Aston Villa v Sunderland Hospitality Tickets & Packages

Villa Park Hospitality Dress Code

It is very important that all clients comply with the dress code rules and regulations as if not followed, you be denied entry.

Directors Club hospitality aims to maintain a high profile environment and expect guests to follow the same standard to reflect their prestigious reputation.

• Smart dress code
• No jeans with rips, tears or bleaching
• Clean footwear
• No replica football shirts

Children below 14 are allowed to wear home replica football shirt, but not the whole kit.

Aston Villa, led by their Spanish Head Coach Unai Emery will be welcoming newly promoted Sunderland to the historic Villa Park in the heart of Birmingham during the 2025/26 Premier League season. If the Villans do emerge victorious against Regis Le Bris’ Black Cats, then they will have strengthened their chances of securing qualification for the UEFA Champions League.

Every game will be crucial for both sides in terms of achieving their respective goals for the 2025/26 campaign. Villa wants to return to the highest level of European Football, and winning this game would help them do so, and the atmosphere for this game will be sensational as it so often is in B6. The game itself promises to be enthralling.

The 2025/26 season will be Unai Emery’s third full campaign in charge of Aston Villa, having been confirmed as Steven Gerrard’s successor back in October 2022 before his tenure officially began a month later.

By the end of 2022/23, Villa had quickly dismissed the threat of relegation before going on to secure some European Football in the form of the 2023/24 UEFA Conference League after finishing in 7th place in the league with 61 points in all after 38 matches.

These positive first months under Emery meant that there was optimism going into 2023/24, and this confidence was rewarded with qualification for the UEFA Champions League thanks to what was a 4th place finish after having earned a total of 68 points. In the UEFA Conference League, they were able to make it to the Semi Final where they faced eventual winners Olympiacos, with the Greek Giant winning on aggregate over two legs.

Last season, Villa had another very successful season both domestically and on the European stage. Starting with the Premier League, Emery’s Villans completed the 2025/26 campaign sat in 5th place with 66 and only finishing outside of the Champions League places on goal difference alone. There was a very good consolation prize for the club, with qualification for the prestigious UEFA Europa League.

Moving onto Sunderland, their current Head Coach Regis Le Bris was appointed as Black Cats boss back on 22nd June 2024, succeeding Michael Beale. The 2024/25 EFL Championship season was his debut campaign with the club and he managed to lead his club to a fourth place finish to end up in the second tier play-offs.

They were able to beat Coventry City, led by Frank Lampard, 3 – 2 over the two legs before then going on to put in a stellar performance against Sheffield United at Wembley Stadium, beating the Blades 2 -1 thanks to goals that came from Eliezer Mayenda (76’) and Tom Watson (90+5’), with this late drama following an opening goal from Tyrese Campbell for Sheffield United in the first half (25’).

The last time that Aston Villa met Sunderland in a competitive game was not in the Premier League, it was actually in the North East at the Stadium of Light in an EFL Championship fixture back on 6th March 2018. It was an emphatic 3 – 0 win for Villa that night following goals that were scored by Lewis Grabban (34’) and James Chester (45’), whilst there was also an own goal from Sunderland defender Bryan Oviedo (66’).

Overall, these two clubs have met on 184 occasions in total, and it is Aston Villa who has the superior record of 83 wins compared with the Black Cats’ 55 wins to date. There have been 46 draws in matches played between them over the years as of the time of writing.

Aston Villa v Sunderland Hospitality Tickets – 2025/26 FAQs