Villa make it five unbeaten with four wins as Chelsea are the latest victims of the tactical management of Unai Emery.

Ollie Watkins makes his 100th start for the club (106 Appearances) since joining in September 2020, scoring his 38th goal and hitting double figures for the third successive season. Watkins' Villa record is now W42 D17 L47, 38 Goals, 11 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.16 games played so far in his Villa career.

Ollie Watkins also becomes the first Villa player to score in five successive away games in the Premier League (since 1992-93). 

18 year old goalkeeper James Wright makes his first ever squad appearance for Villa. 

Emiliano Martínez sets a new club record for most clean sheets in their first 100 Premier League games for Villa at 34 eclipsing the previous best of 33 set by Mark Bosnich and equalled by Brad Friedel. As a result Martínez makes it 102 Appearances in a Villa shirt, W41 D18 L43, 128 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.25 goals per game, 35 Clean Sheets (34%) and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.