Villa lose a feisty affair as Paul Lambert's side can't repeat their capital trick of the opening day of the season.

Centre back Jores Okore. 23. makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from FC Nordsjaelland for a fee of £4,230,000 in July 2013 to become the 858th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Winger Aleksandar Tonev, 21, makes his debut in a Villa shirt following his move from Lech Poznan for £2,880,000 in July 2013 to become the 859th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Christian Benteke collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 41st appearance (39 Starts) to make it W15 D9 L17, 26 Goals, 8 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 69th appearance (67 Starts) to make it W27 D15 L27, 103 Goals Conceded, 14 Clean Sheets, 1.67 Goals per League Game and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Karim El Ahmadi makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (17 Starts) to make it W6 D6 L13, 1 Goal and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Paul Lambert’s Villa lose a second successive game but given the relative strength of their first three opponents - each of whom were expected to be challenging for the top 4 - there were signs for optimism in stark contrast to the previous campaign.

Nicklas Helenius makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Aalborg for £1,350,000 in July 2013 to become the 860th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa see off newly promoted League One side Rotherham in the 2nd round of the League Cup.

Following the giant killings suffered at the hands of League Two Doncaster and Championship side Millwall in 2012-13, Paul Lambert's Villa make short work of League One Rotherham in more signs that the season could prove far better than the last.

Jed Steer makes his debut in a Villa shirt after his move from Norwich in July to become the 861st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Joe Bennett secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 31st appearance (27 Starts) to make it W10 D7 L14, 3 Assists, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the third consecutive Premier League game under Paul Lambert and for the first time this season deliver a beaten performance.

Centre forward Libor Kozák makes his debut in a Villa shirt from the subs bench to become the 862nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa record their first Premier League win since the opening day of the season after three consecutive losses under Paul Lambert.

Villa keep their first clean sheet in 26 Premier League matches under Paul Lambert.

Libor Kozák scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance (0 Starts) to make it W1 D0 L1 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Ciaran Clark makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt on his 84th appearance to make it W28 D21 L35, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 20 Bookings. Clark has now picked up a booking every 4.20 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan keeps his first clean sheet in a Villa shirt since December 2012 - 27 appearances previously - to make it W28 D15 L29, 106 Goals Conceded, 15 Clean Sheets, 1.63 Goals per League Game and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer a chastening and worrying defeat as they are hammered at home by Spurs in the League Cup to leave them with four defeats in seven games in all competitions under Paul Lambert.

Yet it was the decision making of the notorious referee Jonathan Moss that grabbed the headlines. 

That aside there was much to concern about Villa's second half capitulation of Lambert's much changed side.

Joe Bennett suffers his 15th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 32nd appearance (28 Starts) to make it W10 D7 L15, 3 Assists, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Callum Robinson makes his Villa debut after coming through the youth team to become the 863rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa make it three Premier League games unbeaten but are held to a goalless draw at Hull as Paul Lambert slowly build momentum after a difficult start to the campaign.

Ashley Westwood collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 37th appearance (35 Starts) to make it W12 D9 L16, 7 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose at home to Tottenham for the second time in four games as they are beaten for the first time in four to leave them with three wins in eight under Paul Lambert.

Fabian Delph makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (59 Starts) to make it W28 D19 L28, 3 Goals and 24 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan concedes his 110th goal in a Villa shirt on his 75th appearance (73 Starts) to make it W29 D16 L30, 1 Assist, 110 Goals Conceded, 16 Clean Sheets, 1.62 Goals per League Game and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose their 5th Premier League game in 9 under Paul Lambert.

Villa lose at home for the fourth time in five Premier League games under Paul Lambert as their season once again unravels under the uncommunicative Villa boss.

Villa fail to score for a third consecutive game under Paul Lambert. 

Villa have failed to score in 6 of their 11 fixtures this season under Paul Lambert. 

Villa score for the first time in five and win for the first time in five Premier League games under Paul Lambert.

Villa win for the first time in five and win for the first time in five Premier League games under Paul Lambert.

Villa win for the fourth time in ten games under Paul Lambert.

Nathan Baker makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (47 Starts) to make it W17 D10 L23, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Yacouba Sylla secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance (11 Starts) to make it W10 D4 L4, 2 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Aleksandar Tonev makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (4 Starts) and makes it W3 D1 L6, 0 Goals, 0 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa score a brace for the second successive game having failed to score in their previous four as they rescue a draw at the Hawthorns and extend their unbeaten run to three to leave them with four wins in twelve under Paul Lambert.

Christian Benteke makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (47 Starts) to make it W18 D11 L21, 28 Goals, 9 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ashley Westwood scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 42nd appearance (40 Starts) to make it W13 D11 L18, 1 Goal, 6 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Andreas Weimann contributes his 20th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 67th appearance (47 Starts) to make it W25 D19 L23, 16 Goals, 4 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa extend their unbeaten run to four but draw for the third time as they fail to score for the seventh time in fifteen games under Paul Lambert to leave them with just four wins in thirteen Premier League matches.

Villa have now won just twice at home in 8 matches, losing 4, under Paul Lambert.

Libor Kozák makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (6 Starts) to make it W3 D4 L3 and 2 Goals so far in his Villa career.

Antonio Luna makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W3 D2 L5, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose their five game unbeaten run as they lose to a side coming into the game off the back of seven consecutive defeats to leave Paul Lambert's men with just five wins in fifteen Premier League outings this season.

Third from bottom Fulham - despite having lost 7 consecutive games - see off Paul Lambert's Villa at Craven Cottage. 

Villa fail to score for the 7th time in 15 League games under Paul Lambert.

Villa lose for the 6th time in 15 Premier League games under Paul Lambert.

Fabian Delph collects his 25th booking in a Villa shirt on his 80th appearance (63 Starts) at a rate of a card every 3.20 games he has played and makes it W29 D21 L30, 4 Goals,1 Assist and 25 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Nathan Baker makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (53 Appearances) to make it W18 D11 L24, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Chris Herd makes his first appearance for 11 months to make it 35 starts in a Villa shirt (41 Appearances), W11 D13 L17, 2 Goals, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa slump to a third consecutive defeat as Paul Lambert once again delivers a very unhappy Christmas to leave Villa with just five wins in seventeen Premier League games.

Villa lose for the 3rd game in succession and the 8th time in 17 Premier League games under Paul Lambert as they fall back to 13th in the table. 

Midfielder Chris Herd makes his 42nd and final appearance for Villa (36 Starts) aged 24 before being released by the club in July 2015. Herd had gradudated from the Villa youth team but his career would be regularly interrupted by long term absences that were never fully explained. Despite showing fine qualities in midfield and expected to be a fixture in the team for the long haul Herd would go on ply his trade in sporadic appearances in the lower leagues before moving into far east football.

Matt Lowton suffers his 25th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 52nd appearance (52 Starts) to make it W18 D12 L25, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Paul Lambert’s Villa lose for the fourth game in succession and the ninth time in eighteen Premier League games but remain 13th in the table. 

Lambert had now lost six of his nine home League games this season and failed to score in nine of their eighteen matches. 

Lambert and Villa, unsurprisingly, were the subject of derision at full time as a manager who had mystifyingly retained support after one of the worst seasons in living memory finally began to feel the wrath of a judgemental Villa Park.

Gabriel Agbonlahor suffers his 100th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 301st appearance (271 Starts) to make it W111 D90 L100, 75 Goals, 39 Assists and 35 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ciaran Clark suffers his 40th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 96th appearance (86 Starts) to make it W31 D25 L40, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 24 Bookings. Clark has now picked up a booking every 4 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa end a run of four defeats to draw with Swansea but had now won just twice in 10 home League matches under Paul Lambert as the ire from the terraces grew. 

Ciaran Clark collects his 25th booking in a Villa shirt on his 97th appearance (87 Starts) to make it W31 D26 L40, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 25 Bookings. Clark has now picked up a booking every 3.88 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan concedes his 125th goal in a Villa shirt on his 86th appearance (84 Starts) to make it W31 D20 L35, 1 Assist, 125 Goals Conceded, 19 Clean Sheets, 1.57 Goals per League Game and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Paul Lambert's New Years' Resolution to make himself even more unpopular gets off to a great start as he throws away a Cup run to leave Villa with eleven defeats in twenty three games including losses to two League One sides including one only just promoted from the fourth tier of English football.

Paul Lambert’s Villa lose for the seventh time in ten home games to crash out of the FA Cup to League One Sheffield United. 

Hardly helping Lambert’s cause was his Houllier-esque idiotic comments about the value of the FA Cup that he had to speedily backtrack.

Nicklas Helenius scores his first goal on his 6th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (0 Starts). Having only joined in July 2013 for £1,350,000 from Aalborg, like so many of Paul Lambert's signings, Helenius was completely out of this depth in the Premier League and would be released on a free to Aalborg in July 2015 with a record of W2 D0 L4, 0 Goals, 0 Assists

Ashley Westwood makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (48 Starts) to make it W15 D13 L22, 1 Goal, 7 Assists and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the thirteenth time in twenty seven matches in all competitions as they are beaten at Goodison having mustered a single shot on target across the 90 minutes.

Villa lose for the 11th time in 24 Premier League games under Paul Lambert. 

Villa lose for the first time in 3 and remain in 10th, 5 points clear of the relegation places with 14 games to play. At the same stage in 2012-13 under Lambert, Villa sat 17th just one point clear of the drop zone.

Leandro Bacuna makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (20 Starts) to make it W8 D6 L11, 4 Goals and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ron Vlaar loses for the 20th time in a Villa shirt on his 52nd appearance to make it W19 D13 L20, 2 Goals and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose their 15th Premier League match in 31 games this season under Paul Lambert. 

Villa now have just 9 League wins in 31 under Paul Lambert in 2013-14.

Christian Benteke's injury will keep his out until October 2014 causing him to miss the crucial run in to the end of the season in Villa's second successive battle against relegation under Paul Lambert.

Villa's inexcusable and execrable form under the woeful Paul Lambert continues as they lose for the sixteenth time in thirty two Premier League games, lose to a relegation threatened side once again and make it ten home defeats out of seventeen played.

Villa lose a third succssive game under Paul Lambert.

Villa’s latest loss under Paul Lambert comes at the hands of bottom team Fulham who were five points adrift from safety coming into this fixture.

Without an assist in 24 games under Paul Lambert, Marc Albrighton has now contributed 2 in the last 4 games to make it 98 appearances (56 Starts), W28 D28 L42, 9 Goals, 13 Assists, 12 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Grant Holt scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 7th appearance (2 Starts) of his unexpected Villa career to make it W2 D1 L4, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Ryan Bertrand makes the 10th appearance of his loan spell and makes it W2 D2 L6, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 2 Bookings under Paul Lambert so far in his Villa career.

Winger Aleksandar Tonev makes his 20th and final appearance for Villa (8 Starts) aged 24. Tonev had only joined Villa from Lech Poznan in July 2013 for a fee of £2,880,000 and would move on to Frosinone Calcio on a free transfer in August 2015. Tonev, like so many players bought under Lambert, was completely out of his depth in the Premier League and left with a record of W3 D4 L13, 0 Goals, 0 Assists.