Six unbeaten, five wins, seventh place. Bertrand Traoré returns with a vengeance.

Douglas Luiz makes his 125th start in a Villa shirt (142 Appearances) for Villa since joining in July 2019 aged 21 to make it W52 D25 L65, 9 Goals, 13 Assists, 33 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career. 

Ezri Konsa records his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 129th Appearance (124 Starts) to make it W50 D24 L55, 6 Goals, 3 Assists, 18 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

Ollie Watkins becomes the first Villa player to score in six successive away games in the Premier League (since 1992-93) having scored eight in his last two games and is only behind Dean Saunders (37) and level with John Carew (36) in scoring the most goals in their first 100 Premier League games for Villa. 

19 year old left back Seb Revan makes his first ever squad appearance for Villa after graduating from the youth team set up.