-22)22 November 1992 (aged 21)	7	1
28	Charles N'Zogbia	LW / AM	(1986-05-28)28 May 1986 (aged 28)	90	5
39	Riccardo Calder	LW	(1996-01-26)26 January 1996 (aged 18)	0	0
40	Jack Grealish	LW / AM	(1995-09-10)10 September 1995 (aged 18)	24	0
–	Yacouba Sylla	DM	(1990-11-29)29 November 1990 (aged 23)	24	0	On loan at Kayseri Erciyesspor.
–	Aleksandar Tonev	LW / RW	(1990-02-03)3 February 1990 (aged 24)	20	0	On loan at Celtic.
Forwards
10	Andreas Weimann	ST / LW / RW	(1991-08-05)5 August 1991 (aged 22)	129	24
11	Gabriel Agbonlahor	ST / LW / RW	(1986-10-13)13 October 1986 (aged 27)	352	83
19	Darren Bent	ST	(1984-02-06)6 February 1984 (aged 30)	72	25
20	Christian Benteke	ST	(1990-12-03)3 December 1990 (aged 23)	100	49
27	Libor Kozák	ST	(1989-05-30)30 May 1989 (aged 25)	15	4
29	Rushian Hepburn-Murphy	ST	(1998-09-19)19 September 1998 (aged 15)	1	0
37	Callum Robinson	ST	(1995-02-02)2 February 1995 (aged 19)	5	0
38	Graham Burke	ST	(1993-09-21)21 September 1993 (aged 20)	2	0
–	Nicklas Helenius	ST / RW	(1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (aged 23)	6	1	On loan at Aalborg BK.

Last updated: 25 May 2015.
Source: Soccerbase

Transfers

In

Summer

Date	Position	Player name	Old club	League	Transfer fee	Notes	Source
5 June 2014	DF	Philippe Senderos	Valencia	La Liga	Free transfer	Officially joined on 1/7/14, after release from Valencia.	^[18]
10 June 2014	MF	Joe Cole	West Ham United	Premier League	Free transfer	Officially joined on 1/7/14, after release from West Ham.	^[19]
11 July 2014	MF	Kieran Richardson	Fulham	Championship	£600,000		^[22]
8 August 2014	DF	Aly Cissokho	Valencia	La Liga	£2,000,000¹		^[23]
15 August 2014	MF	Carlos Sánchez	Elche	La Liga	£4,700,000¹		^[24]

Winter/Spring

Date	Position	Player name	Old club	League	Transfer fee	Notes	Source
13 January 2015	MF	Carles Gil	Valencia	La Liga	£3,200,000¹		^[33]
19 May 2015	MF	Scott Sinclair	Manchester City	Premier League	£2,600,000¹	Originally a loan, made into a permanent move.	^[48]

Out

Summer

Date	Position	Player name	New club	League	Transfer fee	Notes	Source
20 May 2014	MF	Marc Albrighton	Leicester City	Premier League	Free transfer	Signed for Leicester on 23/5/14 after release.	^[17]^[49]
20 May 2014	FW	Nathan Delfouneso	Blackpool	Championship	Free transfer	Signed for Blackpool on 29/7/14 after release.	^[17]^[50]
10 June 2014	FW	Jordan Bowery	Rotherham United	Championship	£250,000		^[51]^[52]
6 August 2014	MF	Samir Carruthers	MK Dons	League One	£220,000		^[53]
1 September 2014	MF	Karim El Ahmadi	Feyenoord	Eredivisie	£320,000¹		^[54]

¹Fee officially undisclosed

Winter

Date	Position	Player name	New club	League	Transfer fee	Source
23 January 2015	MF	Daniel Johnson	Preston North End	League One	£50,000¹	^[55]

Loans

In

Summer

Date	Position	Player name	Club	League	Duration	Return Date	Source
2 September 2014	MF	Tom Cleverley	Manchester United	Premier League	Season-long	30 June 2015	^[28]

Winter

Date	Position	Player name	Club	League	Duration	Return Date	Notes	Source
30 January 2015	MF	Scott Sinclair	Manchester City	Premier League	5 months	19 May 2015	Move was made permanent on 19/5/15.	^[34]^[48]

Out

Summer

Date	Position	Player name	Club	League	Duration	Return Date	Notes	Source
9 July 2014	FW	Nicklas Helenius	Aalborg BK	Danish Superliga	Season-long	30 June 2015		^[56]
1 August 2014	GK	Jed Steer	Doncaster Rovers	League One	3 months	1 November 2014		^[57]
4 August 2014	DF	Antonio Luna	Verona	Serie A	6 months	2 February 2015	Loan originally season-long but cut short in February.	^[58]^[59]
6 August 2014	MF	Yacouba Sylla	Kayseri Erciyesspor	Süper Lig	Season-long	30 June 2015		^[60]
8 August 2014	MF	Daniel Johnson	Chesterfield	League One	3 months	8 November 2014		^[61]
11 August 2014	MF	Aleksandar Tonev	Celtic	Scottish Premiership	Season-long	30 June 2015		^[62]
18 August 2014	DF	Janoi Donacien	Tranmere Rovers	League Two	Season-long	30 June 2015		^[63]^[64]
20 August 2014	DF	Joe Bennett	Brighton & Hove Albion	Championship	Season-long	30 June 2015		^[65]
26 August 2014	MF	Gary Gardner	Brighton & Hove Albion	Championship	4 months	1 January 2015		^[66]

Winter/Spring

Date	Pos	Player name	Club	League	Duration	Return Date	Notes	Source
16 September 2014	FW	Callum Robinson	Preston North End	League One	2 months	26 November 2014		^[67]^[68]
23 September 2014	MF	Chris Herd	Bolton Wanderers	Championship	1.5 months	8 November 2014		^[69]
10 October 2014	DF	Enda Stevens	Northampton Town	League Two	1 month	6 November 2014		^[70]
31 October 2014	GK	Jed Steer	Yeovil Yown	League One	2 months	31 January 2015		^[71]
6 November 2014	DF	Enda Stevens	Doncaster Rovers	League One	7 months	30 June 2015		^[72]^[73]
10 November 2014	MF	Daniel Johnson	Oldham Athletic	League One	2 months	5 January 2015		^[74]
26 November 2014	FW	Darren Bent	Brighton & Hove Albion	Championship	1 month	29 December 2014		^[75]
2 January 2015	FW	Darren Bent	Derby County	Championship	4.5 months	30 June 2015		^[76]
10 January 2015	MF	Gary Gardner	Nottingham Forest	Championship	4.5 months	30 June 2015		^[77]
26 January 2015	DF	Chris Herd	Wigan Athletic	Championship	1 month	30 June 2015	Player returned early due to injury,	^[78]^[79]
2 February 2015	DF	Antonio Luna	Spezia	Serie B	5 months	30 June 2015		^[59]
2 February 2015	FW	Callum Robinson	Preston North End	League One	3 months	11 May 2015		^[80]^[81]
26 March 2015	FW	Graham Burke	Notts County	League One	2 months	30 June 2015		^[82]
26 March 2015	DF	Lewis Kinsella	Luton Town	League Two	2 months	30 June 2015		^[83]

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

17 July 2014	Mansfield Town	1–3	Aston Villa	Mansfield
19:45 BST	Fisher 41'	Report	Bent 61', 90' Gardner 85'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,432

23 July 2014	FC Dallas	0–2	Aston Villa	Frisco, Texas
20:10 CDT 02:10 BST		Report	Weimann 44' N'Zogbia 48' Delph 62' Clark 81'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium

26 July 2014	Houston Dynamo	0–1	Aston Villa	Houston, Texas
20:10 CDT 02:10 BST		Report	Herd 40' Bennett 41' Westwood 83'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 20,514

30 July 2014	Chesterfield	3–1	Aston Villa	Chesterfield
19:45 BST	Darikwa 6' Hird 43' Morsy 85'	Report	Grealish 51'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 3,740

2 August 2014	Groningen	4–1	Aston Villa	Groningen
17:00 CEST 19:00 BST	Chery 5', 8' Antonia 32' Islamović 90'	Report	N'Zogbia 76'	Stadium: Euroborg Stadium

5 August 2014	Walsall	0–1	Aston Villa	Walsall
19:30 BST		Report	Hutton 28'	Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 6,559

9 August 2014	Aston Villa	0–0	Parma	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Baker 17'	Report		Stadium: Villa Park

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Newcastle United	38	10	9	19	40	63	−23	39
16	Sunderland	38	7	17	14	31	53	−22	38
17	Aston Villa	38	10	8	20	31	57	−26	38
18	Hull City (R)	38	8	11	19	33	51	−18	35	Relegation to Football League Championship
19	Burnley (R)	38	7	12	19	28	53	−25	33	Relegation to Football League Championship

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[84]
(R) Relegated

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
38	10	8	20	31	57	−26	38	5	6	8	18	25	−7	5	2	12	13	32	−19

Last updated: 25 May 2015.
Source: Statto.com

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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	L
Position	3	4	3	2	3	6	7	11	15	15	16	16	16	12	11	12	12	13	13	12	13	14	16	16	18	19	19	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	17

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2015. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

16 August 2014 1	Stoke City	0–1	Aston Villa	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 BST		Report	Westwood 14' Weimann 50' Hutton 80' Agbonlahor 86'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 27,478 Referee: Anthony Taylor

23 August 2014 2	Aston Villa	0–0	Newcastle United	Birmingham
12:45 BST	N'Zogbia 50' Senderos 67' Weimann 68' Sánchez 85'	Report	Williamson 86' 90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 30,267 Referee: Mike Dean

31 August 2014 3	Aston Villa	2–1	Hull City	Birmingham
13:30 BST	Agbonlahor 14' Weimann 36' Guzan 90'	Report	Davies 42' Jelavić 74', 82' Elmohamady 84' Quinn 87'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 28,336 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

13 September 2014 4	Liverpool	0–1	Aston Villa	Liverpool
17:30 BST	Lallana 12' Moreno 76'	Report	Agbonlahor 9' Hutton 63'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,689 Referee: Lee Mason

20 September 2014 5	Aston Villa	0–3	Arsenal	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Clark 83'	Report	Chambers 22' Özil 32' Welbeck 34' Cissokho 36' (o.g.) Ramsey 56' Wilshere 84'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,013 Referee: Mike Jones

27 September 2014 6	Chelsea	3–0	Aston Villa	London
15:00 BST	Oscar 7' Cahill 26' Fàbregas 58' Costa 59' Willian 79'	Report	Cleverley 51' Senderos 62'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 41,616 Referee: Phil Dowd

4 October 2014 7	Aston Villa	0–2	Manchester City	Birmingham
17:30 BST		Report	Kolarov 24' Touré 82' Agüero 88'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,964 Referee: Chris Foy

18 October 2014 8	Everton	3–0	Aston Villa	Liverpool
15:00 BST	Jagielka 18' Lukaku 48' Barry 61' Naismith 71' Coleman 76'	Report	Richardson 7' Agbonlahor 36'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 39,505 Referee: Anthony Taylor

27 October 2014 9	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Aston Villa	London
20:00 GMT	Austin 17', 69'	Report	Weimann 58' Lowton 77'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 18,002 Referee: Lee Mason

2 November 2014 10	Aston Villa	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Birmingham
16:00 GMT	Weimann 16', 70' Cissokho 38' Benteke 65' Sánchez 89'	Report	Eriksen 25' Vertonghen 61' Chadli 80' 84' Kane 90'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,049 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

8 November 2014 11	West Ham United	0–0	Aston Villa	London
15:00 GMT		Report	Cleverley 69' Weimann 69' Agbonlahor 89'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 34,857 Referee: Jonathan Moss

24 November 2014 12	Aston Villa	1–1	Southampton	Birmingham
20:00 GMT	Agbonlahor 29' Okore 72'	Report	Wanyama 58' Clyne 81', 83'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 25,311 Referee: Phil Dowd

29 November 2014 13	Burnley	1–1	Aston Villa	Burnley
15:00 GMT	Kightly 28' Marney 38' Barnes 45+1' Ings 87' (pen.)	Report	Cole 38' Cleverley 41' Hutton 45' Okore 86' Clark 87'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 19,910 Referee: Graham Scott

2 December 2014 14	Crystal Palace	0–1	Aston Villa	London
20:00 GMT	Campbell 57' Bolasie 81'	Report	Benteke 32' Clark 82' Weimann 90+2'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 23,935 Referee: Michael Oliver

7 December 2014 15	Aston Villa	2–1	Leicester City	Birmingham
16:00 GMT	Clark 17' N'Zogbia 34' Hutton 71', 81' Sánchez 75' Agbonlahor 90'	Report	Ulloa 13' Vardy 41' Cambiasso 59' Schlupp 60' Wasilewski 71' Konchesky 80'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 27,692 Referee: Craig Pawson

13 December 2014 16	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Aston Villa	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	McAuley 18' Pocognoli 63' Gardner 72' 90+5' Varela 78'	Report	Richardson 22' Cleverley 42' Hutton 65'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,684 Referee: Mike Dean

20 December 2014 17	Aston Villa	1–1	Manchester United	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Benteke 18' Agbonlahor 65' Guzan 75'	Report	Falcao 53' Blackett 75'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 41,273 Referee: Lee Mason
Note: Agbonlahor's red card was rescinded by the FA on 23 December 2014.^[85]

26 December 2014 18	Swansea City	1–0	Aston Villa	Swansea
15:00 GMT	Sigurðsson 13' Shelvey 24'	Report	Sánchez 36' Clark 49' Okore 76' Agbonlahor 89'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,683 Referee: Roger East

28 December 2014 19	Aston Villa	0–0	Sunderland	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Vlaar 44' Delph 49'	Report	Cattermole 56' Johnson 73' Giaccherini 90+2'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 35,436 Referee: Martin Atkinson

1 January 2015 20	Aston Villa	0–0	Crystal Palace	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Clark 78'	Report	Delaney 86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 29,047 Referee: Robert Madley

10 January 2015 21	Leicester City	1–0	Aston Villa	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Konchesky 45+1' Hammond 56' James 90+3'	Report	Okore 35' Clark 63' 90+4'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 31,728 Referee: Michaek Oliver

17 January 2015 22	Aston Villa	0–2	Liverpool	Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Okore 52'	Report	Borini 24' Lambert 79', 81'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,759 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

1 February 2015 23	Arsenal	5–0	Aston Villa	London
14:00	Giroud 5' Özil 56' Walcott 63' Cazorla 75' (pen.) Bellerín 90+2'	Report	Clark 57' Gil 68'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,958 Referee: Anthony Taylor

7 February 2015 24	Aston Villa	1–2	Chelsea	Birmingham
15:00	Cleverley 5' Westwood 44' Okore 48' 49'	Report	Hazard 8' Ramires 35' Ivanović 66', 90+5'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 35,969 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

10 February 2015 25	Hull City	2–0	Aston Villa	Kingston upon Hull
	Jelavić 22' N'Doye 74' Dawson 85'	Report	Hutton 41' Agbonlahor 56'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 21,467 Referee: Michael Oliver

21 February 2015 26	Aston Villa	1–2	Stoke City	Birmingham
15:00	Sinclair 20' Sánchez 59' Vlaar 90' 90+2'	Report	Wollscheid 35' Diouf 45' Whelan 64' Moses 90+3' (pen.) Walters 90+6'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,880 Referee: Roger East

28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) 27	Newcastle United	1–0	Aston Villa	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Cissé 37' Williamson 53'	Report	Hutton 26' Lowton 47' Agbonlahor 63' Clark 83' Cleverley 90+6'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 51,373 Referee: Lee Mason

3 March 2015 28	Aston Villa	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Agbonlahor 22' Clark 81' Hutton 88' Benteke 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Yacob 42' Lescott 52' Berahino 66' 88' Gardner 86'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 31,272 Referee: Jonathan Moss

14 March 2015 29	Sunderland	0–4	Aston Villa	Sunderland
15:00 GMT	Bridcutt 90+1'	Report	Bacuna 8' Benteke 16', 44' Agbonlahor 18', 37'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 45,746 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

21 March 2015 30	Aston Villa	0–1	Swansea City	Birmingham
15:00 GMT		Report	Gomis 87'	Stadium: Villa Park Referee: Robert Madley

4 April 2015 31	Manchester United	3–1	Aston Villa	Manchester
15:00 BST	Herrera 43', 90+2' Rooney 79'	Report	Benteke 80' Delph 83'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,397 Referee: Roger East

7 April 2015 32	Aston Villa	3–3	Queens Park Rangers	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Benteke 10', 33', 83'	Report	Phillips 7' Sandro 34' Kranjčar 35' Hill 55', 82' Austin 56', 78'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 33,708 Referee: Craig Pawson

11 April 2015 33	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Aston Villa	London
15:00 BST	Bentaleb 65' Rose 81' Lamela 90+6'	Report	Benteke 35', 81' Sánchez 58' 90+4' Richardson 90+7'	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,687 Referee: Lee Probert

25 April 2015 34	Manchester City	3–2	Aston Villa	Manchester
17:30 BST	Agüero 3' Silva 46' Kolarov 66' Fernandinho 89'	Report	Westwood 62' Sánchez 65', 85' Cleverley 68'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 45,036 Referee: Mike Dean

2 May 2015 35	Aston Villa	3–2	Everton	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Benteke 10', 45' Cleverley 64' Vlaar 84' Given 90+3'	Report	Lukaku 59' (pen.) Coleman 73' Jagielka 90+2'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 37,859 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

9 May 2015 36	Aston Villa	1–0	West Ham United	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Cleverley 31' N'Zogbia 45+1'	Report	Song 72'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,294 Referee: Lee Mason

16 May 2015 37	Southampton	6–1	Aston Villa	Southampton
12:45 BST	Mané 13', 14', 16' Long 26', 38' Wanyama 69' Pellè 81'	Report	Westwood 21' Benteke 45+3'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 31,636 Referee: Robert Madley

24 May 2015 38	Aston Villa	0–1	Burnley	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Vlaar 53'	Report	Ings 6' Ulvestad 29' Arfield 66'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,792 Referee: Mike Jones

FA Cup

Round	3	4	5	6	SF	F
Ground	H	H	H	H	N	N
Result	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–4

4 January 2015 3rd round	Aston Villa	1–0	Blackpool	Villa Park, Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Hutton 22' Clark 60' N'Zogbia 77' Benteke 88'	^[86]^[87] Report		Attendance: 21,837 Referee: Chris Foy

25 January 2015 4th round	Aston Villa	2–1	Bournemouth	Villa Park, Birmingham
15:00 GMT	Gil 51' Hutton 62' Okore 62' Weimann 71' Bacuna 83'	^[88]^[89] Report	Wilson 90+3'	Attendance: 27,415 Referee: Mike Dean

15 February 2015 5th round	Aston Villa	2–1	Leicester City	Villa Park, Birmingham
12:30 GMT	Bacuna 68' Sinclair 89'	^[90]^[91] Report	Konchesky 60' Kramarić 90+1' Simpson 90+2'	Attendance: 28,098 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

7 March 2015 6th round	Aston Villa	2–0	West Bromwich Albion	Villa Park, Birmingham
17:30 GMT	N'Zogbia 14' Delph 51' Agbonlahor 60' Sinclair 85' Grealish 86' 90+2' Bacuna 90+6'	^[92]^[93] Report	Dawson 54' Yacob 77' 79'	Attendance: 39,952 Referee: Anthony Taylor

19 April 2015 Semi-finals	Aston Villa	2–1	Liverpool	Wembley Stadium, London
15:00 BST	Benteke 36' Delph 54', 80'	^[94] Report	Coutinho 30'	Attendance: 85,416 Referee: Michael Oliver

30 May 2015 Final	Arsenal	4–0	Aston Villa	Wembley Stadium, London
17:30 BST	Walcott 40' Sánchez 50' Mertesacker 62' Giroud 90+3'	Report	Cleverley 14' Hutton 33' Delph 37' Westwood 52' Agbonlahor 83'	Attendance: 89,323 Referee: Jonathan Moss

League Cup

Round	2
Ground	H
Result	0–1

27 August 2014 2nd round	Aston Villa	0–1	Leyton Orient	Villa Park, Birmingham
19:45 BST		^[95] Report	Lowry 28' Bartley 48' Vincelot 87'	Attendance: 17,918 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Statistics

Overall

Games played	45 (38 Premier League, 6 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Games won	15 (10 Premier League, 5 FA Cup)
Games drawn	8 (8 Premier League)
Games lost	22 (20 Premier League, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored	40 (31 Premier League, 9 FA Cup)
Goals conceded	65 (58 Premier League, 1 League Cup, 7 FA Cup)
Total goal difference	–25 (−26 Premier League, −1 League Cup, +2 FA Cup)
Clean sheets	12 (10 Premier League, 2 FA Cup)
Yellow Cards	82 (71 Premier League, 11 FA Cup)
Red Cards	8 (7 Premier League, 1 FA Cup)
Most appearances	Cleverley (36)
Most minutes played	Guzan (3060)
Top scorer	Benteke (15)
Worst Discipline	Clark (9 1 )
Points	38
Best Result	4–0 v Sunderland, Premier League (14/3/15)
Worst Result	0–5 v Arsenal, Premier League (1/2/15) 1–6 v Southampton, Premier League (16/5/15)

Appearances

Number	Nation	Name	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Start	Sub	Start	Sub
Number	Nation	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Notes
Goalkeepers
1		Guzan	34	–	–	–	–	–	34	0
13		Steer	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	^{[Note 1]}^{[Note 2]}
31		Given	3	–	5	–	1	–	9	0
Defenders
2		Baker	7	3	1	–	1	–	9	3
3		Bennett	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	^{[Note 3]}
4		Vlaar	20	1	1	–	–	–	21	1
5		Okore	22	1	3	1	–	–	25	2
6		Clark	23	2	4	–	–	–	27	2
14		Senderos	7	1	–	–	1	–	8	1
21		Hutton	27	3	3	–	1	–	31	3
23		Cissokho	24	1	2	–	–	–	26	1
32		Donacien	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	^{[Note 4]}
34		Lowton	8	4	1	–	–	–	9	4
35		Stevens	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	^{[Note 5]}^{[Note 6]}
–		Luna	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	^{[Note 7]}^{[Note 8]}
Midfielders
7		Bacuna	10	9	5	–	1	–	16	9
8		Cleverley	31	–	5	–	–	–	36	0	^{[Note 9]}
9		Sinclair	5	4	1	2	–	–	6	6	^{[Note 10]}^{[Note 11]}
12		Cole	3	7	1	1	1	–	5	8
15		Westwood	25	2	4	1	1	–	29	3
16		Delph	28	–	2	–	–	–	30	1
17		Herd	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	^{[Note 12]}^{[Note 13]}
18		Richardson	16	6	2	–	1	–	19	6
22		Gardner	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	^{[Note 14]}^{[Note 15]}
24		Sánchez	21	7	2	1	1	–	23	9
25		Gil	5	1	1	1	–	–	7	1	^{[Note 16]}
28		N'Zogbia	19	8	2	1	–	–	21	9
36		Johnson	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	^{[Note 17]}^{[Note 18]}^{[Note 19]}
39		Calder	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
40		Grealish	7	10	2	3	1	–	10	13
–		Sylla	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	^{[Note 20]}
–		Tonev	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	^{[Note 21]}
Forwards
10		Weimann	20	11	2	1	–	1	22	13
11		Agbonlahor	30	4	1	–	–	–	31	4
19		Bent	–	7	–	–	1	–	1	7	^{[Note 22]}^{[Note 23]}
20		Benteke	26	3	4	–	–	–	30	3
27		Kozák	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0
29		Hepburn-Murphy	–	1	–	–	–	–	0	1
37		Robinson	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	^{[Note 24]}^{[Note 25]}
–		Helenius	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	^{[Note 26]}

Last updated: 25 May 2015.
Source: World Football

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