Villa v Blues derbies - in pics
It's a fierce and historic rivalry which has served up some real drama. Take a look at Villa v Blues in pictures.
19/9/2002:The first Premier League derby between Villa and Blues ends 3-0 to Steve Bruce's men - here Clinton Morrison opens the scoring.nextpage
The game will be remembered for Peter Enckelman's howler where he allowed a throw-in to roll under his foot and into the netnextpage
3/3/2003: Dion Dublin is red carded for headbutting Robbie Savage in the return clash at Villa Parknextpage
3/3/2003: Mark Halsey shows Dublin the red card as Villa lose 2-0 and end with nine mennextpage
19/10/2003: Another bad tempered St Andrew's clash ends 0-0. Here Gareth Barry and David Dunn clash
22/2/2004: Blues come back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2, Stern John equalising in injury time to the delight of Robbie Savage
The game is marred by another brawl between the sides
12/12/2004: Blues win 2-1 at Villa Park after Clinton Morrison somehow shoots past Thomas Sorensen to make it 1-0nextpage
20/3/2005: Blues come out 2-0 winners at St Andrew's with Julian Gray among the scorersnextpage
16/10/2005: Finally some joy for Villa in a derby. Kevin Phillips gives them a 1-0 win at St Andrew's
The victory prompts David O'Leary to sprint across the pitch to celebrate with chairman Doug Ellisnextpage
16/4/2006: The last meeting between the sides and Milan Baros puts the seal on a 3-1 Villa win which helps send Blues downnextpage
The Villa fans were delighted that day but who will be singing the loudest at the final whistle on Sunday?
