Villa stop a run of consecutive defeats but draw for the sixth time to leave them with two wins in ten Premier League games under Alex McLeish.

Villa sit ninth in the table on twelve points. At the same stage in 2010-11 they had sat fourteenth under Gérard Houllier.

Stiliyan Petrov contributes his 20th goal involvement on his 200th appearance in a Villa shirt (188 Starts) to make it W81 D65 L54, 10 Goals, 11 Assists and 35 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Darren Bent makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W10 D9 L46, 12 Goals and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Richard Dunne contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 91st appearance to make it W34 D33 L24, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 14 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Alan Hutton contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance to make it W1 D4 L3, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Meanwhile Barry Bannan misses the game as he is suspended by the club while they carry out an internal investigation into the motorway car crash that the midfielder was involved in during the early hours of Sunday morning.