Villa make it 🟩 five successive victories but its in trying circumstances as they make it 🟩 nineteen wins, 🟨 six draws and 🟥 five defeats in 🕒 thirty League matches this season under Ron Saunders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

With a flu epidemic affecting the club, Villa field a dosed up side and deliver their 🟩 fifth win in 🕒 seven unbeaten games. Some of the Villa Park crowd however showed little appreciation of the effort needed to muster victory in trying circumstances. 

Nevertheless a Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ brace sees off Palace despite a disputed free kick giving the Londoners a late lifeline. 

Villa sit second in the table two points off Ipswich and six ahead of Liverpool (who have played a game more).

Midfielder Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 contributes his ⚽ 🔥 50th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 🕒 193rd appearance (178 Starts) to make it 🟩 W88 🟨 D51 🟥 L54, ⚽ 25 Goals and 🔥 25 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.86 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Centre forward Peter Withe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽ scores his 11th and 12th of the season on his 🕒 30th appearance in a Villa shirt.