Villa end the season in 7th place with a 12th win in 12 Premier League games after their remarkable recovery under John Gregory.

Villa have won 9 of their 11 Premier League games under John Gregory.

Gregory boasts the best record of any Villa manager in League history after 12 games with a points per game haul of 2.31. 

Villa field their youngest side of season as 17 year old midfielder Gareth Barry makes his full debut. 

Right back Fernando Nélson, 26, makes his 73rd and final appearance in a Villa shirt (65 Starts) before moving on to FC Porto for a fee of £1,020,000 leaving with a record of W31 D20 L22, 5 Assists and 5 Bookings across his two seasons with Villa.

Mark Bosnich keeps his 80th clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 211th appearance (210 Starts) to make it W95 D50 L66, 1 Assist, 9 Bookings, 1 Red Card, 209 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.99 goals per game and 80 Clean Sheets (38%) so far in his Villa career.

Mark Draper makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W59 D30 L36, 8 Goals, 15 Assists, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ugo Ehiogu is sent off on his 225th appearance in a Villa shirt (211 Starts) to make it W99 D52 L74, 12 Goals, 5 Assists, 28 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa defender Martin Keown lines up for Arsenal with former Villa midfielder David Platt entering the fray as a 66’ substitute.