Villa win again, their fourth victory in five unbeaten games as they make it seventeen goals in their last five.

Although Dean Smith has Villa purring, because of Villa’s poor start to the campaign under Steve Bruce they remain un 8th place outside the play-off places and well short of the top two automatic promotion spots. Bur Dean Smith has now delivered 5 wins in 8 league games scoring 18 goals compared to Steve Bruce’s record of 1 win in the 8 league games.

James Chester secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 115th appearance to make it W50 D33 L32, 11 Goals, 1 Assist, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Conor Hourihane secures his 40th win in a Villa shirt (84 Appearances, 72 Starts) to make it W40 D18 L26, 15 Goals, 11 Assists and 14 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Jonathan Kodjia makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (60 Starts) to make it W32 D22 L21, 25 Goals, 6 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Glenn Whelan secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 46th appearance (36 Starts) to make it W25 D12 L9, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ørjan Nyland keeps his 5th clean sheet on his 18th appearance to make it W7 D6 L5, 26 Goals Conceded and 5 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.