Villa lose for the 25th time in 35 Premier League games.

Eric Black loses his fourth consecutive game in charge as caretaker manager. 

Villa make it 10 consecutive defeats for the first time since 1962-63 under Joe Mercer and for only the second time in the club’s history. 

Villa have now lost 26 of their last 41 Games.

Leandro Bacuna suffers his 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 96th appearance (74 Starts) to make it W27 D19 L50, 6 Goals, 6 Assists and 16 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Goalkeeper Brad Guzan makes his 171st and final appearance in a Villa shirt (160 Starts) aged 31 before moving on to Middlesbrough on a free transfer in July 2016. Guzan had been with the club since 2008 after joining from Club Deportivo Chivas USA for a fee of £900,000 and was released by the club in 2012 having failed to make the grade. At that point Guzan's Villa record was Played 30 (28 Starts), W15 D4 L11, 35 Goals Conceded, 8 Clean Sheets, 1.20 Goals per Game and 2 Bookings. Guzan had made 2 substitute appearances in the Premier League across 3 seasons before a run of 6 League starts in the absence of Shay Given in which he returned figures of W2 D1 L4, 9 Goals conceded and 2 Clean Sheets. Incredibly Paul Lambert brought Guzan back to the club and installed him as first choice despite his limitations, a period that coincided with Villa’s worst run of seasons in decades. Guzan's final tally was a breathtaking W47 D36 L88, 1 Assist, 273 Goals Conceded, 36 Clean Sheets, 1.67 League Goals per Game and 9 Bookings.

Centre back Kevin Toner contributes his first assist on his Villa debut aged 19 after joining from Home Farm in July 2012 and becomes the 888th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Ashley Westwood scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 136th appearance (130 Starts) to make it W37 D27 L72, 5 Goals, 11 Assists and 24 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the twentieth time in twenty seven league games in a Villa shirt on his 28th appearance for the club to make it W3 D5 L20, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Eric Black reveals that Jores Okore has refused to play for Villa again

Meanwhile in much happier news, Stiliyan Petrov announces his desire to return to football with Villa, four years after his leukaemia diagnosis.