Villa go into a two goal lead only to then collapse and record their third defeat in five Premier League games.

This is the fourth time Villa had let a two goal lead slip to fall to defeat in the Premier League. 

Villa have now conceded 14 goals in their last 5 away games and lost 12 in 22 games under Tim Sherwood.

Centre back Joleon Lescott makes a losing debut in a Villa shirt aged 33 after his controversial signing from West Bromwich Albion for a fee of £1,260,000 earlier this month. Lescott becomes the 884th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football but his signing and time with Villa prove to be an unmitigated disaster on and off the field as his recruitment is seen as one of the biggest errors in the club's history despite hefty competition coming from a decade packed with underwhelming signings.

Jack Grealish scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 28th appearance (14 Starts) to make it W13 D4 L11, 1 Goals, 5 Assists, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Carles Gil scores his 2nd goal for the club on his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (7 Starts) to make it W3 D1 L6, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the 13th time in 23 games under Time Sherwood. 

Villa have now made their worst start to a season since Graham Turner in 1986-87 in a campaign that ended in relegation. 

Villa had now earned just 71 points from 73 Premier League games at Villa Park since December 2011 under Alex McLeish.

Joleon Lescott loses for the second time in a Villa shirt on his second appearance for the club.

Villa beat Birmingham for the 5th time in the League Cup in 8 meetings (1 Draw).

Jack Grealish makes his 30th appearance in a Villa shirt (15 Starts) to make it W14 D4 L12, 1 Goals, 5 Assists, 2 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Leandro Bacuna secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 71st appearance (52 Starts) to make it W25 D13 L33, 5 Goals, 6 Assists and 11 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Tim Sherwood’s Villa lose for the fourteenth time in twenty five games and fall to 18th in the table two points adrift of safety with only seven games played.

Joleon Lescott loses for the third time in three league games in a Villa shirt on his 4th appearance for the club to make it W1 D0 L3 so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the fifteenth time in twenty six games.

Villa have not won any of their four home League games this season.

Villa record their fourth Premier League defeat in a row, 

Villa make it seven games without a win.

Full back José Ángel Crespo makes his Villa debut aged 28 after joining from Córdoba CF for a fee of £630,000 in July 2015 to become the 885th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Alan Hutton makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (69 Starts) to make it W18 D20 L37, 1 Goal, 4 Assists, 18 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan loses for the 70th time on his 148th appearance in a Villa shirt (146 Starts) to make it W46 D32 L70, 1 Assist, 222 Goals Conceded, 34 Clean Sheets, 1.57 Goals per League Game and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the fourth time in four league games in a Villa shirt on his 5th appearance for the club to make it W1 D0 L4 so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the fifth successive Premier League game and for the sixteenth time in twenty seven matches under Tim Sherwood.

Jordan Amavi makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) to make it W2 D1 L7, 2 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the fifth time in five league games in a Villa shirt on his 6th appearance for the club to make it W1 D0 L5 so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the sixth successive Premier League game and for the seventeenth time in twenty eight matches under Tim Sherwood. 

As a result, Villa dropped to bottom of the Premier League table, four points adrift of safety with ten games played. 

Villa have now failed to win any of their 5 home Premier League games this season under Tim Sherwood. 

Villa's latest defeat comes against Swansea City - side previously without an away win in 2015-16.

After twenty eight games, Sherwood’s reign is over, and Villa, who already looked dead certs for relegation faced a totally unnecessary mid season upheaval that could have been avoided had the club used the summer to appoint a manager capable of turning Villa around. 

Sherwood, with huge amounts of goodwill, had already presided over nine defeats in sixteen as interim boss and any objective analysis of his 2014-15 campaign would have finished it there with a huge debt of gratitude at a seemingly inevitable relegation avoided. 

Villa under Lerner however are nothing if not lazy and would always take the easy way out regardless of the impact on the club. The folly of such an approach is laid bare yet again.

Jordan Ayew scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance (5 Starts) to make it W3 D0 L5, 1 Goal and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Carles Gil suffers his 10th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 14th appearance (9 Starts) to make it W3 D1 L10, 2 Goals, 1 Assist and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan concedes his 225th goal on his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (148 Starts) to make it W46 D32 L72, 1 Assist, 226 Goals Conceded, 34 Clean Sheets, 1.57 Goals per League Game and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the sixth time in six league games in a Villa shirt on his 7th appearance for the club to make it W1 D0 L6 so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the ninth time in eleven Premier League games.

Villa have now lost 7 consecutive league games - their worst run of defeats since 1962-63 under Joe Mercer.

Villa's points total of 4 is their worst-ever start to a season after eleven League matches. 

Villa become only the 4th team to lose 9 of their opening 11 games in a Premier League season.

Rudy Gestede suffers his 10th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance (8 Starts) to make it W2 D1 L10, 4 Goals and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Brad Guzan makes 150th start in a Villa shirt (152 Appearances) to make it W46 D32 L74, 1 Assist, 231 Goals Conceded, 34 Clean Sheets, 1.59 Goals per League Game and 7 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the seventh time in seven league games in a Villa shirt on his 8th appearance for the club to make it W1 D0 L7 so far in his Villa career.

Kieran Richardson makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (32 Appearances) to make it W12 D3 L17, 1 Assist, 4 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Scott Sinclair loses for the 15th time in a Villa shirt on his 23rd appearance (16 Starts) to make it W7 D1 L15 and 9 Goals so far in his Villa career.

Villa record a second draw in 4 games under Rémi Garde as they leave St Mary's with their 6th point of the season after 15 games.

Villa set a new club record of 14 consecutive league games without a win (lost 11).

Alan Hutton collects his 20th booking in a Villa shirt on his 83rd appearance (77 Starts) to make it W18 D22 L43, 1 Goal, 4 Assists, 20 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott avoids defeat for the first time in eight league games and scores his first goal in a Villa shirt on his 9th appearance for the club to make it W1 D1 L7 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Meanwhile it is announced after the game that Jack Grealish, following his latest misdemeanour, is to return to training with the first team following his demotion 2 weeks earlier.

Villa lose for the 12th time in 16 Premier League games.

Villa extend their winless run to 15 League games.

Villa set a new club record of 9 home League games without a win. The previous 8-game record has stood since March 1921. 

This is Villa’s 500th home defeat in their league history. 

Villa remain 20th, bottom of the table, and are now 8 points from safety.

Jordan Ayew suffers his 10th defeat in a Villa shirt on just his 15th appearance (10 Starts) to make it W3 D2 L10, 3 Goals and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the eighth time in nine league games in a Villa shirt on his 10th appearance for the club to make it W1 D1 L8 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Villa record their third draw in 6 games under Rémi Garde.

Rémi Garde’s Villa have now gone 16 Premier League games without a win, losing 12. 

Villa extend the longest run without a victory in their league history to remain bottom of the top tier at Christmas for only the third time in their history. Villa were relegated on both previous occasions in 1935-36 and 1958-59.

Joleon Lescott avoids defeat for only the second time in ten league games in a Villa shirt on his 11th appearance for the club to make it W1 D2 L8 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.

Villa draw a second successive game under Rémi Garde but remain winless in 17 Premier League games.

Villa record their 4th draw in 7 games under Rémi Garde. 

Jordan Ayew scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on just his 17th appearance (12 Starts) to make it W3 D4 L10, 5 Goals and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Idrissa Gueye makes his 15th appearance in a Villa shirt to make it W1 D5 L9 and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott avoids defeat for only the third time in eleven league games in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance for the club to make it W1 D3 L8, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Carlos Sánchez makes his 50th appearance in a Villa shirt (37 Starts) to make it W13 D13 L24, 1 Goal, 1 Assist, 8 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Villa lose for the 14th time in 20 Premier League games in 2015-16.

Villa had now lost 5 of their last 9 games under Rémi Garde.

Villa were without a win in 19 Premier League matches.

Villa sat bottom of the table, eleven points from safety. 

Adama Traoré, contributes his first assist in a Villa shirt on his 10th appearance (1 Start) to make it W1 D1 L8, 1 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Carles Gil suffers his 15th defeat in a Villa shirt on his 21st appearance (13 Starts) to make it W3 D3 L15, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott loses for the ninth time in twelve league games in a Villa shirt on his 13th appearance for the club to make it W1 D3 L9, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa bounce back from anarchy at Adams Park to secure their 2nd win in 21 Premier League games.

Villa win their first game under Rémi Garde at the 11th attempt and record just their 2nd win in 21 League games.

Mark Bunn keeps his first clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 3rd appearance to make it W2 D1 L0, 4 Goals Conceded and 1 Clean Sheet so far in his Villa career.

Jordan Ayew makes his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (14 Starts) to make it W4 D5 L11, 5 Goals and 5 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ciaran Clark makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt (135 Starts) to make it W46 D37 L67, 8 Goals, 5 Assists, 45 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career. Clark has now picked up a card every 3.26 games he has played.

Joleon Lescott wins for the first time in thirteen league games in a Villa shirt on his 14th appearance for the club to make it W2 D3 L9, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa draw against the surprise package of the season to leave them unbeaten in 2 League games for only the second time this season. 

Rudy Gestede scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 24th appearance (13 Starts) to make it W2 D7 L15, 5 Goals and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott avoids defeat for the fifth time in fourteen league games in a Villa shirt on his 15th appearance for the club to make it W2 D4 L9, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa make it 5 games unbeaten in all competitions under Rémi Garde and are now unbeaten in 3 in in the League for the first time this season.

Despite remaining rooted to the bottom of the table and ten points adrift from safety, Villa have lost only 5 of Rémi Garde's 14 matches in charge.

Tim Sherwood had delivered 10 losses in 14 games. 

Villa, under Garde, have also gone three League games without defeat for the first time since December 2014 and have 2 clean sheets in their last 3 Premier League games after keeping only two in their previous 20.

Joleon Lescott manages to avoid defeat for the sixth time in fifteen league games in a Villa shirt on his 16th appearance for the club to make it W2 D5 L9, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Meanwhile, Philippe Senderos leaves the club by mutual consent having last appeared in a Villa shirt on 8 November 2014 - his 9th and final appearance.

Villa lose for the 15th time in 24 Premier League games.

Villa lose for the first time in 4 League games under Rémi Garde.

Villa have now lost 7 of the 16 games played under Garde's leadership.

Villa have lost 16 of 30 games so far in 2015-16.

Villa have now won just twice in 24 Premier League matches in 2015-16.

Villa remain bottom of the table, 10 points from safety.

Jordan Ayew gets himself sent off on his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (19 Starts) to make it W5 D7 L13, 5 Goals, 5 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career. Rumours abound that Ayew had wanted a holiday. He would not return to the side until 1 March.

Joleon Lescott loses for the tenth time in sixteen league games in a Villa shirt on his 17th appearance for the club to make it W2 D5 L10, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa win for the second time in 5 Premier League games under Rémi Garde to deliver their best run of the season - 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Villa win  in the Premier League for the second time under Rémi Garde and for only the third time in 25 games this season. 

Villa remain bottom of the table under Rémi Garde but have closed the gap to safety to 8 points. 

Gabriel Agbonlahor scores his 85th goal in a Villa shirt on his 366th appearance (329 Starts) to make it W128 D102 L136, 85 Goals, 44 Assists, 47 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

Gabriel Agbonlahor’s strike - his first in twenty one games - means he has now scored in eleven consecutive Premier League seasons for Villa.

Idrissa Gueye makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (24 Starts) to make it W4 D8 L13, 1 Goal and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Joleon Lescott wins for the second time in seventeen league games in a Villa shirt on his 18th appearance for the club to make it W3 D5 L10, 1 Goal and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.