Aston Villa enter into another game that they can likely afford to lose, but with the results of the weekend going very much their way an unexpected result would be a massive boost to their survival hopes.

There has been a lot of talk that Aston Villa can't close out matches. We decided to find out if that was really true. The result? It is, but it's not as bad as you probably think.

Sun continues to rise in east, water remains wet, Aston Villa drop points thanks to late goal.

Join us as we cower in terror as Aston Villa travel to the Emirates to face Arsenal.

Arsenal’s had a rough week and Villa has shown real improvement of late. Is a potentially season-saving shock at the Emirates in the cards?

Ahead of Villa's trip to the Emirates, we have a chat with Ted of SB Nation's Arsenal blog the Short Fuse.

A three-week break has put this club into perspective.

Aston Villa U19s beat Ajax U19s 2-1 in Amsterdam on Tuesday, allowing them to progress to the next round of the NextGen tournament.

Given the messages footballers put out on Twitter, sometimes it's debatable whether they know how the social media site works. But sometimes, having Aston Villa players tweeting is simply a delight.

Aston Villa have enough to worry about without constant fretting over Belgian forward Christian Benteke leaving the club. Let's just concentrate on the good, shall we?