After the first three rounds of the new season, Villa only scored 1 point and ranked 19th in the Premier League standings. Coach Emery needs to deal with the team's difficulty in scoring goals. Theathletic talks about this topic.
Vera has failed to score in the Premier League this past month, the second time in their history that they have failed to score in the first three league games of the season. Of the 162 teams in England's top seven leagues, Villa is the only team to have not scored yet. It should be noted that Villa has only played three games, while some teams in the lower leagues have played more games.
For Villa, only one point in three games made people's doubts about the summer transfer window more concrete. Defender Consa told reporters last week that various UEFA restrictions “suffer us in this transfer window”, a sentiment resonated with a wider range of staff and locker rooms.
On the transfer deadline, Villa clarified their budget scope and signed three players Lindelof, Elliott and Sancho, hoping that these three will bring depth and vitality to the team. More broadly, after failing to score in a key match against Manchester United in May, this means Villa under Emery has already missed four games. For Emery, the last time he experienced such a goal drought dates back to November 2007, when he coached Almeria.