{"id":73188,"date":"2025-12-12T11:12:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T11:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=73188"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:12:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T11:12:22","slug":"aston-villa-111-year-record-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/aston-villa-111-year-record-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa break 111-year record to prove their serious Premier League title credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Aston Villa broke a club record that stretches back 111 years, providing further evidence that they could be serious contenders in the Premier League title race.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Midlands side were 2-1 winners in Braga on Thursday, with Evann Guessand and Youri Tielemans on the scoresheet.<\/p>\n<p>Boss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/next-real-madrid-manager-betting-odds\/\">Unai Emery, who has been linked with Real Madrid<\/a>, has steered his side to the top of the Europa League table.<\/p>\n<h2>Aston Villa win eight in a row<\/h2>\n<p>That winning run, which started with a 2-0 victory over Tel-Aviv at the beginning of November, is the club&#8217;s longest since 1914 when they won 11 consecutive games.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve thrashed Bournemouth, secured an impressive away win at Brighton and most notably, picked up three points against Arsenal last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an incredible run inspired by Emery, who has turned his side into a top-flight force.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s far from uncommon for clubs competing in Europe to see their league form decline as they struggle to juggle the demanding fixture schedule.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s no problem for Emery, whose four Europa League winners&#8217; medals are evidence that he knows exactly how to combat the rigours of an intense fixture list.<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa will have every reason to believe this run can continue.<\/p>\n<p>They travel to relegation-threatened West Ham on the weekend. Boss Nuno Espirito Santo have made them harder to beat, having lost one in their last five, but they are still devoid of quality.<\/p>\n<p>Villa then host an inconsistent Manchester United side, looking to maintain their imperious form at home.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Eight wins in a row. 14 wins in 16 games.<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa just can&#8217;t stop winning at the moment \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wb836wb82j\">pic.twitter.com\/wb836wb82j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCMOTD\/status\/1999237497264771493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Can Aston Villa win the Premier League?<\/h2>\n<p>The simple answer is yes, but maintaining consistency will be their biggest challenge.<\/p>\n<p>They currently sit in third, three points adrift of Arsenal at the top and one behind Pep Guardiola&#8217;s Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>Villa have the fourth-best defensive record in the league, but Emery may look at his strike force as a potential hurdle to winning the title.<\/p>\n<p>Their 22 goals in the eighth-best in the league, while their xG rank puts them in 14th. They&#8217;ve also created 27 big chances &#8211; the 12th highest in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Donyell Malen is the club&#8217;s top goalscorer on four, while main man Ollie Watkins has struggled to replicate the deadly form he has shown in previous campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>He scored 27 in all competitions during the 2023\/24 campaign, 17 last season, but has just three in 22 matches this time around.<\/p>\n<p>If Villa narrowly miss out on the title, they will curse their slow start.<\/p>\n<p>They failed to score in any of their first four matches and failed to win their first five Premier League matches.<\/p>\n<p>Now they&#8217;re one of the most in-form teams across Europe, but time will tell whether they can maintain the results over the duration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa broke a club record that stretches back 111 years, providing further evidence that they could be serious contenders in the Premier League title race.\u00a0 The Midlands side were 2-1 winners in Braga on Thursday, with Evann Guessand and Youri Tielemans on the scoresheet. 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