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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 5, season 18)
Aston Villa
v.
Northampton Town
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Lars UNNERSTALL1Stephen HENDERSON
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Alan HUTTON2Ola AINA
Jordan AMAVI836Jason TALBOT
Yoann GOURCUFF47ANDERSON SILVA da França
Carlos Alberto SÁNCHEZ Moreno757Paul HUNTINGTON
John TERRY765Mark HUGHES
Leandro BACUNA67Alex DYER
Sidney SAM86Gary ROBERTS
Jonathan KODJIA797Jordan HUGILL
Glenn WHELAN10Bobby HASSELL
Gabriel AGBONLAHOR6116Scott HOGAN
Manager
Mile JEDINAK12Danny LIVESEY
Sam JOHNSTONE13Rory DONNELLY
Henri LANSBURY146Sandro WIESER
Jack GREALISH15Joe NEWELL
André GREEN16Phil EDWARDS

Aston Villa 2 Northampton Town 2
after extra time, 3-4 on penalties
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 20,626, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Aris GALANOPOULOS 8½, TV: live)
64 Kodjia, 94 KodjiaScorers16og Gourcuff, 92 Hugill
65 Bacuna <=> GreenSubstitutions75 Dyer <=> Wieser
Sendings off
69 WhelanBookings
2Corners3
13Fouls15
0Offsides0
4Shots on2
17Shots off6
21Total shots8
2Shots saved0
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Jordan AMAVI
4BACUNA hoofed the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
11SAM shot over.
16GOAL!! A long drive from ROBERTS deflected off the boot of GOURCUFF and into his own net.
18GOURCUFF ran onto a delightful ball from SAM but pulled his shot wide of the righthand post.
19A free-kick from HUTTON went over the bar.
35A useful ball from SÁNCHEZ on the left found SAM who sliced his shot inches wide.
37A corner fell to SAM who flicked the ball over the bar.
40ANDERSON SILVA flicked a looping shot over from twenty yards out.
43SAM fluffed an easy chance.
 
60WHELAN was put clear by HUTTON and he turned the Northampton Town 'keeper but rammed his shot inches over.
62KODJIA rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
62A pin-point pass found TALBOT and his deadly shot went narrowly wide.
64GOAL!! A poor clearance dropped to GOURCUFF who sliced a shot goalward, luckily KODJIA was on hand to hammer the ball into the net. (1-1)
69WHELAN cautioned for a bad tackle.
79KODJIA headed wide.
85KODJIA played the ball to WHELAN who forced it over.
88A good effort from ANDERSON SILVA scraped the woodwork.
 
92GOAL!! A deep corner left UNNERSTALL struggling and HUGILL banged the ball into the net. (2-1 Northampton Town)
94GOAL!! Some good work by SÁNCHEZ on the left, left KODJIA yards clear, and he beat HENDERSON and stroked the ball home. (2-2)
101A mix up in the Northampton Town defence enabled AMAVI to fire the ball inches wide.
 
116A weak strike from HUGILL bounced agonisingly wide.
120GOURCUFF made space on the right and knocked the ball to WHELAN who rasped the ball wide.