Villa plumb yet new depths under Paul Lambert as he masterminds another loss against a relegation threatened side and leaves Villa hanging by a thread above the trap door for a second successive season. 

That Lambert should not be in post is unquestionable, that he is underlines the shameful, abject and incompetent regime that has been running the club into the ground since the summer of 2010.

Villa lose for the 18th time in the Premier League in 35 games under Paul Lambert.

Without an assist in 24 games under Paul Lambert, Marc Albrighton had now contributed 3 in his last 7 games to make it 101 appearances (58 Starts), W28 D29 L44, 9 Goals, 14 Assists, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card. Indeed one of the few bright spots of Lamberts torturous reign was that Albrighton, who had shown such promise under Gérard Houllier and Alex McLeish was now finding form again.

Ashley Westwood collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 65th appearance (63 Starts) to make it W18 D16 L31, 2 Goals, 8 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Nathan Baker collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 71st appearance (67 Starts) to make it W22 D14 L35, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Centre forward Grant Holt makes his 10th and final appearance for Villa of his unexpected and widely derided loan spell from Championship side Wigan Athletic. Indeed Holt left as he came, overweight, unfit with no fanfare and little enthusiasm, Holt could never shake off perceptions that he was Lambert's man in a distressed, distracted and disunited dressing room and left with a record of W2 D2 L6, 1 Goal and 1 Booking. One thing for sure was his arrival was for anything but footballing reasons as the needlessly opaque and downright unpleasant atmosphere fostered by Lambert was continually being fed.

Brad Guzan concedes his 150th goal in a Villa shirt on his 100th Start (102 Appearances) to make it W35 D23 L44, 1 Assist, 153 Goals Conceded, 23 Clean Sheets, 1.61 Goals per League Game and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.