Villa make it 4 games unbeaten under David O’Leary as a Nobby Solano inspired side see off Championship side QPR to progress to the League Cup third round.

Lee Hendrie contributes his 26th assist in a Villa shirt on his 260th appearance (208 Starts) to make it W105 D67 L88, 26 Goals, 26 Assists, 50 Bookings and 3 Red Cards at a goal involvement rate of one for every 5.09 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Midfielder Mathieu Berson, 24, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from FC Nantes for £2,070,000 in July 2004 to become the 778th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Nolberto Solano scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt and contributes his 5th assist on his 16th appearance to make it W8 D5 L3, 1 Goal, 5 Assists, 1 Booking and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.67 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Peter Whittingham makes his 1st start in a Villa shirt in 17 games after being relegated to the role of substitute by David O’Leary in January. Before that point Whittingham had made 26 starts in his first 31 Appearances but was now left with a record of 48 Appearances (27 Starts), W19 D14 L15, 1 Goal, 4 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.