Villa play their 🕒 fourteenth game in 43 days as they beat Stoke through centre forward Andy Gray’s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 first goal since March in the first of three Villa Park games to end the season. 

Villa climb back to fifth place in the table with two to play.

Wins in the final two games of the season will secure Villa’s highest finish since finishing runners up in 1932-33 having already recorded 🟩 twenty one wins, 🟨 six draws and 🟥 thirteen defeats in 🕒 forty division one games this season.

Midfielder Ivor Linton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 17 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after graduating from the youth set up to become the 588th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.