Villa's vastly improved form continues as they record six consecutive victories for the first time since March 1914 and make it ten wins, a draw and nine defeats in their twenty division one games this season.

Villa’s first ten games of the campaign had delivered one win, one draw and eight defeats. A win rate of 10%, unbeaten rate of 20% and loss rate of 80%.

By contrast, Villa’s second ten games of the campaign had delivered nine wins and one defeat. A win rate of 90%, unbeaten rate of 90% and loss rate of 10%

Meanwhile, Villa handed their seventeenth debut in twenty matches to centre forward Andy Young aged 23 after his arrival from Blyth Spartans in November 1919.