Aston Villa striker Nicolas Jackson has won the Premier League's Player of the Month award for October. The league announced the result on 13 November 2026, after four goals in four league appearances. He is Villa's first winner since Christian Benteke in April 2015.
Two goals against Manchester City
Villa’s own announcement on 13 November confirms the sequence: Jackson scored in the 2–2 draw with Brentford, struck both goals in a 2–1 win over Manchester City and added another in the 1–1 draw with Fulham. The other league fixture was a 1–0 away victory at Newcastle United.
His four goals were therefore spread across three matches, with half coming in the City meeting. Villa collected eight points from those four league games: two wins and two draws, with no defeat. That calculation describes the league month being recognised rather than the team's entire season.
Four league goals, six in all competitions
The club’s October review, published on 10 November, adds an important distinction. Jackson also scored twice in the 6–0 European win over Fenerbahçe, taking his October total across all competitions to six. Those two European goals are separate from the four league goals attached to this award.
The Premier League says public votes were combined with a panel of football experts to select the winner. Although the announcement was made in November, it recognises October's performances. It should therefore be read as an award for the completed month rather than for fixtures in the current one.
Nicolas Jackson with Senegal against France on 16 June 2026; archival photo, not from the Aston Villa award announcement. Image credit: Bryan Berlin / WikiPortraits — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0.
