Villa concede a penalty at Old Trafford to hand Manchester United a lucky point - as they fall back to twelfth in the table.

Villa extend their unbeaten run to seven League games to make it 🟩 seven wins, 🟨 eleven draws and 🟥 five defeats in 🕒 twenty three division one games this season under Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Villa have three and in some cases five games in hand over their rivals.

Forward Joe Ward 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 24 makes his 🕒 debut appearance in a Villa shirt after joining from Clyde 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in December 1978 for a fee of £80,000 to become the 603rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 75th start in a Villa shirt (90 Appearances) to make it 🟩 W39 🟨 D23 🟥 L28, ⚽ 11 Goals and 🔥 7 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Forward Kevin Ready 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his sole appearance in the Villa squad after signing from Yarmouth for £2,000.

Right back Kenny Swain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 scores his ⚽ first goal in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 6th appearance.