Villa win for the first time in seven Premier League games as they beat Sunderland at Villa Park.

Centre back Carl Tiler, 26, makes his final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to Sheffield United in March 1997 for a fee of £731,000. Tiler played for Villa in 1995-96 and 1996-97 making 15 appearances and scoring once.

Savo Milošević contributes his 30th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 73rd appearance (70 Starts) to make it W34 D20 L19, 21 Goals, 9 Assists and 9 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.43 he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Dwight Yorke secures his 100th win in a Villa shirt on his 233rd appearance (193 Starts) to make it W100 D59 L74, 77 Goals, 33 Assists and 3 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.12 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Mark Bosnich contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 160th appearance (159 Starts) to make it W70 D39 L51, 1 Assist, 9 Bookings, 1 Red Card, 160 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.00 goals per game and 59 Clean Sheets (37%) so far in his Villa career.

Ugo Ehiogu makes his 150th start in a Villa shirt (164 Appearances) to make it W71 D41 L52, 9 Goals, 2 Assists, 19 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Lee Hendrie makes his 9th appearance in a Villa shirt and has now played more games in the last 3 weeks than in the previous 13 months to make it W2 D2 L5, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa defender Dariusz Kubicki lines up for Sunderland.