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Match report
English Footie
League Trophy: Round 1 (setup 4, season 29)
Northampton Town
v.
Aston Villa
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
IAGO Herrerín Buisán1Brad JONES
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Gaetano BERARDI2Alan HUTTON
Ikechi ANYA73Easah SULIMAN
Tom CARROLL84Gelson FERNANDES
Andrew DAVIES57Tommy ELPHICK
Jordan TURNBULL67Axel TUANZEBE
Frazer RICHARDSON676LUCAS Pérez Martínez
Alexander KACANIKLIC88Birkir BJARNASON
Stefanos ATHANASIADIS9Jonathan KODJIA
Sam HOSKINS6106Jordon MUTCH
Kamil GROSICKI6117Eric CHOUPO-MOTING
Manager
Shaun McWILLIAMS12Joshua ONOMAH
Andreas LINDE13Anders LINDEGAARD
Dean BOWDITCH14Keinan DAVIS
Morgan ROBERTS15Henri LANSBURY
Peter GILBERT166Jordan LYDEN

Northampton Town 1 Aston Villa 3
(Half-time: 1-3, Attendance: 7,563, Stadium: Sixfields, Referee: ÖMER Közen 7½)
29 AthanasiadisScorers23 Bjarnason, 27p Kodjia, 36 Kodjia
Substitutions85 Kodjia <=> Lyden
Sendings off
Bookings49 Tuanzebe, 54 Mutch, 75 Lucas
1Corners5
4Fouls16
9Offsides8
5Shots on5
8Shots off8
13Total shots13
4Shots saved2
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Birkir BJARNASON
8A shot from SULIMAN was smothered by the 'keeper.
10ANYA was put clear by TURNBULL and he turned JONES but thrust his shot wide.
11Uncertainty in the Northampton Town defence enabled KODJIA to fire the ball just beyond the near post.
13HOSKINS chipped the ball to KACANIKLIC who turned it wide.
15A pin-point pass fell to BJARNASON and his looping shot flew narrowly over.
15CHOUPO-MOTING beat ANYA and drilled the ball to KODJIA who fumbled his shot wide.
23A twenty yard shot from KACANIKLIC caused JONES no problem.
23GOAL!! HUTTON drove a fierce shot against the upright with BJARNASON cracking in the rebound. (1-0 Aston Villa)
27A strike from CHOUPO-MOTING held little difficulty for IAGO.
27GOAL!! Aston Villa were awarded a penalty after a foul on BJARNASON, and KODJIA put it past IAGO.
28KACANIKLIC made space on the left and pulled the ball to ATHANASIADIS who clipped the ball wide.
29GOAL!! A cross from the left was flicked down by RICHARDSON for ATHANASIADIS to score. (2-1 Aston Villa)
31An exceptional effort from GROSICKI scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
36GOAL!! A wonderful dummy from MUTCH allowed SULIMAN to lay an exceptional ball off to KODJIA who thrust the ball into the back of the net. (3-1 Aston Villa)
45+3A clever pass from RICHARDSON, was nudged goalbound by ATHANASIADIS only for JONES to palm clear.
 
48BJARNASON ran onto a delightful ball from MUTCH but pulled his effort wide.
49The referee yellow cards TUANZEBE.
51A drive from GROSICKI seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball clear.
54MUTCH receives a yellow card by the ref.
62A cross from FERNANDES left SULIMAN in lots of space but he rushed his shot.
67GROSICKI rushed an easy chance.
75A bad tackle on ANYA by LUCAS results in a booking.