Villa record their first victory in 7 under Ron Atkinson thanks to a two minute second half brace with Kevin Richardson scoring his 2nd in 3, Dwight Yorke his first of the season and Mark Blake his first on his first appearance of the campaign.

Villa concede a bizarre own goal just 12 seconds into the game after Shaun Teale hits the ball back to the 'keeper despite Nigel Spink having left his line. 

Kevin Richardson scores his 3rd goal in his first 10 appearances in a Villa shirt to make it W3 D3 L4 so far in his Villa career.

Dwight Yorke contributes his 5th assist in a Villa shirt on his 30th appearance (15 Starts) to make it W8 D9 L13, 3 Goals and 5 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.75 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Cyrille Regis makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt and contributes his 2nd assist to make it W3 D3 L4, 1 Goal and 2 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.33 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Mark Blake scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance (13 Starts) to make it W8 D4 L6, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.