A second string Villa toil to defeat against an inspired Fulham side in the third round of the FA Cup.

Centre back James Chester makes his 126th and final appearance for Villa aged 30 before being released by the club in June 2020. Chester, who became a modern day Villa great following his £8,370,000 from West Bromwich Albion in August 2016, leaves with a record of W53 D38 L35, 12 Goals, 1 Assist, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

Centre forward Jonathan Kodjia makes his 106th and final appearance for Villa aged 30 ahead of signing for Qatari Club Al Gharafa on 18th January 2020. Kodjia, a terrace favourite after a half decade of dross, leaves with a record of W43 D30 L33, 31 Goals, 9 Assists, 14 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

Winger Indiana Vassilev makes his Villa debut aged 18 having signed for the club from the IMG Academy in October 2017 to become the 941st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Ørjan Nyland makes his 25th start for Villa (27 Appearances) to make it W10 D9 L8, 39 Goals Conceded and 7 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Villa boss Dean Smith: “We haven’t got any centre forwards, it’s as simple as that. Jonathan Kodjia came off the training pitch ill yesterday. Hopefully we can be as good as Manchester City last night. We’ve got no choice! We don’t have any centre forwards. That’s where we are.”

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers: “Aston Villa have no striker, that’s unfortunate for Dean but they have players who can play there, they have a good team and we’ll have to be at our best to get a result."

Villa battle to a creditable draw in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi final.

Jack Grealish makes his 120th start in a Villa shirt (167 Appearances) to make it W66 D34 L67, 23 Goals, 26 Assists, 26 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Ørjan Nyland concedes his 40th goal in a Villa shirt on his 28th appearance (26 Starts) to make it W10 D10 L8, 40 Goals Conceded and 7 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Trézéguet makes his 15th start in a Villa shirt (23 Appearances) to make it W8 D3 L12, 3 Goals, 2 Assists, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa winger Marc Albrighton came on as a 79’ substitute for Leicester.

Villa rescue a draw at the AMEX thanks to a Jack Grealish special.

Goalkeeper Pepe Reina makes his Villa debut aged 37 after joining on loan from AC Milan for the remainder of the 2019-20 season. Reina becomes the 943rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Jack Grealish contributes his 50th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 169th appearance (122 Starts) to make it W66 D35 L68, 124 Goals, 26 Assists, 27 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career. Grealish had achieved 10 goal involvements in 62 appearances (35 Starts), his second ten had come in 41 appearances (25 Starts), his third in 31 appearances (29 Starts), his fourth in 19 appearances (17 Starts) and his fifth has come in 16 appearances (16 Starts).

Douglas Luiz makes his 25th appearance for the club (18 Starts) to make it W9 D4 L12, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Trézéguet makes his 25th appearance for the club (16 Starts) to make it W8 D4 L13, 3 Goals, 2 Assists, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa's form continues to improve as they beat Watford at the last to make it two wins, a draw and a defeat in their last four PL outings.

Villa have now scored two 90th-minute winners in a single Premier League season for the first time since 1994-95. 

Villa won a Premier League game having been behind at half time for the first time in 51 games since beating Manchester City on 28 September 2013.

Villa have scored in nine consecutive home Premier League games for the first time since a run of 16 games between May 2007 and March 2008.

Villa can't repeat their heroics against Liverpool at Villa Park but the result is the same, defeat.

Pepe Reina concedes his 15th goal in a Villa shirt on his 7th appearance to make it W1 D1 L5, 15 Goals Conceded and 0 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career since his arrival on loan to the end of the season from AC Milan.

More refereeing controversy helps United to a win at Villa Park and leaves Villa odds on for relegation with eight defeats in ten.

Set on its way by a questionable penalty, another questionable performance from referee Jonathan Moss and another lost opportunity for Villa as they fall back to 19th in the table, second from bottom, with four games to play.

Dean Smith’s loss rate reaches 40.00% for the first time since promotion to the Premier League and after 80 games in charge of Villa had a record of W31 D17 L32 at a win rate of 38.75% delivering 1.38 points per game so far in his Villa management career.

Tyrone Mings makes his 50th appearance for the club (all starts) with a record of W18, D11, L21, 4 Goals, 1 Assist, 12 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Indiana Vassliev makes the last of his six substitute appearances in a Villa shirt to leave a record of W1 D2 L3.