Villa are held at home for the second successive game and draw for the third consecutive match to extend their unbeaten run in all competitions under Martin O'Neill to ten games.

Villa were now unbeaten in Martin O’Neill’s first 10 games in charge - the first such run since John Gregory in May 2001 - and sat in 7th place in the Premier League having won 4 and drawn 6. 

Centre forward Chris Sutton, 33, makes his Villa debut after joining on a free transfer to become the 793rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Midfielder Isaiah Osbourne, 18, makes his Villa debut after coming through the youth ranks to become the 794th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa extend their unbeaten run to 11 games under Martin O'Neill - the first such run since John Gregory in May 2001 - as Gabriel Agbonlahor wins it for Villa in the last minute of extra time.

Juan Pablo Ángel scores his 60th goal in a Villa shirt on his 147th start (189 Appearances) to make it W68 D52 L69, 60 Goals, 18 Assists and 12 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.88 starts so far in his Villa career.

Aaron Hughes makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W18 D17 L15, 0 Goals, 7 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the first time in 2006-07, the first time in twelve games and the first time under Martin O'Neill.

Villa suffer their first reverse of the season, and first under Martin O'Neill, as their 11 game unbeaten run comes to an end.

Gabriel Agbonlahor scores his fifth goal in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance (15 Starts) to make it W7 D8 L6, 5 Goals, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Juan Pablo Ángel suffers his 70th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 190th appearance (148 Starts) to make it W68 D52 L70, 60 Goals, 18 Assists and 12 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.44 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Chris Sutton contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 3rd appearance (0 Starts) to make it W1 D1 L1 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Villa recover from their first defeat of the season and first in twelve games to beat Blackburn at Villa Park and climb to 6th in the Premier League table.

Villa return to winning ways after suffering their first defeat in 12 under Martin O'Neill last time out and rise to 6th in the Premier League Table with a record of P12 W4 D7 L1.

Villa bounce back from their League Cup disappointment to make it successive Premier League wins and one defeat in 12 Premier League matches under Martin O'Neill as they rise to 4th in the early table. 

Chris Sutton scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 5th appearance (2 Starts) to make it W3 D1 L1, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Isaiah Osbourne contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance to make it W2 D1 L1 and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Olof Mellberg makes his 200th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W69 D56 L75, 6 Goals, 6 Assists and 23 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Juan Pablo Ángel secures his 70th win in a Villa shirt on his 151st start (193 Appearances) to make it W70 D52 L71, 61 Goals, 19 Assists and 13 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.91 starts so far in his Villa career.

Wilfred Bouma makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (26 Appearances) to make it W9 D6 L11 and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa are held to a goalless draw at Wigan but extend their run under Martin O'Neill to just one defeat in thirteen Premier League games drawing 7 and winning 5 five as  O'Neill takes David O'Leary’s 2005-06 squad, plus Stiliyan Petrov and transforms a squad that had lost 8 of their last 13 games under O’Leary. 

Winger Peter Whittingham, 22, makes his 66th and final appearance (39 Starts) for Villa before moving on to Cardiff City for a fee of £473,000 in January 2007. Whittingham had come through the ranks as a schoolboy and made his debut aged 18 in the final game of the 2002-03 season under Graham Taylor before a 25 game run as a starter under David O’Leary. Inexplicably thereafter O’Leary relegated Whittingham to a substitute role. Following his ‘demotion’ Whittingham scored a single goal in 30 games under O’Leary having contributed 5 goal involvements in his first 22 starts. Whittingham would leave with a record of W26 D18 L22, 2 Goals, 5 Assists and 6 Bookings from his 5 seasons with Villa. Tragically Whittingham died after a fall at the age of 35 in March 2020. 

Winger Didier Agathe, 31, makes his 6th and final appearance for Villa (0 Starts) before moving on to Saint-Pierroise on a free transfer in January 2007. Agathe had joined Villa as a free agent earlier in the 2006-07 season and would leave with a record of W2 D3 L1 across his 6 substitute appearances.

Villa draw for the second successive game to extend their run to two defeats in seventeen Premier League games under Martin O'Neill.

Villa record their 10th draw in 17 Premier League games under Martin O'Neill.

Stiliyan Petrov scores his first goal in a Villa shirt after just 76 seconds of his 16th appearance to make it W5 D8 L3, 1 Goal and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Milan Baroš scores for the first time in 18 games in a Villa shirt to make it 45 appearances (36 Starts), W13 D18 L14, 13 Goals, 6 Assists and 7 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.37 games he has played so far in his Villa career

Villa are hit by more poor officiating as they lose at home to Bolton to make it three Premier League defeats in eighteen under Martin O'Neill but without a recognised goalkeeper to call on the Christmas period takes on a challenging air.

Villa drop to 9th in the table after losing their 2nd game in 4 under Martin O’Neill to extend their winless run to 6 as Thomas Sörensen and Stuart Taylor are ruled out with injury, forcing Villa to field second tier reserve 'keeper Gábor Király who had arrived on an emergency loan earlier in the week on a short term loan from Crystal Palace. 

Gábor Király makes his debut in a Villa shirt to become the 795th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Steven Davis makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (91 Appearances) to make it W29 D30 L32, 9 Goals, 5 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose consecutive games for the first time this season and the first time under Martin O'Neill.

Following the end of the reprehensible policy under the Doug Ellis of ostracising legendary players and managers from the League and European Cup winning side of the ’80’s, Randy Lerner rightfully restores the greats to centre stage with Villa boss Ron Saunders receiving a half time standing ovation on his first return to Villa Park in over 20 years. 

Sadly the result on the pitch didn’t do justice to the great man as Villa lost a second successive game for the first time this season and are now without a win in 7, drawing 4 and losing 3. 

Centre forward Chris Sutton, 33, makes his 9th and final appearance for Villa (6 Starts)) before retiring from football due to an eye injury. Similar to the effect of fellow veteran John Fashanu under Ron Atkinson, Sutton had a dynamic effect on Villa’s play and added a welcome hardened edge to the team. Sutton would have undoubtedly contributed more had injury not prevented it but he would leave prematurely with a record of W3 D3 L3, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings from his short Villa career.

Juan Pablo Ángel makes his 200th appearance in a Villa shirt (154 Starts) to make it W70 D56 L74, 62 Goals, 18 Assists and 13 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.50 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Gavin McCann collects his 25th booking in a Villa shirt on his 114th appearance to make it W43 D36 L35, 5 Goals, 3 Assists, 25 Bookings and 2 Red Cards at a rate of a card every 4.18 games so far in his Villa career.