Peter Withe scores his eighth goal in six games and seventeenth of the season as he lobs the Albion ‘keeper for a late winner.

Title rivals Ipswich are up next - the side that lucked into a win in the reverse fixture back in September.

Villa win for the tenth time in twelve games to make it twenty four wins, seven draws and six defeats in thirty seven League matches this season under Ron Saunders. 

Villa move three points clear of Ipswich at the top of the Division One table.

Gordon Cowans makes his 200th appearance in a Villa shirt (185 Starts) to make it W92 D52 L55, 25 Goals and 27 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.88 games he has played so far in his Villa career.