Villa likely to face FA charge

Aston Villa face being in hot water with the Football Association after crowd trouble marred Birmingham City’s 2-0 success in an explosive return second city derby at Villa Park.

Villa finished the game with nine men after leading scorer Dion Dublin – for a blatant headbutt on Blues midfielder Robbie Savage – and midfielder Joey Gudjonsson were sent off either side of second-half goals from Stan Lazaridis and Geoff Horsfield.