Aston Villa midfielder Leandro Bacuna will begin his three-match ban against Bristol City. Bacuna confronted an assistant referee and appeared to make contact with the match official as he contested a decision during Saturday's 1-0 home win over Derby, leading to him being sent off. Fellow midfielders Conor Hourihane and Mile Jedinak are injury doubts. Hourihane was absent at the weekend with ...Full Story »

Steve Bruce will take charge of his first Aston Villa game against Wolves after being appointed their new boss. The former Birmingham manager replaced Roberto Di Matteo, who was sacked after just 12 games with Villa 19th in the Sky Bet Championship. Gabby Agbonlahor will be given a chance to return to the first team after being exiled by Di Matteo this season, but having not played since Marc...Full Story »

Leandro Bacuna is back in the Aston Villa squad for Saturday's home clash with Southampton. The Dutchman, who can play at full-back or in midfield, missed the defeat to Crystal Palace with a hamstring strain but is back in contention to face the Saints. Otherwise, Paul Lambert is choosing from the same squad with Christian Benteke, Libor Kozak, Charles N'Zogbia, Jores Okore, Nicklas Helenius a...Full Story »

Cardiff and Aston Villa played out a goalless draw at Cardiff City Stadium which does far more good for the visitors' hopes of Premier League survival than their hosts. Cardiff dominated the opening half and struck the woodwork through Fraizer Campbell and a deflected Craig Noone shot, but could not find the net. Villa offered no threat during the opening 45 minutes but could have taken all th...Full Story »

Second-half efforts from Leandro Bacuna and Aleksandar Kozak ended Aston Villa's goal drought and ensured Cardiff's derby day joy came crashing down at Villa Park. Having gone four Barclays Premier League matches without a goal, Villa looked certain to draw another blank as they laboured for three quarters of a low-quality encounter against a Cardiff side showing little of the fight that saw th...Full Story »

Leandro Bacuna and Andreas Weimann struck in the space of two second-half minutes as Aston Villa claimed a stunning 3-2 win over Manchester City in the Barclays Premier League. The hosts had twice trailed after goals from Yaya Toure and Edin Dzeko either side of a Karim El Ahamdi equaliser in a compelling encounter at Villa Park. However, Bacuna levelled with a fine free-kick after 73 minutes ...Full Story »