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 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 survive one of the most laughably bad offside decisions ever seen to recover a draw against Middlesbrough and extend their run to a single defeat in fourteen Premier League games under Martin O'Neill.

Gareth Barry scores his fourth penalty of the season after a shocking offside decision gifts Gareth Southgate's struggling Middlesbrough side the opener.

Stuart Taylor keeps his first clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 5th appearance (4 Starts) to make it W2 D2 L1, 7 Goals Conceded and 1 Clean Sheet so far in his Villa career.

Milan Baroš makes it 15 games without a goal in a Villa shirt and 29 games without an assist as he is yet to be involved in a goal in his 13 appearances under Martin O’Nell. His record of W13 D16 L13, 12 Goals, 6 Assists and 6 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.33 games he has played so far in his Villa career looks very different from his first 20 starts - a run that had brought 15 goal involvements at a rate of 1.40 per game.

Villa bounce back from their second defeat in fifteen Premier League games under Martin O'Neill but can only draw with Portsmouth in a game the opposition should have been reduced to nine.

Gareth Barry scores his fifth penalty of the season but Villa are held to a draw in a game where former Villa 'keeper David James controversially survives a first half dismissible offence to save his new side.

Villa draw for the 9th time in 16 Premier League under Martin O’Neill.

Juan Pablo Ángel contributes his 80th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 197th appearance (154 Starts) to make it W70 D55 L72, 62 Goals, 18 Assists and 13 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.46 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

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 lose for a third consecutive game with their stand-in 'keeper as the years of under investment under former Chairman Doug Ellis leaves Martin O'Neill with a threadbare squad.

Villa, without a first team 'keeper are now without a win in their last 8 Premier League games under Martin O'Neill but remain 10th in the table with a record for his debut season of P20 W5 D10 L5.

Gary Cahill collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 17th appearance (16 Starts) to make it W4 D5 L8, 1 Goal and 5 Bookings at a rate of a card every 3.40 games so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for a fourth consecutive game with their stand-in 'keeper to end 2006 in a difficult run of form after such a solid start to life under Martin O'Neill.

Villa end 2006 with a 4th successive defeat having had to play without a first team 'keeper for the 4th consecutive match, losing Gareth Barry to a red card and conceding an injury time winner. As a result Villa fell to a season low of 12th in the table and the early optimism under Martin O'Neill faced its first rigorous examination.

Juan Pablo Ángel suffers his 75th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 201st appearance (155 Starts) to make it W70 D56 L75, 60 Goals, 18 Assists and 13 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.51 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Villa stop a run of four consecutive Premier League defeats with a hard fought draw against title chasing Chelsea as stand in 'keeper Gábor Király keeps his first clean sheet for Villa.

Villa however are winless in 10 Premier League games under Martin O'Neill and fall to 13th in the table.

Villa lose their annual FA Cup third round tie with Manchester United to an injury time goal. 

Emergency 'keeper Gábor Király makes his 6th and final appearance in a Villa shirt before returning to Championship side Crystal Palace's reserve team and leaving with a record of W0 D1 L5, 10 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.67 goals per game and 1 Clean Sheet (17%).

Gary Cahill contributes his 1st goal assist in a Villa shirt on his 20th appearance (19 Starts) to make it W4 D6 L10, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 6 Bookings at a rate of a card every 3.33 games so far in his Villa career.

Goalkeeper Bobby Olejnik, 20, makes his 11th and final squad appearance for Villa as an unused substitute before moving on to Falkirk in June 2007.

Villa lose for the fifth time in six Premier League games.

Villa play Manchester United for the second game in succession and the third time in six matches and have now lost all three.

Villa are out of the Cups and without a Premier League win in 11 games under Martin O’Neill and have dropped from 5th place 6 weeks previously to 15th today.

Gabriel Agbonlahor contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 36th appearance (30 Starts) to make it W9 D13 L14, 6 Goals, 4 Assists and 1 Booking at a goal involvement rate of one for every 3.60 games he has played so far in his Villa career.

Milan Baroš contributes an assist for the first time in 37 games in a Villa shirt to make it 50 appearances (39 Starts), W13 D19 L18, 13 Goals, 7 Assists and 7 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.50 games he has played so far in his Villa career. Baroš first 25 appearances had delivered 10 Goals and 6 Assists at a goal involvement rate of one for every 1.56 games.

Liam Ridgewell makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (92 Starts) to make it W29 D27 L36, 6 Goals, 2 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

A much changed team makes short work of Wrexham.

Centre back Gary Cahill, 22, makes his 31st and final appearance in a Villa shirt (28 Starts) before being sold to Bolton Wanderers for a fee of £5,400,000 in January 2008 in a move that stunned and shocked the fan base in equal measure. Cahill, like Peter Crouch, Steven Davis and Thomas Hitzlsperger before him was clearly of the class to make a long term career with Villa but Martin O'Neill deemed Cahill surplus to requirements as he had with Steven Davis and as his predecessor had done with Crouch and Hitzlsperger. Perhaps it was with Martin Laursen and Olof Mellberg being his first choice centre back pairing he saw no room for Cahill. But, given the injuries Laursen carried and the expectation that Mellberg would leave the club at the end of his contract the decision worried many. Rumours of strong personalities and playing demands clashing also shone a light on issues not previously public. That O’Neill subsequently recruited lesser players as Cahill’s de facto replacements made the move even more perplexing. As for Cahill himself, although his initial destination was curious, to the surprise of nobody he went on to be a Premier League winning captain and the first chink in the mighty Martin O’Neill armour was opened. Cahill left with a record of W7 D9 L15, 1 Goal, 2 Assists and 7 Bookings.

Shaun Maloney celebrates his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (6 Starts) with a brace against League Two side Wrexham (who would be relegated from the League at the end of the campaign) to make it W5 D4 L1, 4 Goals and 0 Assists so far in his Villa career.

Marlon Harewood scores his 1st goal and contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 2nd appearance (1 Start) to make it W2 D0 L0, 1 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Martin O'Neill's mass changes backfire as Villa are knocked out of the League Cup by Championship side Leicester. 

Villa have now lost three games this season, all of which have been by a single goal. 

Centre back Curtis Davies makes his debut appearance for Villa after joining on a season long loan from West Bromwich Albion in August 2007 ahead of a permanent move arranged for August 2008 to become the 804th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Stuart Taylor makes his 10th start in a Villa shirt (12 Appearances) to make it W3 D5 L4, 18 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.50 goals per game and 2 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Nine man Villa lose to Manchester United with the customary help from the officials to leave them with a second Premier League defeat in eight games.

Villa lose for the third time in nine Premier League games and for a first time lose a match by more than the odd goal after having both Scott Carson and Nigel Reo-Coker sent off.

Villa fall back to 9th and the toxic combination of atrocious luck, form and poor refereeing performances against Manchester United continues.

Gabriel Agbonlahor scores his 15th goal in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearance (55 Starts) to make it W20 D21 L21, 15 Goals, 6 Assists and 4 Bookings.

Scott Carson is sent off on his 8th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W4 D2 L2, 2 Assists, 9 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.12 goals per game, 4 Clean Sheets (50%), 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Nigel Reo-Coker is sent off on his 11th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W5 D2 L4, 1 Goal, 1 Assist, 6 Bookings and 1 Red Card at a rate of a card every 1.57 games so far in his Villa career.

Villa draw at the Reebok having surrendered the early initiative to lowly Bolton to make it P10 W4 D3 L3 compared to Martin O'Neill's first season record of P10 W3 D6 L1, delivering 15 points each time.

Stuart Taylor concedes his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 14th appearance (11 Starts) to make it W3 D6 L5, 20 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.43 goals per game and 2 Clean Sheets so far in his Villa career.

Patrik Berger makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) to make it W7 D8 L10, 2 Goals, 3 Assists and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer a shock defeat to lowly Fulham and end an eight game unbeaten run under Martin O'Neill that had moved them into 5th place. 

Wilfred Bouma makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (72 Starts) to make it W26 D24 L25, 3 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa bounce back from their first defeat in nine Premier League games to see off Newcastle at Villa Park with a fine attacking display,

Villa win for the first time in four under Martin O'Neill to remain in 6th place.

John Carew scores his first hat-trick in a Villa shirt on his 32nd appearance to make it W12 D11 L9, 12 Goals, 4 Assists and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.00 games he has played so far in his Villa career. 

Wilfred Bouma scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 76th appearance (73 Starts) to make it W27 D24 L25, 1 Goal, 3 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Shaun Maloney contributes his 1st assist in a Villa shirt on his 27th appearance (13 Starts) to make it W12 D8 L7, 7 Goals and 1 Assist so far in his Villa career.

Villa secure successive wins to remain 6th in the table, level on points with Liverpool and are now just three off fourth place under Martin O’Neill.

Villa now have just one defeat in eleven Premier League games under Martin O'Neill as they see off Reading at the Madejski.

Scott Carson makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W13 D6 L6, 3 Assists, 31 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.24 goals per game, 7 Clean Sheets (28%), 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa concede a 90'+3 goal as Arsenal hold them to a draw in a game they had looked certain to win at the Emirates but it is now just one defeat in thirteen Premier League games for Martin O'Neill's side. 

Villa remain in 6th place and now had just one defeat in the last eleven Premier League games under Martin O'Neill.

Wilfred Bouma makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (78 Appearances) to make it W28 D25 L25, 1 Goal, 3 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Having lost once in their previous fourteen Premier League games, Villa lose consecutive matches as form wobbles under Martin O'Neill with seven games left to play and a top six finish the target.

A late goal earn struggling Sunderland their first away win of the season and leaves Villa with successive defeats under Martin O'Neill for the first time since December.

Gareth Barry makes his 385th appearance in a Villa shirt (370 Starts) to make it W143 D110 L132, 38 Goals, 40 Assists, 53 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa's form unravels further as they are beaten by leaders Manchester United to leave them with three consecutive Premier League defeats.

Villa lose a third consecutive game for the first time since December 2006 and drop back to 8th place in the table. 

Shaun Maloney, 25, makes his 33rd and final appearance in a Villa shirt (18 Starts) before moving on to Celtic for a fee £2,790,000 in August 2008 - the club he had joined from January 2007 for a fee of £1,350,000. Maloney would leave with a record of W13 D10 L10, 7 Goals, and 1 Assist at a rate of 1 goal involvement for every 4.12 games he played.

Villa face Hafnarfjarðar in the return leg of the UEFA Cup qualifier and are held after leading for three minutes.

Martin O'Neill's changes see Villa struggle against their opponents but with qualification never in danger after the first leg a UEFA Cup 1st Round place is theirs.

After making six changes, Villa lose to Championship side QPR in the League Cup without scoring.

Goalkeeper Brad Guzan who joined from CD Chivas for £900,000 in August, makes his Villa debut to become the 813th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Stiliyan Petrov makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (68 Starts) to make it W30 D24 L21, 4 Goals, 1 Assist and 8 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Isaiah Osbourne makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (13 Starts) to make it W5 D9 L11, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa entertain Litex but can only draw for the second home European game in succession yet still qualify for the second round thanks to their aggregate victory.

Once again Martin O'Neill's cup changes see Villa struggle but their first leg result is enough to see them progress to the UEFA Cup Group Stages. 

Wayne Routledge makes his final appearance for Villa aged 23 before moving on to Queens Park Rangers for a fee of £603,000 in January 2009. Routledge had only joined Villa from Tottenham Hotspur in January 2008 for a fee of £1,530,000 making 8 appearances, 6 as substitute during his 12 months with Villa and a record of W3 D3 L2.

Brad Friedel makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W8 D2 L0, 11 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.10 goals per game and 1 Clean Sheet (10%) so far in his Villa career.

Villa suffer their first UEFA Cup setback of the campaign after Martin O'Neill's mass changes don't work out once again but Villa still progress to the Round of 32 with a game still to play.

Villa carry their indifferent League form to Slovakia and lose to Žilina after a much changed line up falls two behind after twenty minutes and are unable to recover.

Villa play their 5,000th game in League and Cup football.

Villa face MŠK Žilina for the first time in competitive football, Žilina become the 156th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 39th continental European opponents and their second from Slovakia after ŠK Slovan Bratislava in their 1993-94 UEFA Cup campaign.

Ashley Young makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (72 Starts) to make it W31 D24 L20, 15 Goals, 29 Assists and 12 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

James Milner makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W21 D13 L16, 3 Goals, 12 Assists and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 3.33 games played so far in his Villa career.

Nathan Delfouneso scores his first goal on his 4th start in a Villa shirt (4 Appearances) to make it W2 D1 L1, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Marlon Harewood contributes his 10th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 36th appearance (8 Starts) to make it W14 D10 L12, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Moustapha Salifou makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (4 Starts) to make it W5 D2 L3 so far in his Villa career.

Villa see off Doncaster to progress in the FA Cup against the sad backdrop of the loss of Villa cult hero Paul Birch earlier in the week.

John Carew scores his 25th goal to secure his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearance (58 Starts) to make it W25 D20 L17, 25 Goals, 6 Assists and 9 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 1.87 starts he has made so far in his Villa career. 

Curtis Davies secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 43rd appearance (38 Starts) to make it W25 D12 L6, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Steve Sidwell contributes his 5th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 22nd appearance (18 Starts) to make it W14 D5 L3, 4 Goals, 1 Assist, 6 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career at a goal involvement rate of one every 4.40 games played so far in his Villa career.

Former Villa forward Darren Byfield makes a rare appearance against his boyhood club.

THE GAME THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING Martin O'Neill causes controversy in real time as he selects arguably the most unrepresentative line up in Villa's history outside of war time football to take to the field in Moscow. Unsurprisingly this mix of fringe, third choice and youth players come unstuck and Villa's chance of more European glory is thrown away.

It had happened before of course, in fact it was a relative novelty for Martin O’Neill to play anything approaching a full strength line up in a Cup game as he had done earlier in the month at Everton. The FA Cup was one thing but the UEFA Cup was another. Perhaps giddy with success in the League - Villa were third at the time - O’Neill gambled and .... lost. 

For the away leg in Moscow however O’Neill took “fielding a weakened team to new heights.” With all due respect to the players involved this wasn’t weakened, it was surrender. Of course if Villa had gone on to secure a 3rd place or better finish in the League it would have been a gamble that paid off. At the time, and subsequently however, it was at best a gamble that hadn’t worked and at worst an insult. 

Of the 16 players O’Neill named in the squad, three had yet to make their debuts, two had made 6 starts, one had made 4 starts, another just 3 this season. Yet another had appeared just once as a substitute, another hadn’t been selected in the squad for over 6 months, one had played in just 4 of the last 17 games, and one was a centre forward who had scored just once all season. 

Martin O’Neill spoke of “decisions not taken lightly” but regardless a wrong decision was obvious and the performance of the Cup side through the season to date had shown as much. 

If a first chink in the armour of the Martin O’Neill armour had been exposed a year earlier by the sale of Gary Cahill, this second chink opened a gaping hole that would take some real mending. 

Centre forward Marlon Harewood, 29, makes his 40th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) before moving on to Blackpool on a free transfer in July 2010. O’Neill had signed Harewood just 18 months before his final appearance for £4,950,000 and he went on to record W16 D10 L14, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings across his time with Villa.

Midfielder Moustapha Salifou, 25, makes his 13th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (7 Starts) but would remain with the club until June 2011, 4 years after he joined and 2 and a half years after his final appearance. Villa had paid FC Wil 1900 £450,000 for his services and his record on leaving was W6 D2 L5 and 1 Assist. After leaving Villa, Salifou spent 8 months with German fourth tier side 1.FC Saarbrücken but was then without a club for 20 months before 4 months with another 4th Division side TSV 1860 Rosenheim ahead of another 13 months out of the game since when he has joined German fifth tier side Türkspor Augsburg. 

Winger Marc Albrighton makes his Villa debut aged 19 despite having yet to sign professional forms with the club. Something he would do in July 2009, 5 months after his premature debut, having come through the ranks as a schoolboy to become the 816th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Albrighton wouldn’t play again for Villa this season, neither would midfielder Barry Bannan who also made his first start for the club. Stuart Taylor would not appear on the bench again and Brad Guzan would only make one further substitute appearance this season. 

In addition Defenders Shane Lowry and Chris Herd would neither make their debuts or appear on the substitute bench again this season and £5,670,000 signing Steve Sidwell would only feature for Villa once more this season in the final game of the campaign. 

In total then of the 16 players O’Neill selected for this fateful game, 10 saw their Villa careers interrupted or ended completely.

Brad Guzan concedes his 10th goal in a Villa shirt on his 7th appearance to make it W2 D1 L4, 10 Goals Conceded, 1 Clean Sheet and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Nicky Shorey makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (23 Starts) in ‘that’ Moscow game despite having not made a League start since November 9th. Shorey’s contribution in the Russian capital makes it W10 D2 L5, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

A young Villa side records a creditable draw in the away leg in Vienna of their Europa League Play off with Rapid.

A Martin O'Neill 'Cup Team' © is fielded by Kevin MacDonald and secures an away goal and draw in Vienna ahead of the second leg.

Midfielder Jonathan Hogg, 21, makes his debut aged 21 having signed from Middlesbrough as a schoolboy to become the 826th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Eric Lichaj, 21, makes his debut in a Villa shirt having joined from Chicago Magic in July 2007 aged 18 to become the 827th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Isaiah Osbourne makes his first appearance in a Villa shirt in 66 games since ‘that’ Moscow game and only his 6th in 103 Villa matches. It would also be Osbourne’s 30th and final appearance before joining Hibs in August 2011. Osbourne would leave with a record of W6 D11 L13, 0 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings over his 4 seasons with Villa.

Barry Bannan scores his 1st goal in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance (2 Starts) to make it W2 D0 L2, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.