Adama Traoré, 19, makes his debut in a Villa shirt following his £9,000,000 move from Barcelona earlier this month to become the 882nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa had now lost 2 of their 3 League games this season to make it 10 defeats in 19 since Tim Sherwood took over the managerial reins in February.

Ashley Westwood makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt (105 Appearances) to make it W33 D20 L52, 3 Goals, 10 Assists and 16 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Tim Sherwood’s mass changes for the League Cup nearly backfire as they are held to a full time draw by League Two Notts County and need three equalisers to take the tie to extra time. 

Goalkeeper Mark Bunn makes his Villa debut aged 30 after joining from Norwich City on a free transfer in July 2015 to become the 883rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Left back Joe Bennett scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 38th and final appearance for Villa (31 Starts) aged 25 before moving on to Cardiff City on a free transfer in August 2016. Villa had spent £2,840,000 on Bennett’s services in August 2012 and after four seasons with the club left with a record of W12 D8 L18, 1 Goal, 3 Assists, 7 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

Midfielder Joe Cole makes his 16th and final appearance for Villa (5 Starts) aged 33 before moving on to Coventry City on a free transfer in January 2016 with a record of W6 D3 L7, 1 Goal and 2 Assists.

Jack Grealish contributes a brace of assists to make it 5 in a Villa shirt and a record of W13 D4 L10, 5 Assists, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Adama Traoré, scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his first start and 2nd appearance to make it W1 D0 L1 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Scott Sinclair scores his 6th goal in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance (9 Starts) to make it W6 D0 L9 but it is only 2 goals in 11 games for the newly permanent signing so far in his Villa career.

Tim Sherwood’s Villa lose for the fourteenth time in twenty five games and fall to 18th in the table two points adrift of safety with only seven games played.

Joleon Lescott loses for the third time in three league games in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance for the club to make it W1 D0 L3 so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the fifth successive Premier League game and for the sixteenth time in twenty seven matches under Tim Sherwood.

Jordan Amavi makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) to make it W2 D1 L7, 2 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the fifth time in five league games in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance for the club to make it W1 D0 L5 so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the sixth successive Premier League game and for the seventeenth time in twenty eight matches under Tim Sherwood. 

As a result, Villa dropped to bottom of the Premier League table, four points adrift of safety with ten games played. 

Villa have now failed to win any of their 5 home Premier League games this season under Tim Sherwood. 

Villa's latest defeat comes against Swansea City - side previously without an away win in 2015-16.

After twenty eight games, Sherwood’s reign is over, and Villa, who already looked dead certs for relegation faced a totally unnecessary mid season upheaval that could have been avoided had the club used the summer to appoint a manager capable of turning Villa around. 

Sherwood, with huge amounts of goodwill, had already presided over nine defeats in sixteen as interim boss and any objective analysis of his 2014-15 campaign would have finished it there with a huge debt of gratitude at a seemingly inevitable relegation avoided. 

Villa under Lerner however are nothing if not lazy and would always take the easy way out regardless of the impact on the club. The folly of such an approach is laid bare yet again.

Jordan Ayew scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W3 D0 L5, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Carles Gil suffers his 10th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 14th appearance (9 Starts) to make it W3 D1 L10, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan concedes his 225th goal on his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (148 Starts) to make it W46 D32 L72, 1 Assist, 226 Goals Conceded, 34 Clean Sheets, 1.57 Goals per League Game and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the sixth time in six league games in a Villa shirt on his 7th appearance for the club to make it W1 D0 L6 so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the 11th time in 14 Premier League games as they capitulate to allow Watford victory and relegation, after just 14 games, seems inevitable.

Villa have now gone 13 Premier League games without a victory.

Jordan Veretout contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 10th appearance (8 Starts) to make it W3 D1 L6 so far in his Villa career.

Micah Richards loses for the 10th time in a Villa shirt on just his 14th appearance to make it W2 D2 L10, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking, Richards' wins had come against newly promoted Bournemouth and lower League Birmingham so far in his Villa career.

Scott Sinclair makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (18 Starts) to make it W7 D2 L16 and 9 Goals so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the 12th time in 16 Premier League games.

Villa extend their winless run to 15 League games.

Villa set a new club record of 9 home League games without a win. The previous 8-game record has stood since March 1921. 

This is Villa’s 500th home defeat in their league history. 

Villa remain 20th, bottom of the table, and are now 8 points from safety.

Jordan Ayew suffers his 10th defeat in a Villa shirt on just his 15th appearance (10 Starts) to make it W3 D2 L10, 3 Goals and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the eighth time in nine league games in a Villa shirt on his 10th appearance for the club to make it W1 D1 L8 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Villa draw a second successive game under Rémi Garde but remain winless in 17 Premier League games.

Villa record their 4th draw in 7 games under Rémi Garde. 

Jordan Ayew scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on just his 17th appearance (12 Starts) to make it W3 D4 L10, 5 Goals and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Idrissa Gueye makes his 15th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W1 D5 L9 and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott avoids defeat for only the third time in eleven league games in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance for the club to make it W1 D3 L8, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Carlos Sánchez makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (37 Starts) to make it W13 D13 L24, 1 Goal, 1 Assist, 8 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the 13th time in 19 Premier League games.

Rémi Garde’s Villa have now lost 4 out of their last 8 games.

Villa are without a win in 18 Premier League matches.

Villa remain bottom of the table and are now 11 points from safety with the season only half completed.

Ashley Westwood collects his 20th booking in a Villa shirt on his 119th appearance (113 Starts) to make it W34 D24 L61, 3 Goals, 10 Assists and 20 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Jordan Ayew collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on just his 18th appearance (13 Starts) to make it W3 D4 L11, 5 Goals and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Idrissa Gueye suffers his 10th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 16th appearance to make it W1 D5 L10 and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Kieran Richardson loses for the 20th time in a Villa shirt on his 36th appearance (28 Starts) to make it W12 D4 L20, 1 Assist, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the 14th time in 20 Premier League games in 2015-16.

Villa had now lost 5 of their last 9 games under Rémi Garde.

Villa were without a win in 19 Premier League matches.

Villa sat bottom of the table, eleven points from safety. 

Adama Traoré, contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 10th appearance (1 Start) to make it W1 D1 L8, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Carles Gil suffers his 15th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance (13 Starts) to make it W3 D3 L15, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the ninth time in twelve league games in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance for the club to make it W1 D3 L9, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the 23rd time in 33 Premier League games in 2015-16.

Eric Black loses his second game in charge as caretaker manager 

Villa make it 8 consecutive defeats, 

Villa have now lost 24 of 39 games this season. 

Villa are effectively relegated with 5 to play as they sit 15 points behind fourth from bottom Norwich with a goal difference of -41 compared to Norwich's -22.

Ashley Westwood loses for the 70th time in a Villa shirt on his 134th appearance (128 Starts) to make it W37 D27 L70, 3 Goals, 11 Assists and 24 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Idrissa Gueye contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 33rd appearance (32 Starts) to make it W4 D8 L21, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the eighteenth time in twenty five league games in a Villa shirt on his 26th appearance for the club to make it W3 D5 L18, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa secure their first second tier win since beating Bradford City 1-0 on Monday, 2 May 1988.

Centre back James Chester makes his debut for Villa aged 27 after joining from West Bromwich Albion for a fee of £8,370,000 earlier his month to become the 893rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Jack Grealish scores his 2nd goal in a Villa shirt on his 49th appearance (24 Starts) to make it W16 D4 L29, 2 Goals, 5 Assists, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Pierluigi Gollini keeps his first clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance to make it W1 D0 L1, 1 Goal Conceded, 1 Clean Sheet so far in his Villa career.

Winger Adama Traoré made his final appearance for Villa aged 20 before moving on to Middlesbrough for a fee of £7,430,000 later this month. Traoré made 1 start, 11 substitute appearances and scored once. Villa had paid Barcelona a scarcely believable £9,000,000 for Traoré’s services a year earlier in August 2015. Villa wouldn’t be the last club to spend big on this most ineffective and disruptive of players who left with a record of W2 D1 L9, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking.

Ross McCormack’s first three games following his £12,870,000 move have now contributed no goals, one assist, two bookings and a half time hook to leave a record of W1 D0 L2 so far in his Villa career.

Aly Cissokho contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 48th appearance (47 Starts) to make it W10 D9 L29, 1 Assist, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.