Villa travel to Anfield and come away with a third victory in four unbeaten Premier League games as Paul Lambert continues to surprise in 2014.

Villa have collected ten points from their opening four league games for the first time since 1998-99 under John Gregory to rise to second place in the early Premier League table. 

Midfielder Tom Cleverley makes his Villa debut aged 25 after joining on a season long loan from Manchester United to become the 872nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Gabriel Agbonlahor scores his 80th goal in a Villa shirt on his 321st appearance (291 Starts) to make it W118 D95 L108, 80 Goals, 41 Assists and 38 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa's unbeaten run comes crashing down as they are well beaten by Arsenal at Villa Park.

Paul Lambert’s Villa lose their first Premier League game of the season and fall back to third in the early table as a result. 

Andreas Weimann makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (74 Starts) to make it W34 D25 L41, 22 Goals, 8 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ciaran Clark collects his 30th booking in a Villa shirt on his 109th appearance (98 Starts) to make it W34 D27 L48, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 30 Bookings so far in his Villa career. Clark has now picked up a booking every 3.63 games he has played.

Jack Grealish makes his 5th appearance for Villa (1 Start) to make it W2 D0 L3 so far in his Villa career.

Meanwhile, off the pitch, in a move that stretches credulity beyond reason, Paul Lambert is handed a fresh deal to keep him at the club for another 4 years despite a record of W30 D20 L43 at a rate of 1.18 points per game - the worst record of any Villa manager after 93 games in charge.

Villa lose 0-3 for the second successive game as their unbeaten start to the League season is left well behind.

Villa lose their second Premier League game of the season and second in succession under Paul Lambert to fall back to sixth in the early table as a result.

Andreas Weimann makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (101 Appearances) to make it W34 D25 L42, 22 Goals, 8 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the third consecutive game and suffer their second successive Villa Park defeat as life returns to normal under Paul Lambert.

Villa have now failed to score in 21 of the last 45 games under Paul Lambert.

Villa lose for the 12th time in 23 home games under Paul Lambert.

Christian Benteke returns to the squad as a substitute following 15 games out with injury to make it 68 appearances (63 Starts) W23 D14 L31, 35 Goals, 11 Assists, 12 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Nathan Baker suffers his 40th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 79th Appearance (74 Starts) to make it W24 D15 L40, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ashley Westwood makes his 75th appearance in a Villa (73 Starts) to make it W22 D17 L36, 3 Goals, 8 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose and fail to score for the fourth consecutive game as the Lambert regime mystifyingly is allowed to continue despite calamity lurking around every corner.

Villa have failed to score in 22 of the last 46 games under Paul Lambert.

Nathan Baker makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (80 Appearances) to make it W24 D15 L41, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

Brad Guzan loses for the 50th time in a Villa shirt on his 113th appearance (111 Starts) to make it W39 D24 L50, 1 Assist, 173 Goals Conceded, 26 Clean Sheets, 1.63 Goals per League Game and 6 Bookings.

Villa lose and fail to score for the fifth consecutive game for the first time in their history as the Lambert regime is now losing to opposition up and down the League.

Villa lose their 5th consecutive league game without scoring for the first time in their history. 

Villa have failed to score in 23 of the last 47 games under Paul Lambert.

Villa had now lost 48 of the 97 games under Paul Lambert.

Ciaran Clark suffers his 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 111th appearance (99 Starts) to make it W34 D27 L50, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 30 Bookings so far in his Villa career. Clark has now picked up a booking every 3.70 games he has played.

Ashley Westwood makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (77 Appearances) to make it W22 D17 L38, 3 Goals, 8 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan concedes his 175th goal in a Villa shirt on his 114th appearance (112 Starts) to make it W39 D24 L51, 1 Assist, 175 Goals Conceded, 26 Clean Sheets, 1.64 Goals per League Game and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa score for the first time in six but lose a sixth consecutive game as Paul Lambert's reign continues to bring damaging failure to the club.

Villa have now lost 49 of the 98 games played under Paul Lambert.

Christian Benteke is sent off for the 2nd time in a Villa shirt on his 71st appearance (66 Starts) to make it W23 D14 L34, 35 Goals, 11 Assists, 12 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Andreas Weimann contributes his 31st goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 105th appearance (78 Starts) to make it W34 D25 L46, 23 Goals, 8 Assists and 9 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa fail to score for the sixth time in seven games but hold West Ham to a draw at Upton Park to secure their first point since September under Paul Lambert.

Villa end a run of six Premier League defeats under Paul Lambert with a draw at high flying West Ham

Villa's have failed to score in 6 of 11 Premier League matches under Paul Lambert this season.

Villa have failed to score in 23 of 49 matches under Paul Lambert since the start of 2013-14.

Meanwhile, in what had become typical of the short-termism of Lambert’s recruitment policy, centre back Philippe Senderos makes his final appearance for Villa aged 29 before moving on to Grasshopper Club Zurich in January 2016 on a free transfer. Senderos had only joined Villa in July 2014 and left with a record of W3 D2 L4 and 2 Bookings.

Gabriel Agbonlahor collects his 40th booking in a Villa shirt on his 327th appearance (296 Starts) to make it W118 D96 L113, 80 Goals, 41 Assists and 40 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa score for the second time in eight games to record a second successive draw after a run of six defeats under Paul Lambert.

Villa's failure to win means they have just 3 wins in 12 Premier League matches under Paul Lambert this season. 

Lambert has now lost 48 of the 100 games he has been in charge, 

Forward Darren Bent makes his 71st and final appearance for Villa as a substitute (52 Starts) aged 30 before moving on to Derby County on a free transfer in July 2015. Bent had joined Villa from Sunderland for £19,350,000 in January 2011 but was criminally underused by Lambert. Indeed Lambert treated Bent abominably and it was credit to the player that he didn’t make a fuss despite Villa crying out for his goalscoring ability to complement Christian Benteke. Sadly by the time a new manager appeared on the scene Bent couldn’t be recalled from his loan spell and he never again had the chance to prove his worth in claret and blue. Under Lambert, Bent had now been substitute in 18 of his last 25 games, starting just three League games, having only been a sub once in his first 46. Bent's record was left to stand at W26 D20 L25, 25 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings having scored 6 times in 31 games under Lambert - with 3 of those goals coming against lower league cup opposition - compared to 19 in 40 under his predecessors (1 Cup Goal against Premier League opposition). Of the utter stupidity that seeped throughout the club during Lambert’s reign, Bent was, and remains the poster boy of the dereliction of duty wrought by Lambert. 

Ciaran Clark makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (113 Appearances) to make it W34 D29 L50, 7 Goals, 4 Assists and 30 Bookings. Clark has now picked up a booking every 3.77 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Off the pitch Paul Lambert's number 2, Roy Keane, leaves the club as quickly as he arrived.

Villa are held to a third successive draw as they concede a late equaliser at Turf Moor to leave them winless in nine under Paul Lambert.

Villa have won just 3 of 13 Premier League games under Paul Lambert this season.

Tom Cleverley makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W1 D1 L6 and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Alan Hutton collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 45th appearance (43 Starts) to make it W9 D17 L19, 2 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Joe Cole scores for the first time in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance (2 Starts) to earn Villa a draw and make it W0 D1 L3 so far in his Villa career.

Villa win for the first time in ten games under Paul Lambert as they score their eighth goal in fourteen games.

Villa record their 4th Premier League victory in 14 games under Paul Lambert.

Villa win consecutive games for the first time since September as their unbeaten run extends to five Premier League games under Paul Lambert.

Paul Lambert’s Villa win for the second successive game and record their fifth Premier League victory in fifteen and their second at home in seven. As a result Villa climb to 11th in the table.

Alan Hutton scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 47th appearance (45 Starts) to make it W11 D17 L19, 1 Goal, 2 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card. Paul Lambert had refused to select Hutton for 88 games between May 2012 and August 2014 and his goal would come on his 13th appearance following his return to the line up.

Gabriel Agbonlahor makes his 300th start in a Villa shirt (331 Appearances) to make it W120 D98 L113, 81 Goals, 41 Assists and 41 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Charles N'Zogbia makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt on his (72 Appearances) to make it W22 D23 L27, 5 Goals, 11 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Christian Benteke contributes his 48th goal involvement and secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 73rd appearance (68 Starts) to make it W25 D14 L34, 36 Goals, 12 Assists, 12 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career. Benteke's record deserved so much more than a win rate of 1:3.

Villa lose for the first time in six but the seventh time in sixteen under Paul Lambert and fail to score for the eighth time this season.

Villa lose for 7th time in 16 under Paul Lambert.

Kieran Richardson is sent off on his 15th appearance in a Villa shirt (10 Starts) to make it W5 D3 L7, 1 Assist, 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose their 8th Premier League game in 18 under Paul Lambert.

Villa lose for the second time in three as they are beaten at Swansea to leave them with two wins in fourteen under Paul Lambert.

Villa fail to score for the 9th time in 18 under Paul Lambert as they fall to 13th in the table.

Ron Vlaar makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (74 Starts) to make it W24 D18 L33, 2 Goals, 1 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa are reduced to ten men for the third time in four games under Paul Lambert and labour to a home draw against fellow relegation threatened side Sunderland.

Villa now have 5 wins in 19 under Paul Lambert at the halfway stage of the Premier League campaign.

Villa have now failed to score for the 10th time in 9 home games this season under Paul Lambert.

Villa have won just 2 home games in 9 this season under Paul Lambert.

Alan Hutton makes only his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (48 Starts) despite having been at the club for over 3 years following Paul Lambert  refusal to select Hutton for 88 games between May 2012 and August 2014. Hutton belatedly makes it W11 D18 L21, 1 Goal, 2 Assists, 12 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Jack Grealish makes his 10th appearance for Villa (1 Start) to make it W3 D2 L5 so far in his Villa career.

Charles N'Zogbia makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (52 Starts) to make it W22 D25 L28, 5 Goals, 11 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ron Vlaar makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (76 Appearances) to make it W24 D19 L33, 2 Goals, 1 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa, winless in five under Paul Lambert, are held to a second successive goalless draw by fellow strugglers Palace.

Villa now have 5 wins in 20 under Paul Lambert.  

Villa open 2015 without scoring for the 11th time under Paul Lambert in 2014-15.

Villa have won just 2 home games in 10 under Paul Lambert in 2014-15.

Gabriel Agbonlahor records his 100th draw in a Villa shirt on his 335th appearance (304 Starts) to make it W120 D100 L115, 81 Goals, 41 Assists and 42 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan keeps his 30th clean sheet on his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (123 Starts) to make it W41 D30 L54, 1 Assist, 183 Goals Conceded, 30 Clean Sheets, 1.54 Goals per League Game and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa struggle to beat relegation threatened Championship side Blackpool in the third round of the FA Cup as they sink ever further under Paul Lambert.

Alan Hutton makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (52 Appearances) despite having been at the club for over 3 years following Paul Lambert refusal to select Hutton for 88 games between May 2012 and August 2014. Hutton belatedly makes it W12 D19 L21, 1 Goal, 2 Assists, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Shay Given makes only his second appearance in a Villa shirt since 25 January 2013 and second his season having been ostracised by Paul Lambert for the last 59 games. Given's return to the side left him with 45 Appearances since signing under Alex McLeish 3 years previously and W11 D16 L18, 67 Goals Conceded, 9 Clean Sheets and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Ashley Westwood secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 84th appearance (82 Starts) to make it W25 D20 L39, 3 Goals, 9 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Carlos Sánchez contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance (14 Starts) to make it W5 D7 L6, 1 Assist and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose to bottom side Leicester to leave them winless in six Premier League games under Paul Lambert as the Villa hierarchy sleepwalks to relegation.

Villa lose their 9th game in 21 Premier League matches having failed to score in 12 under Paul Lambert.

Christian Benteke makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (80 Appearances) to make it W26 D17 L37, 38 Goals, 12 Assists, 12 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Ashley Westwood loses for the 40th time in a Villa shirt on his 85th appearance (83 Starts) to make it W25 D20 L40, 3 Goals, 9 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Already a yellow card liability, Ciaran Clark is sent off on his 123rd appearance in a Villa shirt (109 Starts) to make it W37 D33 L53, 8 Goals, 4 Assists and 37 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career. Clark has now picked up a card every 3.24 games he has played.

Villa, winless in seven under Paul Lambert, lose for the second successive game as they continue their slide towards relegation.

Villa lose for the 10th time in 22 Premier League matches under Paul Lambert. 

Villa have failed to score in 13 of those 22 games.

Villa have won just two of their last 11 home games under Paul Lambert.

Since the start of 2013-14 Paul Lambert has led Villa to thirty defeats in sixty League matches, winning fifteen.

Villa have won just eight of thirty home fixtures under Paul Lambert

Lambert has now lost 53 of his 111 games in charge.

Yet those appalling figures are enough for an abject leadership to issue a counter-productive vote of confidence in Lambert. Almost a year since the unhelpful statements of Paul Faulkner in defending Lambert, his successor, Tom Fox, issues a similar reality bending missive. Rather than reassure there was a plan in place and there was a shared concern for the predicament Villa were in, the nonchalant commentary reinforced a view of a club sleepwalking to inevitable relegation. 

Winger Carles Gil makes his Villa debut aged 22 after joining from Valencia CF for a fee of £3,780,000 earlier this month to become the 873rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football so far in his Villa career.

Jores Okore collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 16th appearance (14 Starts) to make it W4 D5 L7 and 5 Bookings at a rate of nearly 1 booking for every 3 matches played. Okore would later be accused of match fixing at Aalborg Boldspilklub so far in his Villa career.

Andreas Weimann suffers his 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 117th appearance (85 Starts) to make it W36 D31 L50, 23 Goals, 9 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.              0=p

Villa beat Championship side Bournemouth's second string in the 4th round of the FA Cup to provide respite from their League struggles under Paul Lambert.

Tom Cleverley makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W5 D5 L10 and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Carles Gil scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance and first start to make it W1 D0 L1 so far in his Villa career.

Leandro Bacuna contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 48th appearance (34 Starts) to make it W15 D11 L22, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa's woeful form for two and a half seasons under Paul Lambert continues as they fail to score for the sixth consecutive League game and record their fourth defeat over the period.

Villa lose their 11th game in 23 Premier League matches under Paul Lambert.

Villa have failed to score in 14 Premier League matches under Paul Lambert this season.

Villa have failed to score in 6 consecutive league games for the first time in their history.

Villa's tally of 11 league goals is the lowest in all 9 tiers of English football’s 649 team pyramid.

Villa have now gone 8 Premier League games without a win and scored only once in that sequence. 

Since the start of the 2013-14 season Paul Lambert has led Villa to 31 defeats in 61 League matches. 

Of his total of 113 games in charge, Lambert has lost 54. 

Villa have secured just 12 points from a possible 57, scoring 7, whilst conceding 29 under Lambert in 2014-15.

This 0-5 reverse at Arsenal is Villa’s biggest defeat since Lambert's 0-8 loss at Chelsea in the Premier League on 23 December 2012 - the heaviest defeat in the club's history

Winger Scott Sinclair makes his Villa debut aged 25 after joining from Manchester City on loan to the end of the season to become the 874th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Ciaran Clark makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (111 Starts) to make it W38 D33 L54, 8 Goals, 4 Assists, 38 Bookings and 1 Red Card. Clark has now picked up a card every 3.21 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa score for the first time in seven League games under Paul Lambert but lose for the fourth consecutive game as the dreadful fare served up becomes laughable were it not so serious as an impotent boardroom does nothing to halt the slide.

Villa lose their 12th game in 24 under Paul Lambert.

Since the start of 2013-14 Paul Lambert had led Villa to 32 defeats in 62 League matches. 

Villa are now without a win in 9 League games under Paul Lambert 

Villa recorded the second lowest goals total ever in a top flight season after 24 games (12), only eclipsed by the eleven scored by Leicester City in 1977-78. 

The defeat to Chelsea represented Paul Lambert’s 100th league match in charge during which time he had lost 49, won 25 and scored 98. 

Of his total of 114 games in charge, Lambert had lost 55. 

Villa had secured 12 points from a possible 60 across the last twenty matches under Paul Lambert. 

Meanwhile, Lambert spoke absolute nonsense in his post match interview as his reality bending narrative once again came to the fore.

Jores Okore scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance (17 Starts) to make it W5 D5 L9, 1 Goal and 7 Bookings at a rate well over 1 booking for every 3 matches played. Okore would later be accused of match fixing at Aalborg Boldspilklub.

Carles Gil contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance (3 Starts) to make it W1 D0 L3, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Tom Cleverley collecs his 5th booking in a Villa shirt to make it W5 D5 L12 and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Post Lambert life starts with a fifth round FA Cup win as caretaker managers Andy and Scott Marshall lead their one game in charge with interim boss Tim Sherwood waiting in the wings.

Christian Benteke contributes his 13th assist in a Villa shirt on his 86th appearance (79 Starts) to make it W28 D17 L41, 38 Goals, 13 Assists, 12 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Leandro Bacuna scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 49th appearance (35 Starts) to make it W16 D11 L22, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Scott Sinclair comes off the bench to score his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance (1 Start) and make it W1 D0 L3 so far in his Villa career.

Ron Vlaar secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 78th appearance (77 Starts) to make it W25 D20 L33, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Tim Sherwood's Villa lose a second successive game.

Villa have now lost 7 consecutive league games for the first time since 1963 when they lost a club record of 11 consecutive league games under Joe Mercer. 

Villa have now not won a Premier League match in 12.

Villa have now taken just a single point from their 8 league games so far in 2015 

Villa have now played 6 consecutive away Premier League games without scoring.

Leandro Bacuna makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (35 Starts) to make it W16 D11 L23, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Matt Lowton makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt and first under Tim Sherwood (69 Starts) to make it W21 D16 L38, 2 Goals, 5 Assists and 16 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa turn the tables: after suffering from a last gasp penalty concession in his first game in charge, Tim Sherwood's men win a 90'+4 spot kick to win their first game under his reign and secure their first victory in thirteen Premier League matches.

Tim Sherwood's Villa secure the club's first League win in thirteen as performances - individually and collectively - have already materially improved under Sherwood, however it takes a late, late penalty for Villa to steal the win. 

As a result Villa climbed out of the relegation places to 17th in the table with ten to play.

Christian Benteke contributes his 53rd goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 89th appearance (82 Starts) to make it W29 D17 L43, 39 Goals, 14 Assists, 12 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Alan Hutton secures his 15th win in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearance (60 Starts) to make it W15 D19 L28, 1 Goal, 3 Assists, 17 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ciaran Clark collects his 40th booking in a Villa shirt on his 131st appearance (117 Starts) to make it W40 D33 L58, 8 Goals, 4 Assists, 40 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career. Clark has now picked up a card every 3.20 games he has played.

Andreas Weimann makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (90 Starts) to make it W39 D31 L55, 24 Goals, 9 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it successive wins over neighbours Albion as, after five years of dross on and off the pitch, Villa finally have something to get excited about in the form of a first FA Cup semi final since 2010.

Tim Sherwood's Villa send Villa Park into raptures after the joyless toil of much of the last five seasons is swept away in one afternoon. The FA took a dim view but few cared.

Jack Grealish contributes his 1st assist before being sent off for two bookings on his 16th appearance in a Villa shirt (2 Starts) to make it W8 D3 L5, 1 Assist, 2 Bookings, 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Now Villa's de-facto Cup goalkeeper, Shay Given keeps his 10th clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 48th appearance to make it W14 D16 L18, 69 Goals Conceded, 10 Clean Sheets and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa record consecutive League victories for the first time this season as Tim Sherwood's reign delivers three successive wins in all competitions.

Villa score as many goals in the first half as they had managed in their previous 14 away league games under Paul Lambert. 

Villa score four goals in an away game in the Premier League for the first time since October 2008 at Wigan Athletic under Martin O’Neill.

Forward Rushian Hepburn-Murphy makes his Villa debut aged 16 after coming through the youth ranks to become the 875th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Hepburn-Murphy became Villa’s youngest player in the Premier League, aged 16 years and 176 days and their second-youngest in all competitions to Jimmy Brown who was aged 15 years and 349 days were he made his debut on 17 September 1969 in a League Division Two game at Bolton Wanderers.

Christian Benteke scores his 40th goal and secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 90th appearance (83 Starts) to make it W30 D17 L43, 41 Goals, 14 Assists, 12 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Gabriel Agbonlahor contributes his 125th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 345th appearance (313 Starts) to make it W123 D100 L122, 84 Goals, 41 Assists, 45 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.76 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Carlos Sánchez makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (19 Starts) to make it W8 D7 L10, 1 Assist and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Two steps forward one step back as Tim Sherwood's Villa lose for the third time in five Premier League matches to leave them deep in relegation trouble with just eight games left of the season.

Tim Sherwood's Villa end a run of three victories with a third defeat in five Premier League games under the new boss courtesy of a late Swansea strike. The reverse leaves Villa just three points clear of the drop zone with eight to play underlining the huge job Sherwood has to do to overcome the mess Lambert had left behind. 

Villa have now failed to score in 17 of their 30 Premier League matches in 2014-15.