Villa extend their unbeaten run to 11 games and 9 Premier League matches under John Gregory but are held at Upton Park to prompt Gregory to extol the virtues of the defensive art.

Michael Oakes keeps his first clean sheet in 13 games dating back to April 1997 under Brian Little to make it 34 Appearances (32 Starts) W13 D8 L13, 35 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.03 goals per game and 13 Clean Sheets (38%) so far in his Villa career.

Ian Taylor makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (138 Starts) to make it W71 D35 L44, 21 Goals, 9 Assists and 26 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.00 games played so far in his Villa career.

Alan Thompson collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 11th appearance to make it W8 D3 L0, 1 Goal and 5 Bookings at a rate of a card every 2.20 games so far in his Villa career.