The 2019-20 season was Aston Villa's 25th season in the Premier League. The 2019âÂÂ20 Premier League season was Villa's 145th season in English football. It was the club's 25th season in the Premier League, and their 106th season in the top flight, following their promotion from the EFL Championship by winning the play-offs.
On 29 November 2019, midway through his first Premier League season with the club, manager Dean Smith signed a contract extension lasting until 2023.
In the EFL Cup, Villa advanced past Crewe Alexandra of League Two and four Premier League sides in Brighton & Hove Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Liverpool and Leicester City to reach the final at Wembley Stadium; they lost the final 2âÂÂ1 to Manchester City.
In the league though, Villa were four points deep inside the relegation zone with four games left to play of the 2019âÂÂ20 season, but pulled off what Smith described as a "magnificent achievement" to clinch survival on the last day with a 1âÂÂ1 draw at West Ham United. The season featured a three-month hiatus from March to June 2020 after the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
The season was the first since 2010-11 without Alan Hutton and Gary Gardner, the first since 2014-15 without Micah Richards and Mark Bunn and the first since 2015-16 without Albert Adomah, Ritchie De Laet, Tommy Elphick, Mile Jedinak, Ross McCormack and Birkir Bjarnason.
On 7 June 2019, Aston Villa announced its pre-season schedule.
Villa were four points deep inside the relegation zone with four games left to play of the 2019âÂÂ20 season, but pulled off what Smith described as a "magnificent achievement" to clinch survival on the last day with a 1âÂÂ1 draw at West Ham United.
On 13 June 2019, the Premier League fixtures were announced. On 5 April 2020, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. On 28 May 2020, a date for the resumption of the Premier League was given as the 17 June 2020. A full fixture list was confirmed on 4 June 2020 - which had the season returning at 6 PM on 17 June.
On 13 August 2019, the Second Round of the EFL Cup was drawn by Gary Neville and Paul Robinson at Salford City's Moor Lane stadium. The Third Round draw was held on 28 August 2019 at Lincoln City's Sincil Bank stadium. The Fourth Round draw was held on 25 September 2019 at MK Dons' Stadium MK. The Quarter-Final draw was held on 31 October 2019, by David James and Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2. The Semi-Final draw was held on 18 December 2019, at Oxford United's Kassam Stadium by Dennis Wise and Chris Kamara.
On 2 December 2019, the draw was made for the Third Round of the FA Cup at the Etihad Stadium by Tony Adams and former Villa player, Micah Richards.
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Based on matches played until 26 July 2020
Based on matches played until 26 July 2020