Villa lose for the third consecutive Premier League game under Paul Lambert and for the first time this season deliver a beaten performance.

Centre forward Libor Kozák makes his debut in a Villa shirt from the subs bench to become the 862nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa record their first Premier League win since the opening day of the season after three consecutive losses under Paul Lambert.

Villa keep their first clean sheet in 26 Premier League matches under Paul Lambert.

Libor Kozák scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance (0 Starts) to make it W1 D0 L1 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Ciaran Clark makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt on his 84th appearance to make it W28 D21 L35, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 20 Bookings. Clark has now picked up a booking every 4.20 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan keeps his first clean sheet in a Villa shirt since December 2012 - 27 appearances previously - to make it W28 D15 L29, 106 Goals Conceded, 15 Clean Sheets, 1.63 Goals per League Game and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer a chastening and worrying defeat as they are hammered at home by Spurs in the League Cup to leave them with four defeats in seven games in all competitions under Paul Lambert.

Yet it was the decision making of the notorious referee Jonathan Moss that grabbed the headlines. 

That aside there was much to concern about Villa's second half capitulation of Lambert's much changed side.

Joe Bennett suffers his 15th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 32nd appearance (28 Starts) to make it W10 D7 L15, 3 Assists, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Callum Robinson makes his Villa debut after coming through the youth team to become the 863rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa bounce back from their Tottenham hammering to secure a win as thrilling as it was unexpected to give rise to an iconic image of celebrating in front of the Holte.

Paul Lambert’s Villa arguably deliver their third great result in 54 games under his stewardship with this backs to the wall victory against an expensively assembled outfit. 

The win showed a hitherto absent steel in Lambert's side, doubly so given the team was troubled with injuries to key players. 

As a result the game proved a source of hope that it could kickstart form for Villa in a way their previous victories (over Liverpool in December 2012 and Arsenal on the opening day of this season) had not. 

Villa climb to 9th in the Premier League table after six games as they had now won three and lost three of their opening matches.

Leandro Bacuna scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W4 D0 L2 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 73rd appearance (71 Starts) to make it W29 D15 L29, 1 Assist, 108 Goals Conceded, 15 Clean Sheets, 1.64 Goals per League Game and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ron Vlaar secures his 15th win in a Villa shirt on his 39th appearance to make it W15 D8 L16, 2 Goals and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Andreas Weimann secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearance (43 Starts) to make it W25 D16 L21, 16 Goals, 3 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it three Premier League games unbeaten but are held to a goalless draw at Hull as Paul Lambert slowly build momentum after a difficult start to the campaign.

Ashley Westwood collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 37th appearance (35 Starts) to make it W12 D9 L16, 7 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose at home to Tottenham for the second time in four games as they are beaten for the first time in four to leave them with three wins in eight under Paul Lambert.

Fabian Delph makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (59 Starts) to make it W28 D19 L28, 3 Goals and 24 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan concedes his 110th goal in a Villa shirt on his 75th appearance (73 Starts) to make it W29 D16 L30, 1 Assist, 110 Goals Conceded, 16 Clean Sheets, 1.62 Goals per League Game and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa fail to score for the fourth successive game under Paul Lambert but stop a run of two defeats with a draw at West Ham - a point below them in the table. 

After 10 Premier League games in 2013-14, Villa have 3 wins and 5 losses, with 11 points gained from a possible 30 under Paul Lambert. 

At the same point in Lambert’s first season in charge, 2012-13, Villa had two wins and five losses, with nine points gained from thirty.

Matt Lowton makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W16 D12 L22, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 12 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Karim El Ahmadi makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (34 Appearances) to make it W9 D8 L17, 2 Goals and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa score for the first time in five and win for the first time in five Premier League games under Paul Lambert.

Villa win for the first time in five and win for the first time in five Premier League games under Paul Lambert.

Villa win for the fourth time in ten games under Paul Lambert.

Nathan Baker makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (47 Starts) to make it W17 D10 L23, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Yacouba Sylla secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance (11 Starts) to make it W10 D4 L4, 2 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Aleksandar Tonev makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (4 Starts) and makes it W3 D1 L6, 0 Goals, 0 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa score a brace for the second successive game having failed to score in their previous four as they rescue a draw at the Hawthorns and extend their unbeaten run to three to leave them with four wins in twelve under Paul Lambert.

Christian Benteke makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (47 Starts) to make it W18 D11 L21, 28 Goals, 9 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ashley Westwood scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 42nd appearance (40 Starts) to make it W13 D11 L18, 1 Goal, 6 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Andreas Weimann contributes his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 67th appearance (47 Starts) to make it W25 D19 L23, 16 Goals, 4 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa extend their unbeaten run to four but draw for the third time as they fail to score for the seventh time in fifteen games under Paul Lambert to leave them with just four wins in thirteen Premier League matches.

Villa have now won just twice at home in 8 matches, losing 4, under Paul Lambert.

Libor Kozák makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (6 Starts) to make it W3 D4 L3 and 2 Goals so far in his Villa career.

Antonio Luna makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W3 D2 L5, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa win for the fourth time in fourteen Premier League games as they come out on top in a thriller at St Mary's hitting three goals for the first time since September after having failed to score in five of their previous seven games under Paul Lambert.

Villa record their 5th win in 14 Premier League games under Paul Lambert. 

Villa extend their unbeaten run to 5 games under Paul Lambert. 

Gabriel Agbonlahor scores his 75th goal in a Villa shirt on his 298th appearance (268 Starts) to make it W111 D90 L97, 75 Goals, 39 Assists and 34 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Fabian Delph contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 79th appearance (62 Starts) to make it W29 D21 L29, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 24 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Karim El Ahmadi contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 38th appearance (29 Starts) to make it W11 D10 L17, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa's troubles continue to mount and it's deja vu under Paul Lambert as they fall to a second consecutive defeat, fail to score for the ninth time in eighteen games and have just five wins in sixteen Premier League games with five defeats in eight at home.

Villa lose for the second game in succession and the 7th time in 16 Premier League games under Paul Lambert.

Villa have now lost 5 of 8 home games this season under Paul Lambert.

Villa fail to score for the 8th time in the last 16 matches under Paul Lambert.

Gabriel Agbonlahor makes his 300th appearance in a Villa shirt (270 Starts) to make it W111 D90 L99, 75 Goals, 39 Assists and 35 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Nathan Baker suffers his 25th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 54th Appearance (51 Starts) to make it W18 D11 L25, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ashley Westwood loses for the 20th time in a Villa shirt on his 46th appearance (44 Starts) to make it W14 D12 L20, 1 Goal, 7 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Andreas Weimann suffers his 25th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 71st appearance (49 Starts) to make it W26 D20 L25, 16 Goals, 4 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Marc Albrighton makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (85 Appearances) to make it W25 D26 L34, 9 Goals, 11 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa slump to a third consecutive defeat as Paul Lambert once again delivers a very unhappy Christmas to leave Villa with just five wins in seventeen Premier League games.

Villa lose for the 3rd game in succession and the 8th time in 17 Premier League games under Paul Lambert as they fall back to 13th in the table. 

Midfielder Chris Herd makes his 42nd and final appearance for Villa (36 Starts) aged 24 before being released by the club in July 2015. Herd had gradudated from the Villa youth team but his career would be regularly interrupted by long term absences that were never fully explained. Despite showing fine qualities in midfield and expected to be a fixture in the team for the long haul Herd would go on ply his trade in sporadic appearances in the lower leagues before moving into far east football.

Matt Lowton suffers his 25th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 52nd appearance (52 Starts) to make it W18 D12 L25, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Paul Lambert’s Villa lose for the fourth game in succession and the ninth time in eighteen Premier League games but remain 13th in the table. 

Lambert had now lost six of his nine home League games this season and failed to score in nine of their eighteen matches. 

Lambert and Villa, unsurprisingly, were the subject of derision at full time as a manager who had mystifyingly retained support after one of the worst seasons in living memory finally began to feel the wrath of a judgemental Villa Park.

Gabriel Agbonlahor suffers his 100th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 301st appearance (271 Starts) to make it W111 D90 L100, 75 Goals, 39 Assists and 35 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ciaran Clark suffers his 40th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 96th appearance (86 Starts) to make it W31 D25 L40, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 24 Bookings. Clark has now picked up a booking every 4 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa end a run of four defeats to draw with Swansea but had now won just twice in 10 home League matches under Paul Lambert as the ire from the terraces grew. 

Ciaran Clark collects his 25th booking in a Villa shirt on his 97th appearance (87 Starts) to make it W31 D26 L40, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 25 Bookings. Clark has now picked up a booking every 3.88 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan concedes his 125th goal in a Villa shirt on his 86th appearance (84 Starts) to make it W31 D20 L35, 1 Assist, 125 Goals Conceded, 19 Clean Sheets, 1.57 Goals per League Game and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Tim Sherwood’s mass changes for the League Cup nearly backfire as they are held to a full time draw by League Two Notts County and need three equalisers to take the tie to extra time. 

Goalkeeper Mark Bunn makes his Villa debut aged 30 after joining from Norwich City on a free transfer in July 2015 to become the 883rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Left back Joe Bennett scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 38th and final appearance for Villa (31 Starts) aged 25 before moving on to Cardiff City on a free transfer in August 2016. Villa had spent £2,840,000 on Bennett’s services in August 2012 and after four seasons with the club left with a record of W12 D8 L18, 1 Goal, 3 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

Midfielder Joe Cole makes his 16th and final appearance for Villa (5 Starts) aged 33 before moving on to Coventry City on a free transfer in January 2016 with a record of W6 D3 L7, 1 Goal and 2 Assists.

Jack Grealish contributes a brace of assists to make it 5 in a Villa shirt and a record of W13 D4 L10, 5 Assists, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Adama Traoré, scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his first start and 2nd appearance to make it W1 D0 L1 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Scott Sinclair scores his 6th goal in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance (9 Starts) to make it W6 D0 L9 but it is only 2 goals in 11 games for the newly permanent signing so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the 14th time in 20 Premier League games in 2015-16.

Villa had now lost 5 of their last 9 games under Rémi Garde.

Villa were without a win in 19 Premier League matches.

Villa sat bottom of the table, eleven points from safety. 

Adama Traoré, contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 10th appearance (1 Start) to make it W1 D1 L8, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Carles Gil suffers his 15th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance (13 Starts) to make it W3 D3 L15, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the ninth time in twelve league games in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance for the club to make it W1 D3 L9, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa bounce back from anarchy at Adams Park to secure their 2nd win in 21 Premier League games.

Villa win their first game under Rémi Garde at the 11th attempt and record just their 2nd win in 21 League games.

Mark Bunn keeps his first clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 3rd appearance to make it W2 D1 L0, 4 Goals Conceded and 1 Clean Sheet so far in his Villa career.

Jordan Ayew makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (14 Starts) to make it W4 D5 L11, 5 Goals and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ciaran Clark makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (135 Starts) to make it W46 D37 L67, 8 Goals, 5 Assists, 45 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career. Clark has now picked up a card every 3.26 games he has played.

Joleon Lescott wins for the first time in thirteen league games in a Villa shirt on his 14th appearance for the club to make it W2 D3 L9, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa draw against the surprise package of the season to leave them unbeaten in 2 League games for only the second time this season. 

Rudy Gestede scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 24th appearance (13 Starts) to make it W2 D7 L15, 5 Goals and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott avoids defeat for the fifth time in fourteen league games in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance for the club to make it W2 D4 L9, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it 5 games unbeaten in all competitions under Rémi Garde and are now unbeaten in 3 in in the League for the first time this season.

Despite remaining rooted to the bottom of the table and ten points adrift from safety, Villa have lost only 5 of Rémi Garde's 14 matches in charge.

Tim Sherwood had delivered 10 losses in 14 games. 

Villa, under Garde, have also gone three League games without defeat for the first time since December 2014 and have 2 clean sheets in their last 3 Premier League games after keeping only two in their previous 20.

Joleon Lescott manages to avoid defeat for the sixth time in fifteen league games in a Villa shirt on his 16th appearance for the club to make it W2 D5 L9, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Meanwhile, Philippe Senderos leaves the club by mutual consent having last appeared in a Villa shirt on 8 November 2014 - his 9th and final appearance.

Villa record a second successive draw as their Championship campaign under Roberto Di Matteo gets off to a slow start.

Aly Cissokho makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt on his (49 Starts) to make it W10 D11 L29, 1 Assist, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Roberto Di Matteo has delivered two draws, a win and a loss in his first four league games as well as a first round exit from the League cup with Villa clearly taking time to settle in the second tier and under the new manager’s methods. 

Ross McCormack picks up his third booking in five games.

Former Villa ‘keeper Scott Carson lined up for Derby with former Villa record signing - centre forward Darren Bent - coming on as a 77’ substitute for the Rams.

Villa lose for the second time in 5 Championship games under Roberto Di Matteo having won once.

Despite an early Jack Grealish goal Roberto Di Matteo loses his 2nd league game of the campaign having drawn 2 and won 1 to leave Villa in 16th place in the second tier and already well off the promotion pace. 

Midfielder Mile Jedinak makes his Villa debut aged 32 after joining from Crystal Palace for a fee of £4,140,000 earlier this month to become the 894th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Right back Ritchie De Laet makes his Villa debut aged 27 after joining from Leicester City for a fee of £2,070,000 earlier this month to become the 895th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Libor Kozák makes his 22nd and final appearance for Villa (12 Starts) after an injury ravaged 3 seasons with the club, Kozák left with a record of W6 D8 L8, 4 Goals and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Jordan Ayew collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 42nd appearance (36 Starts) to make it W6 D10 L26, 8 Goals, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Jack Grealish collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 52nd appearance (27 Starts) to leave the much hyped midfielder with as many cards as assists in his nascent Villa career with a record of W16 D6 L30, 2 Goals, 6 Assists, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Leandro Bacuna collects his 20th booking in a Villa shirt on his 104th appearance (82 Starts) to make it W28 D22 L54, 6 Goals, 7 Assists and 20 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Jordan Amavi suffers his 10th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance (12 Starts) to make it W2 D3 L10, 2 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Aly Cissokho suffers his 30th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 50th start (51 Appearances) to make it W10 D9 L30, 1 Assist, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa centre forward Tammy Abraham scores Bristol City’s opener whilst fellow future Villa centre forward Jonathan Kodjia is left out of the squad pending his transfer.