What next for Aston Villa? How relegated teams have fared in the Championship after finishing bottom of the Premier League

Aston Villa have been relegated to the Championship and are on course to finish bottom of the Premier League

With Aston Villa relegated and facing a 20th-place finish, we took a look at how the Premier League's bottom clubs have fared in the Championship - and it doesn't make good reading for Aston Villa fans.

Villa are currently 12 points adrift of second-bottom Newcastle and, relegated for the first time in the Premier League era, the club finds itself in unfamiliar territory.

Will they slip through the divisions as local rivals Wolves did when their relegation to League One was confirmed in the 2012/13 season, or can they bounce back immediately like Queens Park Rangers in 2013/2014?

We take a look at the average Championship finish for teams who have finished bottom of the Premier League, what percentage made it straight back, and more...