Villa follow their Premier League hammering at the hands of Newcastle to be defeated at home to be knocked out of the Europa League before it started by Rapid Vienna.

Brad Guzan concedes his 25th goal in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance (19 Starts) to make it W10 D4 L7, 25 Goals Conceded, 5 Clean Sheets and 2 Bookings.

Habib Bèye contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 14th appearance (12 Starts) to make it W6 D2 L6, 1 Assist, 3 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

A young Villa side records a creditable draw in the away leg in Vienna of their Europa League Play off with Rapid.

A Martin O'Neill 'Cup Team' © is fielded by Kevin MacDonald and secures an away goal and draw in Vienna ahead of the second leg.

Midfielder Jonathan Hogg, 21, makes his debut aged 21 having signed from Middlesbrough as a schoolboy to become the 826th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Eric Lichaj, 21, makes his debut in a Villa shirt having joined from Chicago Magic in July 2007 aged 18 to become the 827th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Isaiah Osbourne makes his first appearance in a Villa shirt in 66 games since ‘that’ Moscow game and only his 6th in 103 Villa matches. It would also be Osbourne’s 30th and final appearance before joining Hibs in August 2011. Osbourne would leave with a record of W6 D11 L13, 0 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings over his 4 seasons with Villa.

Barry Bannan scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance (2 Starts) to make it W2 D0 L2, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

For the second successive season, Martin O'Neill oversees a premature exit from Europe mostly due to his team selections. This time round however it was less a surrender than a case of indifference but given the mood of the tetchy Villa boss few wanted to make an issue of his most pronounced achilles heel. 

Defender Shane Lowry makes his second and final appearance for Villa aged 20 before moving on to Millwall in January 2012 for a fee of £243,000.

James Milner scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 80th appearance (74 Starts) to make it W34 D21 L25, 10 Goals, 17 Assists and 11 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.96 games played so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) to make it W3 D1 L6, 13 Goals Conceded, 1 Clean Sheet and 1 Booking.

Carlos Cuéllar collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 41st appearance (37 Starts) to make it W19 D9 L13 and 5 Bookings.

Curtis Davies secures his 30th win in a Villa shirt on his 63rd appearance (58 Starts) to make it W30 D18 L15, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Martin O'Neill fields another weakened team in Europe and the inevitable happens once again. Villa make it successive defeats to open 2009-10 as they fall to Rapid in Vienna as Nikica Jelavić scores his first but definitely not his last goal against Villa after 40 seconds to give his side a narrow advantage ahead of the second leg.

Villa face SK Rapid Wien for the first time in competitive football, Rapid become the 159th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 42nd continental European opponents and their first from Austria.

Villa's disappointing start to the campaign continued after conceding a 41 second goal in Austria to lose their second game in succession under Martin O'Neill

Defender Shane Lowry, 20, makes his Villa debut after coming through the youth ranks to become the 819th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.