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Birmingham football tickets 2026-27: Aston Villa at Villa Park

Villa Park, Aston · Premier League and Champions League fixtures checked 10 October 2026 · one alert per match

In 2026-27, top-flight football in Birmingham comes down to one address: Villa Park, on Trinity Road in Aston. Aston Villa begin the season as Europa League holders with Champions League nights at home, while Birmingham City are not in the Premier League. The calendar on this page lists 17 Villa Park fixtures from Saturday 31 October 2026 to Sunday 30 May 2027, in the Premier League and the Champions League, each with its confirmation status and a free alert. It is also an unusual season to visit: the North Stand is closed for a rebuild, so there are fewer seats than usual for every game.

Birmingham football tickets for the Europa League winners

Birmingham football tickets and Unai Emery’s new-look Villa

Under Unai Emery, Villa finished fourth in the 2025-26 Premier League and won the Europa League, their first European trophy since the European Cup of 1981-82 and the Super Cup of 1982. The summer that followed changed the team. Morgan Rogers joined Chelsea for £117m, Ezri Konsa went to Arsenal, Ollie Watkins – top scorer with 16 league goals – to Al Hilal, and Youri Tielemans, Emiliano Martínez, Leon Bailey and Lucas Digne also left. In came Johan Manzambi (£52m from SC Freiburg), Nicolas Jackson (£47.5m from Chelsea), Ibrahim Mbaye from Paris Saint-Germain, João Gomes, Zion Suzuki, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Matteo Ruggeri, Leon Goretzka on a free from Bayern Munich, and Alejandro Garnacho and Aaron Wan-Bissaka on loan. John McGinn remains captain.

A slow league start behind the Birmingham football tickets

The rebuilt side has taken time to settle: Villa were 16th after five games, with one win, one draw and three defeats, including home losses to Arsenal and Nottingham Forest. Europe has gone better, with a 3-2 win at Club Brugge on the first night of the Champions League, and the League Cup continues with a fourth-round tie at Bournemouth. The summer also brought a 2-1 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the Super Cup, played in Salzburg.

Champions League Birmingham football tickets

Four European visitors for Birmingham football tickets

Villa Park hosts four league-phase nights: Aston Villa v Paris Saint-Germain (8 December); Aston Villa v Borussia Dortmund (19 January). Fenerbahçe arrive from Istanbul under İsmail Kartal, Viking from Stavanger with joint head coaches, and Borussia Dortmund under Niko Kovač. The most charged of the four is Paris Saint-Germain: Luis Enrique’s side beat Villa in August’s Super Cup, so their visit on Tuesday 8 December 2026 doubles as a rematch. Like every Villa Park game, European nights go on sale through the club’s own ticketing.

Premier League Birmingham football tickets: busy dates and quieter ones

Manchester City on TBC, the Boxing Day game against Leeds United on Saturday 26 December 2026, Liverpool on Wednesday 30 December 2026 and Manchester United around weekend of 15 January to 18 January 2027, day to be confirmed are the heavyweight league dates, with Chelsea and a final-day visit from Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday 30 May 2027. For a first visit, the promoted sides – Ipswich Town, Hull City and Coventry City, who Villa beat 3-1 in the League Cup in September – and the midweek rounds are the more realistic targets.

Birmingham football tickets in a smaller Villa Park

Why Birmingham football tickets are scarcer this season

Villa Park normally seats 43,205, but the North Stand – the oldest stand, built in 1977 on the old Witton End – is closed for the whole of 2026-27 while it is rebuilt to take the ground above 50,000 by August 2027. That leaves 36,887 seats, almost 6,300 fewer, at the very moment Villa have Champions League football to sell. Demand for the big games will be correspondingly tight.

Where to buy Birmingham football tickets at face value

The official channel is tickets.avfc.co.uk, Aston Villa’s ticketing site, which carries both home and away ticket categories. We could not verify the club’s 2026-27 membership terms or price list, so we do not quote them; check each sale announcement on the official site before you plan a trip.

Birmingham football tickets and English resale law

Every Premier League game is a designated football match. Under section 166 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, selling, offering or advertising a ticket for one without the written authorisation of the organisers is an offence in England and Wales, punishable by an unlimited fine. Resellers on secondary platforms must also tell buyers the seat, any restriction and the face value (Consumer Rights Act 2015), and Aston Villa’s own channels remain the surest route to a valid ticket. Any resale price shown on this site is a market asking price, never Aston Villa’s own.

Birmingham football tickets: the Villa Park fixture list

Date	Match	Competition	Kick-off
31 Oct 2026	Aston Villa v Fulham	Premier League	20:00
21 Nov 2026	Aston Villa v Sunderland	Premier League	15:00
2 Dec 2026*	Aston Villa v Everton	Premier League	TBC
5 Dec 2026*	Aston Villa v Crystal Palace	Premier League	TBC
8 Dec 2026	Aston Villa v PSG	UEFA Champions League	20:00
26 Dec 2026	Aston Villa v Leeds	Premier League	12:30
30 Dec 2026	Aston Villa v Liverpool	Premier League	20:15
16 Jan 2027*	Aston Villa v Man United	Premier League	TBC
19 Jan 2027	Aston Villa v Dortmund	UEFA Champions League	20:00
30 Jan 2027*	Aston Villa v Ipswich	Premier League	TBC
10 Feb 2027*	Aston Villa v Bournemouth	Premier League	TBC
27 Feb 2027*	Aston Villa v Chelsea	Premier League	TBC
13 Mar 2027*	Aston Villa v Hull City	Premier League	TBC
10 Apr 2027*	Aston Villa v Brighton	Premier League	TBC
24 Apr 2027*	Aston Villa v Coventry	Premier League	TBC
15 May 2027*	Aston Villa v Newcastle	Premier League	TBC
30 May 2027	Aston Villa v Tottenham	Premier League	16:00

Kick-off times appear only once confirmed by the Premier League or UEFA (otherwise TBC). Sources: premierleague.com, uefa.com and BBC Sport, checked on 10 October 2026; an asterisk (*) means only the round’s weekend or midweek slot is fixed.

Villa Park guide for Birmingham football tickets

Villa Park opened in 1897 and is home to a club founded on 21 November 1874 that has won seven league titles, seven FA Cups, five League Cups and, in 1982, the European Cup. The ground has staged 55 FA Cup semi-finals, more than any other ground, and 17 England internationals, as well as matches at the 1966 World Cup and Euro 96 and the last Cup Winners’ Cup final in 1999; it has been selected for Euro 2028. Its record crowd, 76,588, watched an FA Cup sixth-round tie against Derby County on 2 March 1946, and the all-seater record, 43,157, came against Manchester United on 21 December 2025. With the North Stand shut, the ground holds 36,887 for 2026-27, so that record cannot fall this season; the rebuilt stand is due to take capacity above 50,000 by August 2027.

Villa Park stands for Birmingham football tickets

Holte End (south) – rebuilt in 1994-95 on two tiers with no executive boxes, and traditionally home to Villa’s most vocal supporters; its facade, with Dutch gables, takes its inspiration from Aston Hall.
Trinity Road Stand (west) – three tiers, opened in 2000, with the dressing rooms, the tunnel, the dugouts and the directors’ box.
Doug Ellis Stand (east) – two tiers, formerly the Witton Lane Stand, and the main TV camera position; away fans used its northern end from 2007-08.
North Stand – closed for 2026-27 and being rebuilt; where away supporters are placed while it is shut has not been confirmed.

Getting to Villa Park with Birmingham football tickets

The simplest route is the train from Birmingham to Witton, about 500 metres from the ground; Aston station, about 1.5 km away, is the alternative. Bus routes 7 and 11 also serve the stadium.

Kick-off times and Birmingham football tickets

Villa’s European schedule shapes the league fixtures. The Fulham game was set for a Saturday evening, Saturday 31 October 2026, because Villa play in Barcelona three days later, and the midweek round against Everton around weekend of 1 December to 3 December 2026, day to be confirmed can still slip to a Tuesday or Thursday. The Premier League announces its television picks for December in the week of 19 October 2026 and for later rounds in batches through the winter, so most dates after November are provisional. The one fixed point is the final day: Tottenham Hotspur visit on Sunday 30 May 2027, when every Premier League game kicks off at the same time. Champions League nights are fixed by UEFA well in advance, which makes them the easiest Villa Park games to plan travel around.

The Second City derby: why Birmingham football tickets skip it this season

Birmingham’s derby goes back to 27 September 1879, when Small Heath, the future Birmingham City, beat Aston Villa 1-0 in a friendly. The clubs have met 126 times: 57 Villa wins, 38 for Birmingham City and 31 draws, with Villa’s 6-0 in 1988 the biggest margin. The latest meeting was in the Championship on 10 March 2019, a 1-0 Villa win, and the clubs have not met since Villa’s promotion that year. In the meantime Villa have gone from the Championship to the Champions League and added the 2025-26 Europa League to an honours list that already included the 1982 European Cup.

No derby on Birmingham football tickets in 2026-27

Birmingham City are not in the Premier League this season, so there is no Second City derby on the 2026-27 calendar, and this guide only covers top-flight fixtures at Villa Park. Should the two clubs be drawn together in a cup, the match will be added to the calendar with its official sale details.

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Birmingham football tickets: questions and answers

How many home games do Birmingham football tickets cover in 2026-27?

17 Aston Villa fixtures are listed at Villa Park, from Saturday 31 October 2026 to Sunday 30 May 2027, across the Premier League and the Champions League. Cup ties and any Champions League knockout games will be added once drawn.

Which Champions League games are on Birmingham football tickets this season?

Villa Park hosts four league-phase nights: Aston Villa v Paris Saint-Germain (8 December); Aston Villa v Borussia Dortmund (19 January).

Why are Birmingham football tickets harder to get in 2026-27?

The North Stand is closed for redevelopment all season, cutting Villa Park from 43,205 to 36,887 seats while the club plays Champions League football.

Can I get Birmingham football tickets for Birmingham City here?

No. Birmingham City are not in the Premier League in 2026-27, so this guide covers top-flight football at Villa Park only, and there is no Second City derby this season.

Is it legal to resell Birmingham football tickets?

Not without the organisers’ written authorisation: under section 166 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 it is an offence in England and Wales, with an unlimited fine. Buy from tickets.avfc.co.uk first.

Down the line in the capital, London football tickets 2026-27 covers the London clubs’ home games, and up the M6 Manchester football tickets 2026-27 lists every United and City fixture.