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.

Villa have now won 7 of 26 Premier League games under Paul Lambert.

Villa have failed to score in 11 of 26 Premier League games under Paul Lambert.

Villa lose for the 13th time in 27 games under Paul Lambert.

Villa fail to score for the thirteenth time in thirty games under Paul Lambert as they are beaten by relegation threatened Newcastle.

Fabian Delph makes his 75th start in a Villa shirt (92 Appearances) to make it W31 D24 L37, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 28 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 lose their 15th Premier League match in 31 games this season under Paul Lambert. 

Villa now have just 9 League wins in 31 under Paul Lambert in 2013-14.

Christian Benteke's injury will keep his out until October 2014 causing him to miss the crucial run in to the end of the season in Villa's second successive battle against relegation under Paul Lambert.

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.

Villa win for the first time in seven under the woeful Paul Lambert and record only their sixth home win in nineteen but it is enough to secure safety by virtue of the bottom three clubs being cut adrift.

Villa win their 10th game in 36 under Paul Lambert. 

He might have been awful but boy was he lucky. Offered more than nine lives by a credulous owner, Paul Lambert, once again, lucked in, and got a crucial victory to save his, and Villa’s skin once again. Given he had taken Villa to the precipice twice there was little celebration for his achievement, just relief that the nightmare would soon be over and a fresh start available ahead of another season. Or so we thought. 

Fabian Delph makes his 100th appearance in a Villa shirt (83 Starts) to make it W34 D25 L41, 6 Goals and 28 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Ashley Westwood contributes his 11th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 92nd appearance (67 Starts) to make it W19 D16 L31, 3 Goals, 8 Assists and 10 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Andreas Weimann scores his 20th goal in a Villa shirt on his 67th appearance (47 Starts) to make it W31 D24 L37, 20 Goals, 7 Assists and 6 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

Meanwhile, in another move of breathtaking stupidity, Marc Albrighton - having not been offered a new contract - makes his final appearance for Villa aged 24 before moving on to Leicester City on a free transfer. Albrighton should have been one of the last players to be allowed to leave however such was the disarray and incompetence with which the club was being led, this yet to peak talent was discarded. In a depressingly ironic twist Albrighton would inspire Leicester to a frankly unbelievable Premier League title the same season that Villa were finally relegated after 6 years fighting the drop. Albrighton would leave, reluctantly, with a record of 102 Appearances, 59 Starts, W29 D29 L44, 9 Goals, 15 Assists, 13 Bookings and 1 Red Card. Lambert's play had stifled Albrighton and he would appear from the bench 16 times in 32 games under the woeful Scot but Albrighton recovered his form to contribute 4 assists in his last 8 games in a struggling team. How it was deemed acceptable to lose Albrighton is simply mistifying, that the player did not want to leave makes it even more so. The apologists for Lambert, of which there were still many, simply could no longer be taken seriously as his squad vandalism continued. The fervent hope was that Lambert would be out the door before Albrighton's contract expired enabling a new, competent manager to sign the winger to fresh terms. No such luck.

Centre forward Jordan Bowery contributes his 1st assist on his 20th appearance in a Villa shirt (4 Starts) to make it W7 D4 L9, 0 Goal, 1 Assist and 1 Booking so far in his Villa career.

Villa are thrashed by title hopefuls Manchester City to record their nineteenth defeat in thirty seven Premier League games under Paul Lambert and fail to score for the sixteenth time this season.

Villa lose their 19 Premier League match in 37 games under Paul Lambert to leave the club 15th in the table. 

18 year old midfielder Jack Grealish makes his Villa debut having signed professional forms with the club in July 2012. Alex McLeish had handed Grealish his first squad appearance in 2012 but he had since been overlooked by Lambert. However following a successful loan spell with Notts County, Grealish is finally handed his debut to become the 866th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

Villa end the season with a second successive thrashing as they are ripped apart at White Hart Lane.

Villa lose for the 20th time in 38 League games under Paul Lambert.

Villa have won just 10 League games in 38 under Paul Lambert.

Villa have a 53% loss rate in 2013-14 under Paul Lambert.

Villa have a 26% win rate in 2013-14 under Paul Lambert.

Villa failed to score in 17 of 38 Premier League fixtures in 2013-14 under Paul Lambert.

Villa failed to score in 45% of their League fixtures under Paul Lambert.

Villa have won just 6 home League matches of 19 under Paul Lambert in 2013-14.

Villa have a 31% win rate at home in 2013-14 under Paul Lambert.

Villa have now lost 42 of the 87 games under Paul Lambert - the worst performance of any Villa manager in history

Villa now have a 48% loss rate under Paul Lambert since his arrival in Summer 2012.

Villa scored just 43 goals at a rate of 1.05 per game under Paul Lambert in 2013-14.

Villa won consecutive games just once under Paul Lambert in 2013-14.

Villa finished on their lowest points total for nearly 30 years under Paul Lambert in 2013-14.

Not forgetting that in his first season Paul Lambert had presided over Villa’s biggest ever loss in the club’s 140 year existence. 

Just one of these statistics was enough for Lambert’s removal. Yet for a second successive season Lambert was allowed to survive. 

Unlike in 2012-13, however, the support had turned and saw the reality for what it was. 

Needless to say Lambert’s reaction was to blame the support. 

Already the squad looked like it would take years of investment to rebuild to anything resembling a side that could compete above the relegation places, Villa’s owner was playing with fire, it was just a matter of how big and how damaging the blaze would get. 

That Paul Lambert was retained in post after recording Villa’s worst ever defeat just four months into the job had been astounding.

That he remained in place for the 2013-14 campaign and throughout its unfolding misery was a devastating indictment on the incompetence and ill will that had infected the club.

That he should be relieved of his duties at the season end was unquestionable.

Instead he was rewarded with a new contract.

Meanwhile, even Lambert’s signings were headed for the exit door. 

A squad that Lambert built hadn’t survived even two seasons as Brett Holman, Antonio Luna and Aleksandar Tonev were gone, with Matt Lowton, Joe Bennett and Leandro Bacuna soon to be ostracised and Karim El Ahmadi and Jordan Bowery finished. 

Midfielder Karim El Ahmadi makes his 56th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (43 Starts) aged 29 before returning to Feyenoord for a fee of £630,000 in September 2014. El Ahmadi had joined from Feyenoord for £2,520,000 2 years earlier subsequent to which he recorded W15 D13 L28, 3 Goals, 1 Assist and 12 Bookings.

Forward Jordan Bowery makes his final appearance for Villa aged 22 before returning to lower league football with Rotherham United in July 2014 in return for £270,000. Villa had paid Rotherham £567,000 for his services 2 years earlier and had contributed W7 D4 L11, 0 Goals, 1 Assist and 1 Booking.

Left back Ryan Bertrand makes the 16th and final appearance of his underwhelming loan spell before returning to parent club Chelsea to leave with a record of W3 D3 L10, 0 Goals, 0 Assists and 3 Bookings.

Centre forward Callum Robinson makes his 5th and final appearance in a Villa shirt (0 Starts) before moving on to Preston in July 2016 with a record of W0 D1 L4, 0 Goals, 0 Assists.