Villa lose a 5th successive game.

Villa have now scored twice, conceding 16 in their last 5 ga,es

Villa lose for the 21st time in 36 games this season.

Villa lose for the 12th time in 22 games under Rémi Garde.

Ashley Westwood makes his 125th start in a Villa shirt (131 Appearances) to make it W37 D27 L67, 3 Goals, 11 Assists and 23 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Jores Okore refuses to play for Villa again following his 46th appearance (42 Starts) having recorded W13 D11 L22, 1 Goal and 8 Bookings. Okore would later be accused of match fixing at Aalborg Boldspilklub.

Winger André Green makes his Villa debut aged 17 after coming through the youth team ranks at Villa to become the 887th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Carles Gil suffers his 20th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 32nd appearance (23 Starts) to make it W6 D6 L20, 3 Goals, 2 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the fifteenth time in twenty two league games in a Villa shirt on his 23rd appearance for the club to make it W3 D5 L15, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Scott Sinclair loses his 25th game in a Villa shirt on his 39th appearance (25 Starts) to make it W8 D6 L25 and 9 Goals so far in his Villa career.

Off the pitch Villa report a £27.3m loss for 2014.15.

Former Villa chairman Harry Kartz passes away at the age of 102. Harry was chairman of the club from 1978 to 1980 and was vice chairman when Villa won the First Division championship in 1981 and European Cup in 1982.

Villa lose for the 21st time in 31 Premier League games and the hapless Rémi Garde calls it quits after just 23 games.

Villa lose their 6th successive game under Rémi Garde.  

Villa have conceded 17 goals in their last 6 games under Rémi Garde, scoring twice. 

Villa lose for the 13th time in 23 games under Rémi Garde.  

Villa lose their 22nd game in 37 this season. 

Meanwhile the fall out from Lerner’s disastrous ownership continues as the hopeless chief executive Tom Fox and sporting director Hendrik Almstadt ‘leave’ the club whilst ten days following this game Rémi Garde leaves by "mutual consent".

Rudy Gestede suffers his 20th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 31st appearance (16 Starts) to make it W3 D8 L20, 6 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the sixteenth time in twenty three league games in a Villa shirt on his 24th appearance for the club to make it W3 D5 L16, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Jordan Veretout makes his 29th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (24 Starts) to make it W5 D7 L17, 5 Assists and 4 Bookings. Villa had signed Veretout for £9,000,000 from Nantes in July 2015 and would leave for Fiorentina two years later for just £6,300,000.

Off th pitch, the unknown Steve Hollis continues to throw his weight around, the failed CEO marketing man Tom Fox resigns and the disastrous Hendrik Almsstadt leaves by 'mutual consent.' Brian Little, David Bernstein and Mervyn King join the board.

Roberto Di Matteo’s leads Villa for the first time.

This is Villa’s first game in the second tier of English football for 29 years.

Goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini, 21, drops a clanger on his Villa debut to gift Wednesday the win after joining from Hellas Verona for a fee of £4,500,000 in July 2016 to become the 889th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Centre Tommy Elphick makes his Villa debut aged 28 after joining from AFC Bournemouth for a fee of £3,510,000 in July 2016 to become the 890th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Aaron Tshibola makes his Villa debut aged 21 as a 70’ substitute after his inexplicable signing from Reading for a fee of £5,310,000 in July 2016 to become the 891st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Tshibola's arrival had strong echoes of that of Michael Boulding in 2002 where a player of clearly insufficient quality was brought into the club, unlike Boulding however, Tshibola cost big money. The idiocy of the previous regime was clearly not completely over.

Forward Ross McCormack makes his Villa debut aged 29 after joining from Fulham for a fee of £12,870,000 earlier this month to become the 892nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Alan Hutton makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (93 Starts) to make it W18 D25 L57, 1 Goal, 4 Assists, 25 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Leandro Bacuna makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (78 Starts) to make it W27 D20 L53, 6 Goals, 6 Assists and 17 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ashley Westwood loses for the 75th time in a Villa shirt on his 140th appearance (134 Starts) to make it W37 D28 L75, 5 Goals, 12 Assists and 24 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa midfielder Barry Bannan lines up for Wednesday.

Villa make it two defeats from two in all competitions as questions are asked once again and suspicion abounds.

Villa’s earliest entry into the League Cup ever and consequently their earliest ever exit from the competition since its inauguration in 1960.

Mark Bunn concedes his 25th goal in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance to make it W3 D4 L6, 25 Goals Conceded, 4 Clean Sheets and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ross McCormack collects his first booking in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance to make it W0 D0 L2, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Despite having refused to play for Villa again just 5 months earlier, troublesome centre back Jores Okore makes his 47th and final appearance for Villa (43 Starts) aged 24 before moving on to FC Copenhagen on a free transfer later this month. Villa had paid FC Nordsjaelland £4,230,000 for Okore’s services in July 2013 and following a controversy and injury ravaged spell across his 3 seasons with the club left with a record of W13 D11 L23, 1 Goal, 8 Bookings and 1 Own Goal. Okore's own goal came on what would prove to be his final appearance, with an easily avoidable error, that led to incredulity from his teammates during the match amd that attracted comment during and after the game as Villa fell to lower league opposition seemingly without a fight. Okore would later be accused of match fixing at Aalborg Boldspilklub.

Jordan Ayew suffers his 25th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 38th appearance (32 Starts) to make it W5 D8 L25, 8 Goals, 8 Bookings and 1 Red Card 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.

Villa make it one defeat, a win and a draw in Roberto Di Matteo's first three Championship games.

The game is overshadowed by the news that legendary Villa centre forward Dalian Atkinson has been murdered by police officers outside his father's house. 

Jack Grealish makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (25 Starts) to make it W16 D5 L29, 2 Goals, 6 Assists, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ross McCormack scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance to make it W1 D1 L2, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa midfielder Jonathan Hogg lined up for Huddersfield.

Villa record a second successive draw as their Championship campaign under Roberto Di Matteo gets off to a slow start.

Aly Cissokho makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt on his (49 Starts) to make it W10 D11 L29, 1 Assist, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Roberto Di Matteo has delivered two draws, a win and a loss in his first four league games as well as a first round exit from the League cup with Villa clearly taking time to settle in the second tier and under the new manager’s methods. 

Ross McCormack picks up his third booking in five games.

Former Villa ‘keeper Scott Carson lined up for Derby with former Villa record signing - centre forward Darren Bent - coming on as a 77’ substitute for the Rams.

Villa lose for the second time in 5 Championship games under Roberto Di Matteo having won once.

Despite an early Jack Grealish goal Roberto Di Matteo loses his 2nd league game of the campaign having drawn 2 and won 1 to leave Villa in 16th place in the second tier and already well off the promotion pace. 

Midfielder Mile Jedinak makes his Villa debut aged 32 after joining from Crystal Palace for a fee of £4,140,000 earlier this month to become the 894th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Right back Ritchie De Laet makes his Villa debut aged 27 after joining from Leicester City for a fee of £2,070,000 earlier this month to become the 895th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Libor Kozák makes his 22nd and final appearance for Villa (12 Starts) after an injury ravaged 3 seasons with the club, Kozák left with a record of W6 D8 L8, 4 Goals and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Jordan Ayew collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 42nd appearance (36 Starts) to make it W6 D10 L26, 8 Goals, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Jack Grealish collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 52nd appearance (27 Starts) to leave the much hyped midfielder with as many cards as assists in his nascent Villa career with a record of W16 D6 L30, 2 Goals, 6 Assists, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Leandro Bacuna collects his 20th booking in a Villa shirt on his 104th appearance (82 Starts) to make it W28 D22 L54, 6 Goals, 7 Assists and 20 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Jordan Amavi suffers his 10th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance (12 Starts) to make it W2 D3 L10, 2 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Aly Cissokho suffers his 30th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 50th start (51 Appearances) to make it W10 D9 L30, 1 Assist, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa centre forward Tammy Abraham scores Bristol City’s opener whilst fellow future Villa centre forward Jonathan Kodjia is left out of the squad pending his transfer.

Villa lose in the 3rd round of the FA Cup against Premier League opposition as the reality of life in the second tier hits hard.

Goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, 23, makes his Villa debut after joining on loan from Manchester United earlier this month. Johnstone becomes the 899th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Centre forward Keinan Davis, 18, makes his debut having signed from Biggleswade Town in December 2015) to become the 898th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

James Chester makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W8 D11 L6 and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer successive League defeats for the first time under Steve Bruce and the first time this season as 2017 starts in less positive fashion than 2016 ended.

Steve Bruce’s Villa lose for the third game in succession.

Villa lose to Wolves for the first time since May 1978 under Ron Saunders.

Scarcely believably, the Wolves manager is one Paul Lambert - the true architect of Villa's descent to the second tier. As was so familiar to Villa supporters, Lambert was already gaslighting his new club's fans and predictably end the season below Villa in the table - despite Bruce's men finishing in their lowest placing for over forty years.

André Green makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (1 Start) to make it W1 D2 L7 so far in his Villa career.

Leandro Bacuna collects his 25th booking in a Villa shirt on his 117th appearance (93 Starts) to make it W33 D27 L57, 7 Goals, 7 Assists and 25 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Aaron Tshibola makes his 10th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (7 Starts) following his inexplicable £5,310,000 move from Reading in July. Tshibola would remain at the club until August 2019 before leaving with a record of W1 D4 L5, 1 Goal, 3 Bookings and being one of the most curious signings of all time.

Meanwhile it is reveled that two time Villa manager Graham Taylor had passed away aged 72. Taylor, a roaring success in his first spell as manager between 1987 and 1990 - taking Villa out of the second tier to Division One runners up with a record over 150 games of W69 D34 L47 at a rate of 1.61 points per game had a torrid and best forgotten second spell between 2001 and 2003. Taylor won just 19 of 60 games to make it W19 D14 L27 at a rate of 1.18 points per game - the worst performance of any Villa manager since Billy McNeill in 1986-87 - ironically the man Taylor would initially replace when arriving for his first spell in charge.

Villa score their first goals of 2017 to take a two goal lead but new found frailties see them concede a draw as Steve Bruce's difficult start to the year continues.

Steve Bruce’s Villa squander Albert Adomah’s two goal lead to draw with Preston and remain without a win, and three defeats, so far in 2017. 

Meanwhile, the sort of behaviour which we thought we’d seen the back of with the departure of the likes of Joleon Lescott, reared its head again as Ross McCormack’s set his Villa career on fire. 

Midfielder Henri Lansbury made his Villa debut aged 26 after joining from Nottingham Forest for £3,060,000 earlier this month to become the 900th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Albert Adomah collects his 1st booking in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance (17 Starts) to make it W7 D8 L6, 3 Goals, 5 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Another key plank of Villa’s descent to the second tier, midfielder Ashley Westwood made his final appearance for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Burnley for a fee of £5,220,000 later this month. Westwood made 162 appearances (151 Starts) over the 5 seasons he spent with Villa. Having signed him from Crewe Alexandra for a fee of £2,250,000 in August 2012, Villa made a decent profit on a player whose decline in form mirrored Villa’s. Westwood finally left in a move that was in the best interests of everyone with a record of W42 D40 L80, 5 Goals, 12 Assists and 27 Bookings.

Meanwhile, off the pitch, Steve Bruce launches an eviscerating attack on Ross McCormack for missing training.

Villa lose for the 4th time in 5 games under Steve Bruce.

Despite the result the signs are there that a good team lurks within but the outstanding footballing side of Villa fan and future Villa boss Dean Smith leaves Steve Bruce’s newly assembled Villa winless in 4 Championship games with 3 defeats.

Although a much changed line up didn’t immediately gel, the team was packed with quality and potential. 

The excellent young ‘keeper Johnstone, the committed and talented left back Amavi, the dependable cult hero Hutton, the rejuvenated Baker, the leader Chester, the talented midfield trio of Lansbury, Bjarnason and Hourihane, the goal threat of Adomah and Kodjia and the exciting winger Green. 

Given time this team could prove competitive at this level, the only real question was how long that would take and whether Villa could hold on to the core if it took too long. 

Midfielder Conor Hourihane, 26, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from Barnsley for £3,150,000 earlier this month to become the 901st player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Birkir Bjarnason, 18, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after joining from FC Basel 1893 for £1,800,000 earlier this month to become the 902nd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Nathan Baker suffers his 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 106th appearance (98 Starts) to make it W33 D23 L50, 1 Goal, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer ill-luck as they are beaten at the last at the City Ground despite a much improved showing 

Villa now have four defeats in five winless Championship games under Steve Bruce in 2017 having delivered seven wins and three draws in his first thirteen matches to the end of 2016.

Villa lose for the fifth time in six games in 2017 in their worst run of the season - a run that has painful echoes of 2015-16. The difference however is that there is clear quality in this side that just needs unlocking.

Forward Scott Hogan, 24, makes his Villa debut after joining in January 2017 from Brentford for £9,450,000 to become the 904th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Right back James Bree, 19, make his Villa debut following his move from Barnsley for £3,150,000 the same month  to become the 903rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Jonathan Kodjia scores his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance to make it W7 D9 L5, 10 Goals and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Jack Grealish contributes his 5th assist on his 71st appearance for Villa (41 Starts) but is also sent off for the second time to make it W20 D13 L38, 4 Goals, 7 Assists, 10 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Sam Johnstone concedes his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 5th appearance to make it W0 D1 L4, 10 Goals Conceded and 0 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Steve Bruce’s Villa lose for the sixth time in seven games in 2017 and in so doing extend their worst run of the season. As a result Villa drop to 16th and a second successive relegation is not impossible to imagine, neither is a third manager of the season as Bruce clearly begins to struggle with the scale of the job. 

In truth it already looks like it will require a very quick gelling of the recently and expensively recruited players, rather than anything from the bench, that will stop the rot. 

Left back Neil Taylor made his Villa debut aged 28 after joining from Swansea City in exchange for Jordan Ayew in January 2017 to become the 905th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

James Chester makes his 30th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W8 D12 L10 and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Leandro Bacuna suffers his 60th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 121st appearance (93 Starts) to make it W33 D28 L60, 7 Goals, 7 Assists and 25 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Nathan Baker makes his 100th start in a Villa shirt on his (108 Appearances) to make it W33 D23 L52, 1 Goal, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer a chastening home defeat to make it 6 defeats in 7 Championship games in 2017 as alarm bells get louder and louder that despite the strong start, Steve Bruce is struggling to turn Villa around.

Albert Adomah makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (19 Starts) to make it W7 D8 L10, 3 Goals, 6 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Steve Bruce's Villa win for the first time in 2017 and for the first time in nine games.

James Chester scores his first goal for Villa on his 33rd appearance to make it W9 D12 L12, 1 Goal and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Jonathan Kodjia makes his 25th appearance and contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt to make it W8 D9 L8, 11 Goals, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Leandro Bacuna is sent off on his 124th appearance in a Villa shirt (94 Starts) for pushing assistant referee Mark Russell in the dying stages of tha match over a disputed throw-in to make it W34 D28 L62, 7 Goals, 7 Assists, 25 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Sam Johnstone keeps his 1st clean sheet and secures his first win in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance to make it W1 D1 L7, 16 Goals Conceded and 1 Clean Sheet so far in his Villa career.

Jordan Amavi secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 38th appearance (31 Starts) to make it W10 D10 L18, 4 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa win consecutive games as form slowly begins to re-emerge after a torrid six weeks.

Steve Bruce's Villa win successive games for the first time since December and rise to 15th in the Championship table as a result.

Conor Hourihane scores his 1st goal for Villa on his 6th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W1 D0 L5, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

André Green collects his first caution in a Villa shirt on his 17th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W3 D3 L11 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Alan Hutton makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (116 Starts) to make it W27 D30 L68, 1 Goal, 5 Assists, 30 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Off the pitch it is revealed that Villa made an £81m loss in 2015-16 in further evidence of the utterly incompetent and irresponsible hands Villa had been in during the destructive dying embers of the the Lerner regime. Although doubts remain over the entertaining but opaque Dr Tony Xia, the money invested so far largely seems to have been spent on players capable to fulfill their roles unlike the 2015-16 intake.

Villa's excellent run continues as they make it 6 wins in their last 7 Championship games as their terrible early 2017 form under Steve Bruce is a distant memory.

Villa climb to eleventh in the table but Bruce's constant selection changes cause concern that this is a management regime living on the seat of their pants game to game. 

Whether that was a realistic route to enough consistency to deliver a play off place - or better - remained an open question.

Conor Hourihane secures his 5th win in a Villa shirt on his 10th start (11 Appearances) to make it W5 D0 L6, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Sam Johnstone keeps his 1st clean sheet and secures his first win as well as contributing his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance to make it W1 D1 L7, 1 Assist, 16 Goals Conceded and 1 Clean Sheet so far in his Villa career.

Steve Bruce's Villa win their seventh game in eight and their fourth consecutive game for the first time this season and the first time since Martin O'Neill in December 2009.

Sam Johnstone keeps his 7th clean sheet in his last eight games in a Villa shirt on his 16th appearance and had now conceded just one goal in his second 8 games for the club, having conceded 16 in his first 8 games, to make it W7 D1 L8, 17 Goals Conceded and 7 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

James Chester secures his 15th win in a Villa shirt on his 32nd appearance to make it W15 D12 L13, 2 Goals and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Jonathan Kodjia collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 29th appearance to make it W14 D9 L9, 18 Goals, 1 Assist and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Leandro Bacuna makes his 125th appearance and contributes his 15th goal involvement in a Villa shirt (95 Starts) to make it W35 D28 L62, 7 Goals, 8 Assists and 25 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa open the season with a home draw against freshly relegated Hull.

Centre back John Terry makes his Villa debut aged 37 after joining from Chelsea on a free transfer in July 2017 to become the 910th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Centre back Christopher Samba makes his Villa debut aged 33 as a 90’ substitute after joining as an unattached player in July 2017 to become the 907th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Glenn Whelan makes his Villa debut aged 33 after joining from Stoke City for a fee of £1,530,000 in July 2017 to become the 908th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Right back Ahmed Elmohamady makes his Villa debut aged 29 after joining from Hull City for a fee of £990,000 in July 2017 to become the 911th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Josh Onomah makes his Villa debut aged 20 as a 70’ substitute after joining on a season long loan from Tottenham Hotspur in July 2017 to become the 909th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Alan Hutton makes his 125th start in a Villa shirt (136 Appearances) to make it W33 D32 L71, 1 Goal, 6 Assists, 30 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Midfielder Leandro Bacuna makes his final appearance for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Reading for a fee of £1,350,000 later this month. Villa had signed Bacuna from FC Groningen for a fee of £1,260,000 in July 2013 and leaves with a record of W36 D31 L64, 7 Goals, 8 Assists, 26 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

Villa scrape through against League two side Colchester in their fourth League Cup meeting but first since 1979.

Forward Callum O’Hare made his Villa debut aged 19 after graduating from the Youth team ranks to become the 912th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Scott Hogan scores only his 2nd goal in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance (11 Starts) but it only comes against lower league opposition to make it W5 D3 L7, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa's poor start to the season under Steve Bruce continues as they suffer a second successive defeat and are winless in three Championship games.

Villa collapse to 23rd in the table without a win in three and concerns mount that a promotion challenge is beyond Steve Bruce’s men already. 

James Chester makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W17 D15 L18, 3 Goals and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Sam Johnstone makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W8 D4 L13, 32 Goals Conceded and 8 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Birkir Bjarnason makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (7 Starts) to make it W4 D0 L6 so far in his Villa career.

Recently departed Leandro "Champions League" Bacuna sat on the bench for his new club Reading.

Villa win at the fourth attempt in the Championship in 2017-18 thanks to a hat-trick from the irrepressible Conor Hourihane.

Hourihane hat-trick now has 4 goals in two games as Villa rise to 16th in the table with 5 games played. 

Bizarrely Steve Bruce doesn’t take credit for his attacking team selection and blames it on having his “hand … forced”. With two assists coming from Henri Lansbury who only took the field as an early substitute for the injured Josh Onomah and a third from a player he didn’t intend to play, confidence in the manager is not high and add to the concern that there is little in the way of a tactical plan at Villa Park.

Keinan Davis contributes his first assist on his first start for the club (9 Appearances) to make it W4 D2 L3, 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Henri Lansbury contributes his first assists for the club on his 21st appearance (19 Starts) to make it W8 D4 L9, 2 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Conor Hourihane’s hat-trick is Villa's first since Scott Sinclair in the League Cup on Tuesday, 25 August 2015 and is his 5th goal for the club in 21 appearances (16 Starts) to make it W8 D2 L11, 5 Goals, 3 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

André Green scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 23rd appearance (8 Starts) to make it W7 D4 L12, 1 Goals and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

John Terry secures his first win in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance to make it W1 D1 L2 so far in his Villa career.

Villa are held at Ashton Gate to leave them with just one win in five Championship games under Steve Bruce.

Josh Onomah scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W2 D2 L2, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa defender Nathan Baker lines up for Bristol City.

Villa are held at home by Dean Smith's footballing Brentford side to leave Steve Bruce with one win in six Championship matches.

André Green makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (10 Starts) to make it W7 D6 L12, 1 Goal and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Robert Snodgrass makes his debut in a Villa shirt to become the 916th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

With Villa clearly struggling in this their second season in the Championship, Steve Bruce pulls off a real transfer coup in signing West Ham winger Robert Snodgrass on loan to the end of the campaign. Snodgrass' presence could not help Villa make the breakthrough against future Villa boss Dean Smith’s talented Brentford side. As a result Villa tumbled back to 18th in the table. 

Future Villa centre forward Ollie Watkins lines up for Brentford.