Vila win in the League for the first time in 2013 as another astute Alex McLeish signing makes the desired impact to deliver a sixth victory in twenty two Premier League matches. 

Keane's brace against his old club sends Villa up two places to 11th in the table. In comparison Villa were languishing in 17th under Gérard Houllier at the same stage in 2010-11.

Robbie Keane scores his first goals in a Villa shirt on his second appearance and first start to make it W1 D1 L0 and 2 Goals so far in his Villa career.

Marc Albrighton secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearance (36 Starts) to make it W21 D18 L23, 9 Goals, 10 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Darren Bent secures his 15th win in a Villa shirt on his 35th appearance (31 Starts) to make it W15 D11 L9, 17 Goals and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Alan Hutton secures his 5th win in a Villa shirt to make it W5 D5 L8, 1 Assist, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ciaran Clark secures his 15th win in a Villa shirt on his 38th appearance (32 Starts) to make it W15 D10 L13, 5 Goals, 3 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career. Clark has now picked up a booking every 3.45 games he has played.