Villa look on course for another crushing Villa Park victory as they lead lowly Leicester 4-1 but the Mark Draper inspired foxes fight back to draw 4-4 and make it seven wins and four draws in twelve Premier League games under Brian Little.

Another high-scoring game at Villa Park following the annihilation of Wimbledon last time out and another 8 goals scored yet the points are shared as Villa let a 4-1 lead slip.

A cruising Villa side throw away a three goal lead and allow Leicester to equalise in the final minute, happily the key player in the Leicester side, midfielder Mark Draper, would, by the start of the following season, be lining up in a Villa shirt. 

Winger Franz Carr, 28, makes his Villa debut as an 88’ substitute after joining from Leicester City earlier this month for a fee of £250,000. 

Former Villa ‘keeper Kevin Poole and midfielder Garry Parker line up for Leicester as future Villa defender Simon Grayson also featured.

Villa are without a win in four but had lost only four of their last 18 Premier League games under Brian Little winning 6 and drawing 8.

Villa fail to score for the second successive match but manage to draw on Ron Atkinson's first return to Villa Park since his shock sacking in November.

Former Villa midfielder Kevin Richardson and future centre forward Dion Dublin line up for Coventry. 

Villa navigate a midweek FA Cup tie as a much changed side beat Forest to reach the FA Cup Semi Final for the 18th time thanks to a Franz Carr strike - his first for the club on a rare appearance for the winger.

Forward Neil Davis, 22, makes his debut in a Villa shirt after moving from Redditch United for a fee of £28,000 in May 1991 to become the 714th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Mark Bosnich keeps his 50th clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 135th appearance (134 Starts) to make it W62 D33 L40, 134 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.99 goals per game and 50 Clean Sheets (37%) so far in his Villa career.

Future Villa midfielder Steve Stone lines up for Nottingham Forest.

Villa suffer a shock defeat at Wednesday as Villa old boy Guy Whittingham scores his 13th goal of the season on 58’.

Ian Taylor makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (53 Appearances) to make it W25 D14 L14, 4 Goals, 5 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Alan Wright makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W26 D13 L11, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.