Dick Taylor's Villa drop a point but are crucially now unbeaten in two to make it twelve wins, three draws and twenty one defeats in thirty six division one matches this season. At the same point in 1963-64, under former manager Joe Mercer, Villa had lost fifteen and won nine before going on to finish 19th, two places above relegation. In consequence, with six games left to play, Dick Taylor needed to continue the unbeaten run if Villa were not going to fall to relegation at the end of his first season.