Paul Lambert: "We've got to turn the home form around"

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has said that his team must turn their home form around if they are to beat the drop once again.

The Villans are only three points clear of the relegation zone after 18 games, although just 12 points separate the bottom half of the Premier League table.

Lambert's side have only taken seven points from nine games at Villa Park this season, but he is confident that they can start taking advantage on home soil.

"The club is miles from where I want it to be, an absolutely country mile," The Telegraph quotes the Scottish coach as saying.

"There's always pressure, even if you are on a winning run. In football now you get one or two games, the way football management is, it's always the case. If you've lost two games, not won for two games, there's a crisis there, it's got more and more shorter.

"We've got to turn the home form around. There's no magic formula. The lads are edgy at certain things but they have to overcome that and they can."

Villa host Swansea City this afternoon.