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.

Villa lose for the second time in three first division games as problems fester on and off the pitch. On the pitch an appalling and highly questionable refereeing performance hands the points to United and keeps Villa bay.

Ron Saunders' 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Villa lose heavily at home amidst acrimony and make it 🟩 one win, 🟨 two draws and 🟥 two defeats in 🕒 five League matches this season as they languish in 17th place.

Midfielder Gary Shelton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 25th appearance in a Villa shirt but is now without a ⚽ goal in his last 🕒 8 games following his hat-trick against Arsenal in April.

Ravaged by their injury list and another woeful refereeing performance, Villa's difficult start to the season on and off the pitch continues as they are well beaten by Palace to leave them nineteenth in the table.

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Left back Mike Pejic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 29 makes his debut appearance in a Villa shirt after joining from Everton for a fee of £225,000 earlier this month to become the 605th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Forward Joe Ward 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 24 makes his 🕒 3rd and final appearance in a Villa shirt (2 Starts) before moving to Hibernian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 later this month in a swap deal that brought Des Bremner 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 to the club. 

Centre Forward John Deehan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 22 makes a 🕒 shock final appearance in a Villa shirt ahead of an unexpected move to West Bromwich Albion later this month for a fee of £500,000. Deehan made 140 appearances (135 starts) and not even in his prime was allowed to leave despite a record of 🟩 W58 🟨 D41 🟥 L41, ⚽ 51 Goals and 🔥 11 Assists at a rate of one goal involvement every 2.26 games.

Gordon Cowans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 makes his 🕒 100th start in a Villa shirt (115 Appearances) to make it 🟩 W49 🟨 D30 🟥 L36, ⚽ 15 Goals and 🔥 10 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 4.60 games he has played so far in his Villa career.