Ground: Villa Park

Nickname: Villians

Manager: John Gregory

Current position: 3rd

Players in: Bosko Balaban £6m (Dinamo Zagreb), Olof Mellberg £5m (Racing Santander), Peter Schmeichel Free (Sporting Lisbon), Mustapha Hadji £2.25m (Coventry City), Hassan Kachloul Free (Southampton)

Players out: Neil Cutler Free (Stoke City), Gareth Southgate £6.5m (Middlesbrough), David James £3.5m (West Ham), Julian Joachim undisclosed (Coventry City)

Top Scorer: Juan Pablo Angel (6)

Last 6 Premiership games: Sunderland 0, Villa 0; Southampton 1, Villa 3; Villa 2, Blackburn 0; Villa 2, Fulham 0; Everton 3, Villa 2; Villa 1, Charlton 0.

Last time out: (4-4-2) Schmeichel, Delaney, Alpay, Staunton, Wright, Kachloul, Boateng, Hendrie (Taylor, 70), Hadji, Vassell, Dublin.

Key Men: Wherever Peter Schmeichel goes, success seems to follow. He has brought a stability to the now almost impregnable Villa defence that many thought was beyond the 38 year old.

Form Guide: A rock solid defence is supported by a hard working midfield and a strikeforce that has finally discovered it's goalscoring touch after the troubles of last season.

Villa only lost their unbeaten status last weekend at Everton and Wanderers will have to be at their best if they don't want to come crashing down from the jubilation of the famous victory at Old Trafford.

How to get there: Take M6 to junction 6. Leave motorway and follow signs Birmingham (NE). Shortly at roundabout take 4th exit A38 (signposted Aston). In 0.5 miles turn right into Aston Hall Road for Villa Park.