(2-0 Aston Villa)| 8¹ | CHIESA made space on the right and dragged the ball to BERARDI who rasped the ball wide. |
| 14¹ | A shot from ISAK was kicked off the line by MENDY. |
| 15¹ | A free-kick from CHIESA went wide. |
| 15¹ | A corner found MENDY who forced an effort wide. |
| 16¹ | An exceptional effort from BERARDI scraped the outside of the post. |
| 23¹ | SCHICK worked the ball to PASALIC, DEPAY latched onto his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Stoke City 'keeper. |
| 25¹ | The motionless ARRIZABALAGA was all agog as a backpass from BERGHUIS dropped just over. |
| 26¹ | A good ball from BERARDI on the right was collected by PASALIC who scuffed his shot inches wide. |
| 28¹ | A shot from CHIESA was smothered by ARRIZABALAGA. |
| 30¹ | DEPAY's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Stoke City woodwork. |
| 39¹ | PASALIC waltzed past KOULIBALY and flicked a poor shot past the post. |
| 45¹ | A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Aston Villa 'keeper. |
| 7² | YOUNG's shot was well held by the 'keeper. |
| 12² | A twenty-five yard drive from SCHICK caused the Stoke City 'keeper little difficulty. |
| 13² | A accurate pass fell to BERARDI and his deadly shot raced narrowly over. |
| 23² | The Aston Villa 'keeper was able to claw away a wicked shot. |
| 33² | GOAL!! A long ball from MENDY had the Stoke City defence back-pedalling and SCHICK made the most of the opportunity with an exceptional goal. (3-0 Aston Villa)| 34² | BERGHUIS chipped the ball to JUSTIN who turned it wide. | | 35² | PASALIC ran onto a great ball from BROZOVIC but pulled his shot wide. | | 37² | BERARDI snapped at a simple chance. | | 44² | A weak strike from DEPAY bounced agonisingly wide. | |