Villa fail to take advantage of 10-man Leeds as a costly two points are thrown away for the desperate relegation battle to come.

Ludwig Augustinsson makes a debut for the ages. Not quite Danny Drinkwater but a 6’ booking, a performance of trepidation and injury all before half time really sums up Gerrard’s management of Villa. Against all the odds Augustinsson becomes the 983rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Another surprising addition to the squad, Jan Bednarek, makes his Villa debut after joining on loan from Southampton to become the 984th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Ashley Young makes his 200th start for Villa on his 220th appearance since first joining the club in 2007 to make it W95 D63 L62, 38 Goals, 64 Assists, 40 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

HT Fulham 1-0 Villa. A dreadful first half performance from Villa, Gerrard booed and jeered mercilessly as he walks to the tunnel, the folly of playing Konsa at right back is just one of the many failings in the first 45’. Genuinely he could be shown his cards at half time.

FT Fulham 3-0 Villa. So bad it is indescribable, don’t be fooled though, the red card and own goal made no difference to the result, Villa were defeated from the first minute with Gerrard’s idiotic defensive change. The issue now is not sacking Gerrard, it’s how toxic their continued dallying causes the fan base to turn on the owners. They are failing us by having not acted, make no mistake we are throwing away points we can never earn back. This is our easy run ended, we have nothing to show for it because of their inaction. The fight is to avoid relegation by any means possible. NSWE are now just as culpable as Gerrard and Purslow. They must act tonight.

Gone, forgotten, over, 40 games, utter despair, wasted 12 months. New start. UTV.

Steven Gerrard is finally relieved of his duties after 40 games in charge of Villa having recorded W13 D8 L19 at a win rate of 32.50%, a loss rate of 47.50%, delivering 1.18 points per game. Only Alex McLeish (2011-12) and Billy McNeill (1986-87) had a worse points per game record after 40 games.

Jacob Ramsey makes his 75th appearance for the club (49th Start) to make it W27 D13 L35, 7 Goals, 3 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Douglas Luiz is sent off for the second time in a Villa shirt on his 122nd appearance (105 Starts) to make it W41 D23 L58, 7 Goals, 8 Assists, 29 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Jan Bednarek makes his first start for Villa (2nd Appearance) and it proves a total disaster to leave a record of W0 D1 L1 so far in his Villa career. 

Villa bounce back from Boxing Day disappointment to take a well crafted and well deserved win at Spurs as Unai Emery celebrates his third win in four Premier League games.

John McGinn makes his 160th start for the club (166th Appearance) since joining in 2018 to make it W62 D36 L68, 16 Goals, 19 Assists and 42 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ashley Young makes his 230th appearance in a Villa shirt (208 Starts) to make it W99 D64 L67, 39 Goals, 64 Assists, 42 Bookings and 2 Red Cards so far in his Villa career.

Robin Olsen keeps his first clean sheet on his 5th appearance in a Villa shirt (4 Starts) to make it W1 D0 L4, 14 Goals Conceded at a rate of 2.80 goals per game and 1 Clean Sheet (20%) so far in his Villa career.

Ollie Watkins contributes his 10th assist on his 94th appearance for the club (89 Starts) to make it W36 D15 L43, 31 Goals, 10 Assists, 11 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa’s second string fail miserably and underline the desperate need for major investment and turnover in personnel outside Emery’s first XI.

Villa face Stevenage for the first time in competitive football, Stevenage become the 163rd team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.

Matty Cash makes his 85th appearance for Villa since signing from Forest in September 2020 and now has a record of W31 D13 L41, 4 Goals, 6 Assists, 19 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Leander Dendoncker receives his first card of any colour on his 11th appearance for Villa and it's a red. Dendoncker's Villa career now reads W4 D2 L5, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 1 Red Card.

Morgan Sanson scores his sole goal for the club on his 22nd Appearance (8 Starts) to make it W7 D5 L10, 1 Goal, 0 Assists and 3 Bookings.

Robin Olsen concedes his 16th goal in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W1 D0 L5, 16 Goals Conceded at a rate of 2.67 goals per game and 1 Clean Sheet (17%) so far in his Villa career.

Ludwig Augustinsson makes his 4th and final appearance for Villa (3 Starts) before having his loan terminated early by Unai Emery and leaving with a record of W1 D2 L2, 1 Booking.

Fellow surprise signing Jan Bednarek also suffers an early termination and leaves with a record of W1 D1 L2.

Villa record consecutive sub 40,000 crowds for the first time in five seasons with an attendance of 32,343 following a 39,978 gate in the previous fixture.