Villa recover from their poor showing last time out to take the game to Tottenham but see their luck desert them as a late mistake loses the game and effectively ends a career.

VAR and a slip by the recalled Björn Engels contribute to plunge luckless Villa to defeat. 

Björn Engels scores his only goal in a Villa shirt on his 17th appearance (15 Starts) to make it W3 D2 L12, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Centre forward Borja Bastón makes his Villa debut aged 27 after joining from Swansea City on a free transfer in January 2020 to become the 945th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Danny Drinkwater makes his fourth and final appearance for Villa before returning to parent club Chelsea. 

Frédéric Guilbert collects his fifth booking on his 24th appearance for the club (21 Starts) to make it W8 D5 L11, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Marvelous Nakamba collects his fifth booking on his 23rd appearance for the club (20 Starts) to make it W7 D4 L12, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa follow up unlucky with awful as another woeful performance sees them beaten,

Villa lose a third successive league game to leave them teetering on the edge of the relegation zone. 

Centre forward Borja Bastón makes his second and final appearance for Villa as an 81’ substitute.

Frédéric Guilbert makes his 25th appearance for Villa (22 Starts) to make it W8 D5 L12, 2 Goals, 2 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.