Villa lose for the second time in three Premier League games but once again out-play the opposition only to be beaten as Martin O'Neill's new charges continue to bed in.

Martin O'Neill's side recover from their torrid 'keeper-less and win-less form of December 2006 to stabilise results in the new year after an excellent opening 15 games but results continued to be of a topsy turvy nature with the last 5 games delivering a run of LWLWL however the continued bedding in of Ashley Young and John Carew meant hopes were high that greater point accumulating consistency could be found to the end of the season.

Shaun Maloney, 24, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Celtic for £1,350,000 in January 2007 to become the 799th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Stiliyan Petrov makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W6 D9 L10, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Gary Cahill makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (24 Starts) to make it W6 D6 L13, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa get a fortunate opener to claim a point at Fulham as John Carew scores his second goal in three games.

Gavin McCann collects his 30th card in a Villa shirt on his 124th appearance to make it W45 D38 L41, 5 Goals, 4 Assists, 28 Bookings and 2 Red Cards at a rate of a card every 4.10 games so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it successive draws but are winless in five Premier League games, losing twice and now have just two wins in their last twenty games in all competitions under Martin O'Neill.

Villa draw for the 3rd time in 4 under Martin O’Neill as some stability returns to a side that had found it difficult to get a foothold over the last three months.

Villa now have 3 wins in their last 20 games under Martin O’Neill and fall back to 14th place. 

David O'Leary had delivered 3 wins in his last 12 Premier League games, losing 7 and drawing 2. 

Martin O'Neill had now delivered 9 losses, 8 draws and just 3 wins during Villa’s current 20 game barren run.

Villa win for the third time in twenty one games under Martin O'Neill as they win their third Premier League game in nine in 2007.

Villa win for only the 2nd time in 7 games but are now unbeaten in 3 under Martin O'Neill - their best run since November.

Villa climb the table for the first time since February as they rise to 13th with 6 games to play.

Patrik Berger scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W6 D4 L9, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Phil Bardsley contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance to make it W3 D3 L3 and 1 assist so far in his Villa career.

Martin Laursen makes his 20th start in a Villa shirt (22 Appearances) after having again missed most of the season due to injury to make it W6 D10 L6, 1 Goal and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa extend their unbeaten run to four Premier League games but are held by Wigan at Villa Park.

Villa make it four games unbeaten - their best run since October - but can only draw at home to relegation threatened Wigan and fall back to 14th in the table as a result.

Gabriel Agbonlahor scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 46th appearance (39 Starts) to make it W12 D17 L17, 10 Goals, 4 Assists and 2 Bookings.

Villa beat Boro at the Riverside to extend their unbeaten run to five Premier League games.

Villa make it five games unbeaten for the first time since October and Martin O'Neill's men were back in the form with which they had started the season so well. As a result they climbed to 10th in the table - a four month high.

Steven Davis makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (80 Starts) to make it W32 D31 L37, 9 Goals, 5 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Craig Gardner scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance (10 Starts) to make it W5 D4 L9, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Martin Laursen contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 24th appearance (22 Starts) to make it W7 D11 L6, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa are held at home despite hammering Portsmouth but extend their unbeaten Premier League run to six.

Villa make it 6 unbeaten under Martin O'Neill but another home draw means they fall back to 11th in the table.

Martin Laursen makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (23 Starts) after having again missed most of the season due to injury to make it W7 D12 L6, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa's end of season renaissance under Martin O'Neill continues after a difficult winter as Manchester City are well beaten on their own patch to extend Villa's unbeaten Premier League run to seven.

Villa extend their unbeaten run to 7 games under Martin O’Neill, winning 3 to remain 11th in the table.

Right back Phil Bardsley makes his 13th and final appearance in a Villa shirt ahead of the end of his loan spell from Manchester United. Bardsley would leave with a record of W5 D5 L3, 1 Assist and 1 Booking from his short spell with Villa.

Shaun Maloney scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W3 D4 L1 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Villa claim their first win of the campaign under Martin O'Neill  as Shaun Maloney hits an injury time winner against Fulham,

Centre forward Marlon Harewood - who has terrorised Villa's defence in recent meetings - makes his debut aged 28 after joining from West Ham United for a fee of £4,950,000 in July 2007 to become the 802nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Nigel Reo-Coker scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 3rd appearance to make it W1 D1 L1, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Stiliyan Petrov secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 37th appearance to make it W10 D15 L12, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Martin Laursen secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 31st appearance (29 Starts) to make it W10 D14 L7, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Craig Gardner makes his 25th appearance goal in a Villa shirt (17 Starts) to make it W8 D7 L10, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

A much changed team makes short work of Wrexham.

Centre back Gary Cahill, 22, makes his 31st and final appearance in a Villa shirt (28 Starts) before being sold to Bolton Wanderers for a fee of £5,400,000 in January 2008 in a move that stunned and shocked the fan base in equal measure. Cahill, like Peter Crouch, Steven Davis and Thomas Hitzlsperger before him was clearly of the class to make a long term career with Villa but Martin O'Neill deemed Cahill surplus to requirements as he had with Steven Davis and as his predecessor had done with Crouch and Hitzlsperger. Perhaps it was with Martin Laursen and Olof Mellberg being his first choice centre back pairing he saw no room for Cahill. But, given the injuries Laursen carried and the expectation that Mellberg would leave the club at the end of his contract the decision worried many. Rumours of strong personalities and playing demands clashing also shone a light on issues not previously public. That O’Neill subsequently recruited lesser players as Cahill’s de facto replacements made the move even more perplexing. As for Cahill himself, although his initial destination was curious, to the surprise of nobody he went on to be a Premier League winning captain and the first chink in the mighty Martin O’Neill armour was opened. Cahill left with a record of W7 D9 L15, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 7 Bookings.

Shaun Maloney celebrates his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (6 Starts) with a brace against League Two side Wrexham (who would be relegated from the League at the end of the campaign) to make it W5 D4 L1, 4 Goals and 0 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Marlon Harewood scores his 1st goal and contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance (1 Start) to make it W2 D0 L0, 1 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer defeat against the run of play as Michael Johnson stuns with his sole contribution in a sad Manchester City career.

Gabriel Agbonlahor makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (57 Appearances) to make it W18 D20 L19, 12 Goals, 6 Assists and 3 Bookings.

Martin O'Neill's mass changes backfire as Villa are knocked out of the League Cup by Championship side Leicester. 

Villa have now lost three games this season, all of which have been by a single goal. 

Centre back Curtis Davies makes his debut appearance for Villa after joining on a season long loan from West Bromwich Albion in August 2007 ahead of a permanent move arranged for August 2008 to become the 804th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Stuart Taylor makes his 10th start in a Villa shirt (12 Appearances) to make it W3 D5 L4, 18 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.50 goals per game and 2 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Villa beat West Ham to make it two Premier League wins in three unbeaten games under Martin O'Neill.

Gabriel Agbonlahor secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 61st appearance (54 Starts) to make it W20 D21 L20, 14 Goals, 6 Assists and 4 Bookings.

Olof Mellberg collects his 30th booking in a Villa shirt on his 236th appearance to make it W80 D69 L87, 6 Goals, 6 Assists and 30 Bookings at a rate of a card every 8 games so far in his Villa career.

Nigel Reo-Coker collects his 4th booking in a Villa shirt on his 10th appearance to make it W5 D2 L3, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 4 Bookings  at a rate of a card every 2.50 games so far in his Villa career.

Nine man Villa lose to Manchester United with the customary help from the officials to leave them with a second Premier League defeat in eight games.

Villa lose for the third time in nine Premier League games and for a first time lose a match by more than the odd goal after having both Scott Carson and Nigel Reo-Coker sent off.

Villa fall back to 9th and the toxic combination of atrocious luck, form and poor refereeing performances against Manchester United continues.

Gabriel Agbonlahor scores his 15th goal in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearance (55 Starts) to make it W20 D21 L21, 15 Goals, 6 Assists and 4 Bookings.

Scott Carson is sent off on his 8th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W4 D2 L2, 2 Assists, 9 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.12 goals per game, 4 Clean Sheets (50%), 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Nigel Reo-Coker is sent off on his 11th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W5 D2 L4, 1 Goal, 1 Assist, 6 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a rate of a card every 1.57 games so far in his Villa career.

Villa draw at the Reebok having surrendered the early initiative to lowly Bolton to make it P10 W4 D3 L3 compared to Martin O'Neill's first season record of P10 W3 D6 L1, delivering 15 points each time.

Stuart Taylor concedes his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 14th appearance (11 Starts) to make it W3 D6 L5, 20 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.43 goals per game and 2 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Patrik Berger makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) to make it W7 D8 L10, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa see off bottom of the pile Derby for a second win in five Premier League games. Villa win their fifth League game of the campaign to go 9th in the table.

Ashley Young makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (22 Starts) to make it W9 D9 L7, 4 Goals, 6 Assists and 3 Bookings.

Martin Laursen contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 39th appearance (37 Starts) to make it W14 D16 L9, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Scott Carson keeps his 5th clean sheet and secures his 5th in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance to make it W5 D2 L2, 9 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.00 goal per game, 5 Clean Sheets (55%), 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa sweep aside the hopeless managerial novice Gareth Southgate at Middlesbrough to make it three successive Premier League wins.

Villa go four unbeaten with a 7th win in 13 League games under Martin O'Neill and climb to 6th in the table.

John Carew scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance to make it W8 D6 L5, 5 Goals and 2 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.71 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Scott Carson contributes his 3rd assist in a Villa shirt on his 11th appearance to make it W7 D2 L2, 3 Assists, 10 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.91 goals per game, 6 Clean Sheets (54%), 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Nigel Reo-Coker collects his 7th booking on his 14th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W8 D2 L4, 1 Goal, 2 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a rate of a card every 1.75 games so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the first time in six Premier League games as they are unfortunate to be beaten by top of the table Arsenal.

Villa's four game winning run and five game unbeaten run under Martin O'Neill comes to an end with defeat to leaders Arsenal.

Craig Gardner scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 34th appearance (22 Starts) to make it W13 D8 L13, 5 Goal, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa's mid season stumble continues as they are held at struggling Sunderland to leave them without a win in three Premier League games.

Villa end a surprise run of 2 defeats with a battling draw at sinking Sunderland to remain 8th in the table.

Shaun Maloney scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance (8 Starts) to make it W8 D6 L5 and 5 Goals so far in his Villa career.

Villa are held at home by Manchester City to extend their winless run to four Premier League games, drawing two but it should have been victory after Gabriel Agbonlahor's strike is deemed not to have crossed the line despite the foot of the clearing player being well inside the net.

Villa draw a second successive game to make it four games without a win as they remain 8th in the table under Martin O'Neill.

Stiliyan Petrov makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (44 Starts) to make it W17 D18 L15, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

John Carew contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 24th appearance to make it W9 D8 L7, 7 Goals and 3 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.40 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Villa record their second 4-4 draw of the season but this time they are the comeback kings as a 90'+2 penalty earns them a point at title challengers Chelsea as the game ends 10 v 9.

Zat Knight is sent off on his 17th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W7 D5 L5, 1 Goal, 1 Assist, 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Martin Laursen scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 47th appearance (45 Starts) to make it W17 D19 L1, 5 Goals, 2 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

John Carew makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W9 D9 L7, 7 Goals, 4 Assists and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.27 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Villa win for the first time in six but are unbeaten in the last four to close out 2007 in seventh with a tilt on the European places in sight.

Villa end a run of three draws with a battling win at Wigan to rise to 7th in the table at the turn of the year. Villa had sat 12th at the same point a year earlier.

Curtis Davies scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 5th appearance (2 Starts) to make it W3 D1 L1 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Ashley Young contributes his 10th assist in a Villa shirt on his 34th appearance (31 Starts) to make it W13 D12 L9, 5 Goals, 10 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career. 

Gabriel Agbonlahor secures his 25th win, scores his 18th goal and contributes his 25th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 73rd appearance (66 Starts) to make it W25 D25 L23, 18 Goals, 8 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career. 

John Carew secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 26th appearance to make it W10 D9 L7, 7 Goals, 4 Assists and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.36 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Nigel Reo-Coker secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance to make it W10 D5 L5, 1 Goal, 2 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa record successive wins to open 2008 on a high and are now unbeaten in 5 under Martin O'Neill as they rise to 6th in the Premier League table.

Wilfred Bouma secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 70th appearance (67 Starts) to make it W25 D22 L23, 3 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Shaun Maloney secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 23rd appearance (11 Starts) to make it W10 D8 L5, 7 Goals and 0 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa participate in the annual FA sponsored third round Cup defeat to Manchester United. 

In the latest yawn-fest that is Villa's annual FA Cup tie against Manchester United something happened to hand the Old Trafford outfit the win but it's difficult to keep track of just what.

Luke Moore, 21, makes his final appearance in a Villa shirt before moving on to West Bromwich Albion for £3,380,000 in July 2008. Whilst not a prolific marksman, Moore's absences from the squad and subsequent departure came as a surprise to many. Moore would leave with a record of W39 D29 L30, 14 Goals, 5 Assists and 5 Bookings across his 5 seasons in the Villa team.

Olof Mellberg makes his 250th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W86 D73 L91, 8 Goals, 6 Assists and 31 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Gabriel Agbonlahor makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (68 Starts) to make it W26 D25 L24, 18 Goals, 8 Assists and 6 Bookings.

Martin Laursen makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (48 Starts) to make it W19 D19 L12, 6 Goals, 2 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa record a third consecutive Premier League victory in six unbeaten games  under Martin O'Neill as Reading are swept aside at Villa Park to sit 6th in the Premier League table. 

Midfielder Moustapha Salifou, 24, makes his debut for Villa as a 90' substitute after joining from FC Wil 1900 for a fee of £450,000 in August 2007 to become the 805th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Stiliyan Petrov secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 54th appearance (47 Starts) to make it W20 D18 L16, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Martin Laursen secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 51st appearance (49 Starts) to make it W20 D19 L12, 7 Goals, 2 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Craig Gardner makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (40 Appearances) to make it W16 D9 L15, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Shaun Maloney makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (11 Starts) to make it W11 D8 L6, 7 Goals and 0 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer a shock defeat to lowly Fulham and end an eight game unbeaten run under Martin O'Neill that had moved them into 5th place. 

Wilfred Bouma makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (72 Starts) to make it W26 D24 L25, 3 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa bounce back from their first defeat in nine Premier League games to see off Newcastle at Villa Park with a fine attacking display,

Villa win for the first time in four under Martin O'Neill to remain in 6th place.

John Carew scores his first hat-trick in a Villa shirt on his 32nd appearance to make it W12 D11 L9, 12 Goals, 4 Assists and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Wilfred Bouma scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 76th appearance (73 Starts) to make it W27 D24 L25, 1 Goal, 3 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Shaun Maloney contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 27th appearance (13 Starts) to make it W12 D8 L7, 7 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Villa secure successive wins to remain 6th in the table, level on points with Liverpool and are now just three off fourth place under Martin O’Neill.

Villa now have just one defeat in eleven Premier League games under Martin O'Neill as they see off Reading at the Madejski.

Scott Carson makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W13 D6 L6, 3 Assists, 31 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.24 goals per game, 7 Clean Sheets (28%), 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa concede a 90'+3 goal as Arsenal hold them to a draw in a game they had looked certain to win at the Emirates but it is now just one defeat in thirteen Premier League games for Martin O'Neill's side. 

Villa remain in 6th place and now had just one defeat in the last eleven Premier League games under Martin O'Neill.

Wilfred Bouma makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (78 Appearances) to make it W28 D25 L25, 1 Goal, 3 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa are held for the second successive game as they struggle at home to Boro but extend their run to one defeat in fourteen Premier League games under Martin O'Neill.

Villa remain sixth in the table with 9 to play but can only draw with lowly Middlesbrough as the season seems to be taking its toll on some of the players, 

Olof Mellberg comes on as a substitute for the first time in a Villa shirt on his 255th appearance to make it W87 D76 L92, 8 Goals, 6 Assists and 31 Bookings so far in his Villa career.