Mings and and the Reading striker were tussling for the ball, as Olivera toppled onto the floor.
With Mings going off balance he took a step forward but stamped on the face of Olivera, though the full-back escaped without any punishment as the stomp looked accidental.
Olivera was forced to depart from the game as he suffered bleeding from his face – with Yakou Méïté replacing the Portuguese forward.
After the game, which resulted in a goalless draw, Mings reacted to the result and the incident as he apologised for the injury he caused to Olivera.
Mings said: “Absolutely loved wearing the claret and blue today and over the moon with the clean sheet! @AVFCOfficial.
“Feel awfully sorry to Oliveira, I hope he is ok.”
Mings made his Villa debut today, after signing on loan from Bournemouth.
Villa beat the likes of Nottingham Forest, Derby and West Brom to the signing of the 25-year-old.
Mings played the full 90 minutes on his debut, which will likely be remembered for the stamp on Olivera.
It is, however, not the first time Mings has been involved in a stamping incident.
In March 2017 Mings stamped of then Manchester United star Zlatan Ibrahimovic as he went over the top of the striker almost landing on his head.
The pair clashed again later in the game as Ibrahimovic elbowed Mings during the next passage of play – which landed the Swede a three-game ban.
Mings maintained his innocence but that did not stop him from being hit with a five game ban.
The Bournemouth left-back was charged with violent conduct in relation to the incident – which was not seen by the match officials at the time but caught on video.
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