Villa, winless in seven under Paul Lambert, lose for the second successive game as they continue their slide towards relegation.

Villa lose for the 10th time in 22 Premier League matches under Paul Lambert. 

Villa have failed to score in 13 of those 22 games.

Villa have won just two of their last 11 home games under Paul Lambert.

Since the start of 2013-14 Paul Lambert has led Villa to thirty defeats in sixty League matches, winning fifteen.

Villa have won just eight of thirty home fixtures under Paul Lambert

Lambert has now lost 53 of his 111 games in charge.

Yet those appalling figures are enough for an abject leadership to issue a counter-productive vote of confidence in Lambert. Almost a year since the unhelpful statements of Paul Faulkner in defending Lambert, his successor, Tom Fox, issues a similar reality bending missive. Rather than reassure there was a plan in place and there was a shared concern for the predicament Villa were in, the nonchalant commentary reinforced a view of a club sleepwalking to inevitable relegation. 

Winger Carles Gil makes his Villa debut aged 22 after joining from Valencia CF for a fee of £3,780,000 earlier this month to become the 873rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football so far in his Villa career.

Jores Okore collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 16th appearance (14 Starts) to make it W4 D5 L7 and 5 Bookings at a rate of nearly 1 booking for every 3 matches played. Okore would later be accused of match fixing at Aalborg Boldspilklub so far in his Villa career.

Andreas Weimann suffers his 50th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 117th appearance (85 Starts) to make it W36 D31 L50, 23 Goals, 9 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa beat Championship side Bournemouth's second string in the 4th round of the FA Cup to provide respite from their League struggles under Paul Lambert.

Tom Cleverley makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W5 D5 L10 and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Carles Gil scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance and first start to make it W1 D0 L1 so far in his Villa career.

Leandro Bacuna contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 48th appearance (34 Starts) to make it W15 D11 L22, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa's woeful form for two and a half seasons under Paul Lambert continues as they fail to score for the sixth consecutive League game and record their fourth defeat over the period.

Villa lose their 11th game in 23 Premier League matches under Paul Lambert.

Villa have failed to score in 14 Premier League matches under Paul Lambert this season.

Villa have failed to score in 6 consecutive league games for the first time in their history.

Villa's tally of 11 league goals is the lowest in all 9 tiers of English football’s 649 team pyramid.

Villa have now gone 8 Premier League games without a win and scored only once in that sequence. 

Since the start of the 2013-14 season Paul Lambert has led Villa to 31 defeats in 61 League matches. 

Of his total of 113 games in charge, Lambert has lost 54. 

Villa have secured just 12 points from a possible 57, scoring 7, whilst conceding 29 under Lambert in 2014-15.

This 0-5 reverse at Arsenal is Villa’s biggest defeat since Lambert's 0-8 loss at Chelsea in the Premier League on 23 December 2012 - the heaviest defeat in the club's history

Winger Scott Sinclair makes his Villa debut aged 25 after joining from Manchester City on loan to the end of the season to become the 874th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Ciaran Clark makes his 125th appearance in a Villa shirt (111 Starts) to make it W38 D33 L54, 8 Goals, 4 Assists, 38 Bookings and 1 Red Card. Clark has now picked up a card every 3.21 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa score for the first time in seven League games under Paul Lambert but lose for the fourth consecutive game as the dreadful fare served up becomes laughable were it not so serious as an impotent boardroom does nothing to halt the slide.

Villa lose their 12th game in 24 under Paul Lambert.

Since the start of 2013-14 Paul Lambert had led Villa to 32 defeats in 62 League matches. 

Villa are now without a win in 9 League games under Paul Lambert 

Villa recorded the second lowest goals total ever in a top flight season after 24 games (12), only eclipsed by the eleven scored by Leicester City in 1977-78. 

The defeat to Chelsea represented Paul Lambert’s 100th league match in charge during which time he had lost 49, won 25 and scored 98. 

Of his total of 114 games in charge, Lambert had lost 55. 

Villa had secured 12 points from a possible 60 across the last twenty matches under Paul Lambert. 

Meanwhile, Lambert spoke absolute nonsense in his post match interview as his reality bending narrative once again came to the fore.

Jores Okore scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance (17 Starts) to make it W5 D5 L9, 1 Goal and 7 Bookings at a rate well over 1 booking for every 3 matches played. Okore would later be accused of match fixing at Aalborg Boldspilklub.

Carles Gil contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance (3 Starts) to make it W1 D0 L3, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Tom Cleverley collecs his 5th booking in a Villa shirt to make it W5 D5 L12 and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa fail to score for the seventh time in eight League matches and lose for the fifth successive game as finally, finally, the Paul Lambert regime - one that should have been ended in the Winter of 2012 - is finally put to an end over two painful years later. 

Villa lose their 13th game in 25 Premier League matches under Paul Lambert.

Since the start of 2013-14 Villa had lost 33 of their 63 League matches under Paul Lambert. 

Villa are without a win in ten League games under Paul Lambert. 

Villa record the second lowest goals total in a top flight season after 25 games (12). 

The defeat to Hull represented Paul Lambert’s 101st league match in charge during which time he had lost 50, won 25 and scored 98. 

Of his total of 115 games in charge, Lambert had lost 56. 

Since the start of the 2011-12 season under Alex McLeish, Villa had taken 139 points from 139 league games. 

Following this latest defeat, Villa dropped into the bottom three, swapping places with victors Hull City. 

Sadly the repercussions of Lambert's toxic reign would outlast his departure as Villa would struggle to recover from his mismanagement for seasons to come. The worst manager in Villa's history? Without question.

The only surprise of this latest defeat was that Villa finally acted and sacked Lambert. 

In truth Lambert could have been sacked early in his first season. 

Undoubtedly he probably should have been fired after recording Villa’s worst defeat in history in December 2012.

And he certainly should have been dismissed at the end of his first campaign. 

Yet, not only did Lambert retain the support of the Owner he had significant backing from a crowd who had demanded his appointment as a replacement to the much maligned - but whisper it quietly - far more effective manager on and off the pitch, Alex McLeish. 

Indeed for many it was not until Palace away in 2014 that the patience broke. Yet the hierarchy still did not act and another round of bizarre recruitment saddled Villa with a squad simply not good enough for top flight football.

Lambert had been simply atrocious from appointment but the sad reality was that under Randy Lerner these records had been building with a devastating inevitability. 

Alan Hutton, one of the key victims of Lambert's terrible management following his refusal to select Hutton for 88 games between May 2012 and August 2014 receives his 15th caution in a Villa shirt to make it W13 D19 L26, 1 Goal, 3 Assists, 15 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Aly Cissokho, one of Lambert's many uninspiring signings, makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W6 D7 L12 and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Jores Okore loses for the 10th time in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance (18 Starts) to make it W5 D5 L19, 1 Goal and 7 Bookings at a rate of over 1 booking for every 3 matches played. Okore would later be accused of match fixing at Aalborg Boldspilklub.

Tim Sherwood’s first game in charge ends in defeat after a 93’ penalty won by a scandalous dive. 

Villa are now without a win in 11 Premier League matches. 

Villa are the only team in the division to have yet to win in 2015.

Villa have now lost 6 league games in a row for the second time in 2014-15.

Ron Vlaar is sent off on his 79th appearance in a Villa shirt on his (78 Starts) to make it W25 D20 L34, 2 Goals, 3 Assists, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card.

Ron Vlaar’s 92’ red card was Villa’s sixth of the season, more than any other team.

Brad Guzan makes his 100th consecutive Premier League appearance for Villa.

Brad Guzan loses for the 60th time in a Villa shirt on his 131st appearance (129 Starts) to make it W41 D30 L60, 1 Assist, 197 Goals Conceded, 30 Clean Sheets, 1.58 Goals per League Game and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Kieran Richardson loses for the 10th time in a Villa shirt on his 19th appearance (13 Starts) to make it W6 D3 L10, 1 Assist, 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it successive wins over neighbours Albion as, after five years of dross on and off the pitch, Villa finally have something to get excited about in the form of a first FA Cup semi final since 2010.

Tim Sherwood's Villa send Villa Park into raptures after the joyless toil of much of the last five seasons is swept away in one afternoon. The FA took a dim view but few cared.

Jack Grealish contributes his 1st assist before being sent off for two bookings on his 16th appearance in a Villa shirt (2 Starts) to make it W8 D3 L5, 1 Assist, 2 Bookings, 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Now Villa's de-facto Cup goalkeeper, Shay Given keeps his 10th clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 48th appearance to make it W14 D16 L18, 69 Goals Conceded, 10 Clean Sheets and 1 Booking 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.

Villa secure their first point since the opening day of the season as they draw with Sunderland.

Scott Sinclair scores a brace on his 16th appearance in a Villa shirt (10 Starts) to make it W6 D1 L9 to double his total of League goals so far in his Villa career.

Jordan Amavi contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance to make it W1 D1 L2 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Villa go into a two goal lead only to then collapse and record their third defeat in five Premier League games.

This is the fourth time Villa had let a two goal lead slip to fall to defeat in the Premier League. 

Villa have now conceded 14 goals in their last 5 away games and lost 12 in 22 games under Tim Sherwood.

Centre back Joleon Lescott makes a losing debut in a Villa shirt aged 33 after his controversial signing from West Bromwich Albion for a fee of £1,260,000 earlier this month. Lescott becomes the 884th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football but his signing and time with Villa prove to be an unmitigated disaster on and off the field as his recruitment is seen as one of the biggest errors in the club's history despite hefty competition coming from a decade packed with underwhelming signings.

Jack Grealish scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 28th appearance (14 Starts) to make it W13 D4 L11, 1 Goals, 5 Assists, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Carles Gil scores his 2nd goal for the club on his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (7 Starts) to make it W3 D1 L6, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the 13th time in 23 games under Time Sherwood. 

Villa have now made their worst start to a season since Graham Turner in 1986-87 in a campaign that ended in relegation. 

Villa had now earned just 71 points from 73 Premier League games at Villa Park since December 2011 under Alex McLeish.

Joleon Lescott loses for the second time in a Villa shirt on his second appearance for the club.

Villa lose for the fifteenth time in twenty six games.

Villa have not won any of their four home League games this season.

Villa record their fourth Premier League defeat in a row, 

Villa make it seven games without a win.

Full back José Ángel Crespo makes his Villa debut aged 28 after joining from Córdoba CF for a fee of £630,000 in July 2015 to become the 885th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Alan Hutton makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (69 Starts) to make it W18 D20 L37, 1 Goal, 4 Assists, 18 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan loses for the 70th time on his 148th appearance in a Villa shirt (146 Starts) to make it W46 D32 L70, 1 Assist, 222 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 fourth time in four league games in a Villa shirt on his 5th appearance for the club to make it W1 D0 L4 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 ninth time in eleven Premier League games.

Villa have now lost 7 consecutive league games - their worst run of defeats since 1962-63 under Joe Mercer.

Villa's points total of 4 is their worst-ever start to a season after eleven League matches. 

Villa become only the 4th team to lose 9 of their opening 11 games in a Premier League season.

Rudy Gestede suffers his 10th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance (8 Starts) to make it W2 D1 L10, 4 Goals and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan makes 150th start in a Villa shirt (152 Appearances) to make it W46 D32 L74, 1 Assist, 231 Goals Conceded, 34 Clean Sheets, 1.59 Goals per League Game and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the seventh time in seven league games in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance for the club to make it W1 D0 L7 so far in his Villa career.

Kieran Richardson makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (32 Appearances) to make it W12 D3 L17, 1 Assist, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Scott Sinclair loses for the 15th time in a Villa shirt on his 23rd appearance (16 Starts) to make it W7 D1 L15 and 9 Goals so far in his Villa career.

Rémi Garde’s first game in charge sees Villa collect a first point in eight games, five points from twelve games, bottom of the table five points from safety.

Leandro Bacuna makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (55 Starts) to make it W25 D14 L36, 5 Goals, 6 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Meanwhile it is revealted that Jordan Amavi will miss the rest of the campaign through injury having made 12 appearances (11 Starts), W2 D2 L8, 3 assists and 2 bookings so far in his Villa career.