Villa lose for the first time in 6 Division One matches under Ron Atkinson as they are well beaten by Leeds at Villa Park and fall to 6th in the First Division table.

Dwight Yorke with 4 Goals in his first 35 appearances scores for the fifth successive game to make it 40 Appearances (25 Starts), W14 D11 L15, 9 Goals, 7 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal per game rate of one for every 4.44 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

10 Games into his Villa career (8 Starts) Dalian Atkinson has 6 Assists and 1 Goal involvement at a rate of one for every 1.43 games he has played so far in his Villa career. Atkinson is, however, goalless in his last 9 appearances.

Gordon Cowans, 33, makes the final appearance of his second spell with Villa before moving to Blackburn Rovers on a free transfer leaving with a record of 510 Appearances, 490 Starts, W224 D124 L162, 58 Goals and 95 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.31 games he has played so far in his Villa career. Cowans' playing days for Villa were not over however as he would return to the club in the summer of 1993 for a third spell in claret and blue.