Aston Villa — refereeing decisions

Since the Premier League's independent Key Match Incidents panel began publishing, 23 confirmed refereeing errors have involved Aston Villa — 9 in their favour and 14 against them, a net expected-goals swing of -1.36 across 21 matches.

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By season

Every confirmed error involving Aston Villa

• 2026-27 · Brighton v Aston Villa (2026-08-23) — referee Peter Bankes; the decision went in their favour. Panel: The panel were split, 4:1, with the majority feeling that a penalty should have been awarded on- field. McGinn steps into challenge Osman and makes contact without playing the ball. Whilst the majority of the panel preferred the outcome to be a penalty, with the high threshold for VAR intervention, the majority, 3:2, felt that it was not a clear and obvious error.
• 2026-27 · Aston Villa v Arsenal (2026-08-31) — referee Jarred Gillett; the decision went in their favour. Panel: The panel felt that a penalty should have been awarded on-field for Maatsen's reckless challenge on Guimaraes. Clear contact was made on the attacker's standing leg and Maatsen made no contact with the ball. They also felt that VAR should have intervened as the non-penalty award was a clear and obvious error.
• 2026-27 · Aston Villa v Arsenal (2026-08-31) — referee Jarred Gillett; the decision went in their favour. Panel: The panel felt that the challenge was reckless and therefore a second caution should have been awarded.
• 2025-26 · Aston Villa v Brighton (2026-02-11) — referee Peter Bankes; the decision went against them. Panel: 2025-26 on-field below-threshold (B#19): penalty_not_awarded — Aston Villa v Brighton. No votes (below clear-and-obvious threshold).
• 2025-26 · Aston Villa v Everton (2026-01-18) — referee Tony Harrington; the decision went against them. Panel: 2025-26 missed second yellow (James Garner, Everton). No votes.
• 2025-26 · Brentford v Aston Villa (2025-08-23) — referee Tony Harrington; the decision went in their favour. Panel: 2025-26 on-field below-threshold (B#2): goal_disallowed — Brentford v Aston Villa. No votes (below clear-and-obvious threshold).
• 2025-26 · Arsenal v Aston Villa (2025-12-30) — referee Darren England; the decision went against them. Panel: 2025-26 missed second yellow (Mikel Merino, Arsenal). No votes.
• 2025-26 · Aston Villa v Wolves (2025-11-30) — referee Chris Kavanagh; the decision went against them. Panel: 2025-26 missed second yellow (Andre, Wolves). No votes.
• 2024-25 · Aston Villa v Brentford (2024-12-04) — referee Lewis Smith; the decision went against them. Panel: Ethan Pinnock made a DOGSO challenge on Ollie Watkins but was not shown a red card when he should have been.
• 2024-25 · Aston Villa v Ipswich (2025-02-15) — referee Robert Jones; the decision went in their favour. Panel: Axel Tuanzebe was wrongly given a second yellow card resulting in dismissal.
• 2024-25 · Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa (2024-12-14) — referee Sam Barrott; the decision went against them. Panel: Anderson grabs hold of Rogers outside of the area but this continues inside. The holding offense is clear.
• 2024-25 · West Ham v Aston Villa (2024-08-17) — referee Tony Harrington; the decision went against them. Panel: Corrected affected_team to Aston Villa 2026-05-14. West Ham received the wrongly-awarded penalty; Aston Villa was the wronged team that conceded it. Previous notes: Referee wrongly awarded a penalty to West Ham after a challenge by Matty Cash on Tomáš Souček; VAR did not intervene as the error was below the clear and obvious threshold.
• 2024-25 · Brighton v Aston Villa (2025-04-02) — referee Stuart Attwell; the decision went against them. Panel: A clear trip and careless foul.
• 2024-25 · Manchester United v Aston Villa (2025-05-25) — referee Thomas Bramall; the decision went against them. Panel: Referee blew whistle before ball crossed line, disallowing Morgan Rogers' goal for Aston Villa following a challenge on Altay Bayindir.
• 2024-25 · Aston Villa v Crystal Palace (2024-11-23) — referee Tim Robinson; the decision went in their favour. Panel: Sarr is in control, touches the ball towards the goal and would have had an obvious opportunity to have a shot on goal. The panel (3:2) felt the VAR should have intervened for a clear and obvious error.
• 2024-25 · Ipswich v Aston Villa (2024-09-29) — referee Stuart Attwell; the decision went against them. Panel: Sam Morsy should have received a second yellow card resulting in a red card but was not sent off.
• 2024-25 · Bournemouth v Aston Villa (2025-05-10) — referee Stuart Attwell; the decision went against them. Panel: Jacob Ramsey was wrongly given a second yellow card resulting in a red card.
• 2024-25 · Aston Villa v West Ham (2025-01-26) — referee Peter Bankes; the decision went against them. Panel: Edson Álvarez should have received a second yellow card but was not cautioned.
• 2024-25 · Fulham v Aston Villa (2024-10-19) — referee Darren England; the decision went against them. Panel: Jaden Philogene was wrongly given a second yellow card, resulting in a red card dismissal.
• 2024-25 · Brentford v Aston Villa (2025-03-08) — referee Jarred Gillett; the decision went against them. Panel: Nathan Collins challenged Youri Tielemans in stoppage time but was not shown a red card despite KMI panel determining one should have been given.
• 2023-24 · Aston Villa v Crystal Palace (2023-09-16) — referee Darren England; the decision went in their favour. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (wrong_rejected_overturn): penalty_awarded_wrongly (England rejected overturn at monitor) — Aston Villa 3-1 Crystal Palace, min 93. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.
• 2023-24 · Aston Villa v Brighton (2023-09-30) — referee Andy Madley; the decision went in their favour. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): goal_allowed (Watkins; Zaniolo in front of keeper) — Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton, min —. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.
• 2023-24 · Aston Villa v Brighton (2023-09-30) — referee Andy Madley; the decision went in their favour. Panel: 2023-24 KMI VAR error (missed_intervention): goal_allowed (Watkins; foul by Luiz on March) — Aston Villa 6-1 Brighton, min 26. No per-incident vote split published in the season-end source.