Steven Gerrard marks his tenth game in charge of Villa with a second successive match against Manchester United. Villa make two mistakes, fall two goals behing before delivering a comeback of Manchester United proportions.

Steven Gerrard’s loss rate sits at 50% after 10 games in charge of Villa with a record of W4 D1 L5 at a win rate of 40% delivering 1.30 points per game so far in his Villa management career.

Lucas Digne, 28, makes his Villa debut after his arrival from Everton for a fee of £27,000,000 on Tuesday to become the 975th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Philippe Coutinho, 29, creates one and scores one on debut as a 68’ substitute after joining on loan from Barcelona and becomes the 976th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Matty Cash makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt since joining in September 2020 and now has a record of W20 D6 L24, 1 Goal, 3 Assists, 12 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Buendía makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (16 Starts) since arriving from Norwich in June 2021 to make it W6 D3 L11, 1 Goal, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Carney Chukwuemeka, 18, makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (2 Starts) following his graduation from the youth set up to make it W5 D3 L2 and 1 Assist  so far in his Villa career.

Jed Steer makes his 120th appearance as an unused substitute since his arrival in 2013.

Villa’s field their most expensive starting line up of the season (£209.86m) but it still costs less than Manchester United’s £247.53m 8 man bench (which includes two free transfer goalkeepers).

Villa take the lead on the stroke of half time amidst disgraceful scenes from the Goodison Park crowd. 

Having outclassed Everton in the first 45' Villa survive a second half air raid on their box to win for the first time in four Premier League games.

John McGinn records his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 130th appearance since joining from Hibernian in August 2018 to record W50 D29 L51, 16 Goals, 17 Assists, 35 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Tyrone Mings collects his 25th booking on his 110th start in a Villa shirt (111 Appearances) since joining from Bournemouth in January 2019 to make it W45 D20 L46, 7 Goals, 5 Assists, 25 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Jacob Ramsey secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 25th start (48 Appearances) to make it W20 D6 L22, 3 Goals, 2 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Philippe Coutinho makes his first start for Villa on his second appearance to make it W1 D1 L0, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Robin Olsen makes his first squad appearance for Villa following his loan signing for the remainder of the season from Roma.

"A Premier League Classic' as Villa fall behind before fighting back with three fantastic first half goals through Coutinho and Ramsey (two). 

A scruffy Leeds goal just before half time and another in the second half pegs Villa back to leave them with a share of the points as Ezri Konsa is unlucky to receive his second red card of the season whilst more than a few are equally lucky to remain on the pitch.

Calum Chambers makes his Villa debut after his free transfer arrival from Arsenal in January to become the 977th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Jacob Ramsey scores a brace to make it 5 goals in 49 games in a Villa shirt (26 Starts) to record W20 D7 L22, 5 Goals, 2 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ollie Watkins makes his 60th appearance in a Villa shirt (57 Starts) after joining in September 2020 to make it W25 D9 L26, 21 Goals, 5 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.31 games played so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Martínez makes his 60th appearance in a Villa shirt after joining in September 2020 to make it W24 D10 L26, 79 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.31 goals per game, 21 Clean Sheets (35%) and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Eight of Villa's twenty man squad arrived at the club without transfer fees, (Leeds four). 

An awful first half performance gifts Newcastle the lead and the relegation threatened side could have been out of sight had they capitalised on all Villa's defensive mistakes.

Jacob Ramsey makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (27 Starts) to make it W20 D7 L23, 5 Goals, 2 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Leon Bailey comes on as a second half substitute to make his 10th appearance in 26 games in a Villa shirt (4 Starts) since his £28,800,000 move from Bayer 04 Leverkusen to make it W3 D0 L7, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Once again eight of Villa's twenty man squad arrived at the club without transfer fees, (Newcastle four).

A worryingly flat Villa fail to turn up again and lose successive games to sides at the foot of the table in a performance very similar to the final days of former boss Dean Smith.

Steven Gerrard’s loss rate sits at 50.00% after 14 games in charge of Villa with a record of W5 D2 L7 at a win rate of 35.71% delivering 1.21 points per game so far in his Villa management career.

Dean Smith had been relieved of his duties in November 2021 with a record of 1.41 points per game, a win rate of 40.29% and a loss rate of 39.57%.

John McGinn makes his 130th start in a Villa shirt (133 Appearances) to make it W50 D30 L53, 16 Goals, 17 Assists and 36 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Buendía makes his 20th start in a Villa shirt (24 Appearances) to make it W7 D4 L13, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Danny Ings makes his 15th start in a Villa shirt (19 Appearances) since joining in August 2021 to make it W6 D2 L11, 4 Goals, 2 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

This is the first 3.00pm Saturday fixture at Villa Park since Steven Gerrard’s first game in charge, on Saturday, 20 November 2021. 

The opposition, Watford, didn’t feature a single homegrown player in their squad of 20 and only three players from the home nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Matty Cash hits a screamer and echoes the world in condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine... and is promptly booked ... 18 year old Tommi O'Reilly makes his squad debut ... Ollie Watkins scores for the first time since December ... Tim Iroegbunam finally makes his debut ... and Villa win away.

18 year old youth team midfielder Tim Iroegbunam makes his first team debut after ten unused substitute appearances to become the 978th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Emiliano Martínez secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 63rd appearance to make it W25 D10 L28, 81 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.28 goals per game, 22 Clean Sheets (35%) and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

18 year old attacking Midfielder Tommi O’Reilly makes his first squad appearance for Villa.

Danny Ings, booed by his former fans, creates two and scores one as Philippe Coutinho spellbinds again and Villa deliver their biggest win to date under Steven Gerrard.

Ashley Young makes his 195th start for Villa (207th appearance) in his sixth season with the club to make it W90 D60 L57, 38 Goals, 64 Assists, 36 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

John McGinn makes his 135th appearance in four campaigns for Villa (132 Starts) to make it W52 D30 L53, 16 Goals, 17 Assists and 36 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Douglas Luiz, the first Brazilian to play for the club and now 23, makes it 99 appearances for Villa since joining in 2019 (87 Starts) to record W36 D17 L46, 4 Goals, 8 Assists, 24 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ollie Watkins makes his 60th start for the club (64 Appearances) to make it W23 D5 L27, 23 Goals, 5 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Jacob Ramsey, 20, makes his thirtieth start for the club (53 Appearances) to make it W22 D7 L24, 5 Goals, 2 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Buendía makes his 25th appearance for the club (20 Starts) to make it W8 D4 L13, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Three consecutive wins, three clean sheets, more stunning play and goals and Villa are up to 9th under Steven Gerrard.

Douglas Luiz makes his 100th appearance for Villa aged 23 (89 Starts). Having joined in July 2019, Luiz became the first Brazilian to play for the club. Luiz's Villa record now stands at W37 D17 L46, 4 Goals, 8 Assists, 25 Bookings, 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Calum Chambers scores his first and only goal for the club on his 5th appearance (4th Start) to make it W2 D2 L2 so far in his Villa career.

Villa concede and lose for the first time in four games as David Moyes' highly physical style pays dividends for the home side to help West Ham continue their lucky hoodoo.

Jacob Ramsey scores his 6th goal in his last 20 appearances having not scored in his first 34 to make it 55 Appearances, 32 Starts, W23 D7 L25, 6 Goals, 2 Assists and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

A poor first half from Villa and the Officials leads to a second successive defeat and sixth home loss of the campaign.

This is the first Villa game that controversial referee Jonathan Moss has been involved in officiating this season and the first since his highly contentious refereeing of the game at the Etihad in January 2021. Moss sits in the VAR chair today. 

Ashley Young makes the 20th appearance of his return spell with the club (10 starts, 10 subs) to leave him with 210 appearances in a Villa shirt (196 Starts) and make it W91 D60 L59, 38 Goals, 64 Assists, 36 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Philippe Coutinho makes the 10th appearance of his loan spell from Barcelona to make it W4 D2 L4, 4 Goals and 4 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Look away now. Yet another unfathomably poor first half performance leaves Villa with the increasingly tiresome veneer of 'throwing everything at' a game well lost in the first 45. 

Questions abound for Gerrard 20 games in. Dean Smith must be watching with mixed emotions to say the least as a sub 11th finish beckons for a clearly disjointed Villa.

Tyrone Mings makes his 120th appearance for the club (119 Starts) to make it W48 D21 L51, 7 Goals, 7 Assists, 28 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Matty Cash makes his 60th appearance in a Villa shirt since joining from Forest in September 2020 to make it W24 D7 L29, 3 Goals, 6 Assists, 16 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Morgan Sanson, 29, makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (7 Starts) since joining from Olympique Marseille for £14,220,000 in January 2021 to make it W6 D5 L9, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career. 

A 3rd minute error puts Villa behind before a 47 minute physical, territorial and footballing onslaught puts Spurs on the rack. Five minutes into the second half Villa concede against the run of play and collapse.

Steven Gerrard has now lost four consecutive League games. Dean Smith lost five before being sacked in November.

Steven Gerrard’s Premier League Record: Played 20, Won: 40%, Drew: 10%, Lost: 50%

Dean Smith’s Premier League Record: Played 87, Won: 32%, Drew: 18%, Lost: 50%

Steven Gerrard takes charge of his twentieth Premier League game and delivers a tenth defeat. In so doing Gerrard eclipses the managerial loss rate that was set by Tommy Cummings across 64 games between 1967-68 and 1968-69. 50%. 

Steven Gerrard’s loss rate over 21 League and Cup games is 52%. Only Rémi Garde (57% across 23 games) and Tim Sherwood (57% across 20 games) have worse records for the club - achieved when Villa were relegated in 2015-16. 

Villa’s defeat is their biggest at home since January 2020 when they gave Danny Drinkwater a debut. 

John McGinn makes his 140th appearance for the club (137 Starts) to make it W53 D50 L57, 16 Goals, 17 Assists and 38 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Buendía makes his 30th appearance in a Villa shirt (21 Starts) to make it W9 D4 L17, 2 Goals, 4 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Danny Ings makes his 25th appearance for the club (20 Starts) to make it W9 D2 L14, 5 Goals, 5 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Lucas Digne makes his 10th appearance for the club to make it W3 D2 L5, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career. Digne leaves the field early for the third time in four games since his £27 million move to the club. Good job Stevie G turfed Matt Targett out on loan to Newcastle eh?

The Credit Side: Villa stop a run of 4 consecutive defeats; Villa keep a clean sheet for the first time in five.

The Debit Side: Villa slump to 15th in the table with relegation a possibility if not currently a probability; Villa fail to score for the third time in four games; despite continued protestations against the squad he inherited, Steven Gerrard plays the same team and continues to ignore Emiliano Buendía and Calum Chambers.

Ollie Watkins makes his 70th appearance in a Villa shirt (66 Starts) since joining in September 2020 to make it W28 D10 L32, 24 Goals, 5 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.41 games played so far in his Villa career.

Emiliano Martínez keeps his 25th clean sheet on his 70th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W27 D11 L32, 90 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.28 goals per game, 25 Clean Sheets (36%) and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

A first win in six sees Villa finally reach 40 points, but doubts remain. 

Villa do enough to beat Dean Smith on his first return to Villa Park 

The long overdue arrival of Emiliano Buendía as a late sub sees a strong cameo performance as Ings and Watkins reach 15 goals between them for the campaign.

Ollie Watkins scores his 25th goal in a Villa shirt on his 71st appearance (67 Starts) to make it W29 D10 L32, 25 Goals, 5 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career. 

Tim Iroegbunam, 19, makes his first start in a Villa shirt after two substitute and 18 squad appearances to make it W2 D1 L0 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career. 

Things WE always knew: Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings CAN play together; Emiliano Buendía > Philippe Coutinho.

Super John McGinn makes his 140th start in a Villa shirt (143 Appearances) since joining in the Championship years in August 2018 to make it W55 D31 L57, 16 Goals, 18 Assists and 38 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Tyrone Mings records his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 124th appearance (123 Starts) to make it W50 D22 L52, 7 Goals, 7 Assists, 28 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Ollie Watkins becomes one of just nine players to have scored 10 or more Premier League goals in each of the last two campaigns, and one of only four Englishmen to do so along with Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy and Raheem Sterling.