Yorke 5th, Dublin 2nd: Every Aston Villa No.9 ranked on Premier League goals scored

Aston Villa haven’t exactly been blessed with the most clinical number nines in their Premier League history, as you’ll see below via statistics courtesy of Transfermarkt.

The most recent number nine was, of course, Wesley, who scored five goals in his first Premier League debut, before injury struck and he ended up out on loan at Internacional.

We can’t predict where the Brazilian would rank in this list if it wasn’t for the injuries, but it’s logical to assume he would’ve at least managed to break into double figures.

Nonetheless, Wesley did perform better than other number nines, however, as you can see below. We’ve ranked every player to wear the No.9 jersey for Villa in the Premier League based on goals scored…

Stephen Ireland – 0 Premier League goals

Nicklas Helenius – 0 Premier League goals

Stan Collymore – 1 Premier League goal

Scott Sinclair – 3 Premier League goals

Wesley – 5 Premier League goals

Marlon Harewood – 5 Premier League goals

Dwight Yorke – 6 Premier League goals

Darren Bent – 12 Premier League goals

Juan Pablo Ángel – 14 Premier League goals

Savo Milosevic – 28 Premier League goals

Dion Dublin – 37 Premier League goals

Dean Saunders – 38 Premier League goals

We did warn you about the cursed number nine shirt at Villa Park, didn’t we? And the statistics only make the horrid tale a true and damming story. Seven of the 12 players to wear the number in the Premier League for the Midlands club failed to reach double figures for goals.

Even the legendary Dwight Yorke only managed six for Aston Villa while wearing the No.9 shirt. Meanwhile, sitting top of the list is Dean Saunders – the first player to wear the number for Aston Villa in the Premier League. And he did not disappoint, scoring 38 goals.

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