Villa play their third game in six days and rescue a draw in a committed performance at Loftus Road to remain top of the first division three points ahead of Liverpool who now have two games in hand.

Villa draw their first League game since December and now have seventeen first division victories in twenty three games under Graham Taylor.

Centre back Kent Nielsen scores for the second time in a Villa shirt on his 40th appearance (37 Starts) to make it W22 D7 L11, 2 Goals and 4 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 6.67 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Ian Olney’s goalless streak extends to 10 games to make it 61 appearances (47 Starts), W29 D13 L19, 14 Goals and 4 Assists at a goal involvement per game rate of one for every 3.39 games he has played so far in his Villa career.