Villa are held to a second successive draw in difficult conditions against a difficult opposition to remain outside the play-off places and in 8th in the table despite being unbeaten in 7 under Dean Smith.

Alan Hutton makes his 175th start in a Villa shirt (189 Appearances) to make it W56 D48 L85, 3 Goals, 7 Assists, 39 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Axel Tuanzebe makes his 25th start for the club (26 Appearances) to make it W9 D11 L6 so far in his Villa career.

Anwar El Ghazi makes his tenth appearance for Villa (7 Starts) to make it W2 D4 L4, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ørjan Nyland concedes his 30th goal on his 20th appearance for Villa to make it W7 D8 L5, 30 Goals Conceded and 5 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Off the pitch former Villa midfielder Gareth Farrelly reveals dark times in the Villa youth set up under three time caretaker manager Kevin MacDonald which leads to the coach being removed from player facing duties and subject to a formal investigation.