Aston Villa inflicted Burton Albion's first home defeat since the opening day of the season as goals from Keinan Davis, Albert Adomah and Robert Snodgrass put Steve Bruce's side in complete control by half-time of the 4-0 triumph.
Substituye Josh Onomah added a fourth with 20 minutes to go as the Brewers were condemned to their biggest home defeat since stepping up to the second tier of English football.
Victory extended Villa's unbeaten run to seven Championship games and pushed them ever closer to the play-off places after a slow start to the campaign as well as giving them back-to-back away victories.