Villa record their second win in 3 Premier League games and 3rd in 11 under Brian Little as they beat Coventry at Villa Park to climb to 12th in the table.

Midfielder Saša Ćurčić, 25, makes his 34th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (23 Starts) before moving on to Crystal Palace for a fee of £1,350,000 in March 1998. Villa had paid Bolton Wanderers £5,400,000 for Ćurčić just 15 months earlier but he proved utterly hopeless in claret and blue and it is a surprise he lasted this long which he probably wouldn’t have done by for the benevolence of Brian Little. Ćurčić’s embarrassing spell resulted in W14 D7 L13, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings.

Left Back Lee Collins, 20, makes his first squad appearance for Villa after coming through the youth ranks.

Stan Collymore scores his first goal in 14 games and his second in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance to make it W7 D3 L8, 2 Goals, 3 Assists, 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career. 

Julian Joachim secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 37th appearance (11 Starts) to make it W10 D8 L19 and 7 Goals at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.29 games played so far in his Villa career.

Alan Wright contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 126th appearance (124 Starts) to make it W56 D33 L37, 3 Goals, 8 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Lee Hendrie scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 11th appearance (3 Starts) which comes 9 months after his 10th to make it W3 D3 L5, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa centre forward Dion Dublin lines up for Coventry.