Villa earn a creditable draw at Anfield but now have just a single win in eight Premier League games under Paul Lambert.

Villa now have 6 wins in 22 Premier League matches under Paul Lambert this season.

Left back Ryan Bertrand, 24, makes his Villa debut after joining on loan from Chelsea until the end of the season to become the 864th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Centre forward Grant Holt, 32, makes his Villa debut from the subs bench having joined on loan from Wigan Athletic unfit and overweight earlier this month to become the 865th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football. Pretty much to a man, Lambert's signings were odd, this one though was nonsensical as a player unable to get a squad place at Wigan was brought in and played ahead of far more qualified squad members under Lambert.

Left back Antonio Luna makes his 18th and final appearance for Villa aged 22 just 5 months after his debut. Luna had been a first team regular during his first months with the club before appearing to disappear from first team consideration - just another sign of the madness that had infected the club under Paul Lambert. Luna moved on to SD Eibar on a free transfer in July 2015 having left a record of W5 D4 L9, 1 Goal and 3 Bookings.

Ciaran Clark makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (90 Starts) to make it W31 D27 L42, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 27 Bookings. Clark has now picked up a booking every 3.70 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Ron Vlaar makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W18 D13 L19, 2 Goals and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ashley Westwood makes his 50th start in a Villa shirt (52 Appearances) to make it W15 D14 L23, 1 Goal, 7 Assists and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Christian Benteke scores in consecutive games having broken his longest goalless streak in a Villa shirt (13 Games) last time out. Benteke now has 58 Appearances (54 Starts) with a record of W20 D13 L25, 30 Goals, 9 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Karim El Ahmadi collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 44th appearance (34 Starts) to make it W11 D12 L21, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa secured their second win in ten in all competitions as they recover from a two goal deficit to win by the odd goal in seven against Albion.

Villa win for the first time in four games under Paul Lambert.

Villa have now won 7 of their last 23 games under Paul Lambert.

Villa win their 3rd home League match in 12 under Paul Lambert.

Matt Lowton secures his 20th win and contributes his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 61st appearance (58 Starts) to make it W20 D13 L28, 2 Goals, 5 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the thirteenth time in twenty seven matches in all competitions as they are beaten at Goodison having mustered a single shot on target across the 90 minutes.

Villa lose for the 11th time in 24 Premier League games under Paul Lambert. 

Villa lose for the first time in 3 and remain in 10th, 5 points clear of the relegation places with 14 games to play. At the same stage in 2012-13 under Lambert, Villa sat 17th just one point clear of the drop zone.

Leandro Bacuna makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (20 Starts) to make it W8 D6 L11, 4 Goals and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ron Vlaar loses for the 20th time in a Villa shirt on his 52nd appearance to make it W19 D13 L20, 2 Goals and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

The wretched Paul Lambert further undermines Villa's standing as he leads the side to a fourteenth defeat in twenty eight games and eighth in thirteen at Villa Park as they capitulate against relegation threatened West Ham.

Villa lose for the 12th time in 25 games under Paul Lambert.

Villa fail to score for the 10th time in their last 12 defeats under Paul Lambert.

Nathan Baker suffers his 30th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 62nd Appearance (58 Starts) to make it W20 D12 L30, 6 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ashley Westwood loses for the 25th time in a Villa shirt on his 55th appearance (53 Starts) to make it W16 D14 L25, 1 Goal, 7 Assists and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Having played four relegation sides in succession Villa finally score and win having lost two and drawn one against their fellow strugglers under Paul Lambert. 

Villa have now won 4 of 14 home games in 2013-14 under Paul Lambert.

Villa now have 8 victories in 28 games this season under Paul Lambert.

Villa record their 3rd win in 15 under Paul Lambert.

Christian Benteke scores his second hat-trick in a Villa shirt and contributes his 40th goal involvement on his 64th appearance (60 Starts) to make it W22 D14 L28, 34 Goals, 11 Assists, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Ten months on from his crucial hat-trick that effectively saved Villa from relegation under Paul Lambert, Christian Benteke did it again to lift Villa to seven points off the drop zone with ten to play. 

Ron Vlaar secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 55th appearance to make it W20 D14 L21, 2 Goals and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Meanwhile, off the field, Villa announce losses of £52m for the 2012-13 season as the gamble on buying lower league youngsters fails to pay off.

From the sublime to the ridiculous as a week after beating title challengers Chelsea, Villa revert to type under Paul Lambert and are humiliated at home by Stoke.

Villa lose their 9th home League game in 16 under Paul Lambert this season.

Villa lose their 14th Premier League match in 30 under Paul Lambert in 2013-14. 

Villa have now delivered just 5 wins at Villa Park in 16 League fixtures under Paul Lambert.

Villa's latest reverse under Paul Lambert gifted the opposition their first away win in seven months.

Christian Benteke scores his 35th goal in a Villa shirt on his 66th appearance (62 Starts) to make it W23 D14 L29, 35 Goals, 11 Assists, 12 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Leandro Bacuna collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 31st appearance (26 Starts) to make it W10 D7 L14, 4 Goals and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Karim El Ahmadi makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (39 Starts) to make it W14 D12 L24, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 12 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Yacouba Sylla makes his 24th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (13 Starts) before moving on to Stade Rennais for £1,350,000 in June 2015 to leave with a record of W11 D6 L7, 2 Assists and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa's inexcusable and execrable form under the woeful Paul Lambert continues as they lose for the sixteenth time in thirty two Premier League games, lose to a relegation threatened side once again and make it ten home defeats out of seventeen played.

Villa lose a third succssive game under Paul Lambert.

Villa’s latest loss under Paul Lambert comes at the hands of bottom team Fulham who were five points adrift from safety coming into this fixture.

Without an assist in 24 games under Paul Lambert, Marc Albrighton has now contributed 2 in the last 4 games to make it 98 appearances (56 Starts), W28 D28 L42, 9 Goals, 13 Assists, 12 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Grant Holt scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 7th appearance (2 Starts) of his unexpected Villa career to make it W2 D1 L4, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Ryan Bertrand makes the 10th appearance of his loan spell and makes it W2 D2 L6, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 2 Bookings under Paul Lambert so far in his Villa career.

Winger Aleksandar Tonev makes his 20th and final appearance for Villa (8 Starts) aged 24. Tonev had only joined Villa from Lech Poznan in July 2013 for a fee of £2,880,000 and would move on to Frosinone Calcio on a free transfer in August 2015. Tonev, like so many players bought under Lambert, was completely out of his depth in the Premier League and left with a record of W3 D4 L13, 0 Goals, 0 Assists.

Villa lose for the seventeenth time in thirty three Premier League games under Paul Lambert as another relegation threatened team proves too strong. Off the pitch the gloves are off as Lambert is told exactly what is thought of him.

Villa fail to score for the 13th time in 33 games under Paul Lambert

Villa’s latest loss comes against a team below them in the table at the start of play and a nadir is finally reached as the away support turns on Lambert after another season of abject failure. 

To confound matters the deeply unpopular Chief Executive delivers an unhelpful and gaslighting “statement of unity” which only serves to increase the divide between support and those currently in senior positions at the club. 

With a loss rate of 52% Villa fall one place to 14th in the table but crucially they are now just four points off the relegation places.

Ashley Westwood loses for the 30th time in a Villa shirt on his 63rd appearance (61 Starts) to make it W18 D15 L30, 2 Goals, 8 Assists and 9 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan makes his 110th appearance in a Villa shirt (98 Starts) to make it W35 D22 L43, 1 Assist, 149 Goals Conceded, 22 Clean Sheets, 1.60 Goals per League Game and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ron Vlaar loses for the 25th time in a Villa shirt on his 60th appearance to make it W21 D14 L25, 2 Goals and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Karim El Ahmadi loses his 25th game in a Villa shirt on his 51st appearance (40 Starts) to make it W14 D12 L25, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa's dreadful season on and off the pitch continues as unsavoury and compromising information leaks out about the dysfunctional Lambert regime with new light shined on the real, entirely self interested, reasons for the hated manager's questionable decisions. On the pitch Villa fail to win at home for the thirteenth time in eighteen and fail to score for the fifteenth time in thirty seven games.

Villa fail to score for the 14th time in 34 games under Paul Lambert.

Villa fail to win at home for the 13th time in 18 matches under Paul Lambert. 

Villa sit 15th, five points clear of the drop zone with four to play. 

In more evidence that the club was not in good hands, Lambert’s assistants were suspended pending an investigation into allegations of bullying and aggressive off-and on-field behaviour. 

Lambert was praised by the absent Chairman Randy Lerner for his “total loyalty” in the aftermath of the eventual suspension and dismissal of Ian Culverhouse and Gary Karsa. It was alleged that a series of players had been upset by the actions of the assistants during the season and despite raising the issues with Lambert they went unresolved. 

A further claim was made that, those same players, in protest at their treatment, had  feigned injury or illness to miss matche, perhaps explaining the often bizarre trends of player unavailability through the season to date. 

In another self-defeating move of breathtaking stupidity, it was also revealed that Lambert and his team, because of poor personal relationships, had deliberately rendered some fully fit players unavailable in crucial fixtures that Villa had gone on to lose including the damaging 2-1 defeat to Fulham. 

In a move packed with supreme irony, Lambert promoted Shay Given to assistant duties. At the start of the campaign, Lambert had placed Given in the infamous 'bomb squad' of first team players not to be considered for duty. 

Callum Robinson makes his 2nd appearance in a Villa shirt (0 Starts) 7 months after his debut to make it W0 D1 L1, 0 Goals, 0 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Villa plumb yet new depths under Paul Lambert as he masterminds another loss against a relegation threatened side and leaves Villa hanging by a thread above the trap door for a second successive season. 

That Lambert should not be in post is unquestionable, that he is underlines the shameful, abject and incompetent regime that has been running the club into the ground since the summer of 2010.

Villa lose for the 18th time in the Premier League in 35 games under Paul Lambert.

Without an assist in 24 games under Paul Lambert, Marc Albrighton had now contributed 3 in his last 7 games to make it 101 appearances (58 Starts), W28 D29 L44, 9 Goals, 14 Assists, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card. Indeed one of the few bright spots of Lamberts torturous reign was that Albrighton, who had shown such promise under Gérard Houllier and Alex McLeish was now finding form again.

Ashley Westwood collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 65th appearance (63 Starts) to make it W18 D16 L31, 2 Goals, 8 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Nathan Baker collects his 10th booking in a Villa shirt on his 71st appearance (67 Starts) to make it W22 D14 L35, 10 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Centre forward Grant Holt makes his 10th and final appearance for Villa of his unexpected and widely derided loan spell from Championship side Wigan Athletic. Indeed Holt left as he came, overweight, unfit with no fanfare and little enthusiasm, Holt could never shake off perceptions that he was Lambert's man in a distressed, distracted and disunited dressing room and left with a record of W2 D2 L6, 1 Goal and 1 Booking. One thing for sure was his arrival was for anything but footballing reasons as the needlessly opaque and downright unpleasant atmosphere fostered by Lambert was continually being fed.

Brad Guzan concedes his 150th goal in a Villa shirt on his 100th Start (102 Appearances) to make it W35 D23 L44, 1 Assist, 153 Goals Conceded, 23 Clean Sheets, 1.61 Goals per League Game and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.