| 0¹ | A penalty box meleé resulted in McGINN tapping the ball over. |
| 7¹ | A refined cross from PAREDES was blasted goalbound by JAVI MARTÍNEZ only for OLSEN to palm clear. |
| 8¹ | An inswinging corner was fired into the arms of KEPA by WATKINS. |
| 9¹ | The bemused 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from BAILEY dropped just over. |
| 11¹ | A shot from WATKINS held no problem for the 'keeper. |
| 15¹ | PAREDES booked by the referee for a bad tackle. |
| 16¹ | BUENDIA was put clear by BAILEY and he dummied the 'keeper but struck his shot inches wide. |
| 21¹ | GOAL!! A great drive from ARCHER was palmed away by the 'keeper only as far as WATKINS who blasted the ball past the stranded Macclesfield FC 'keeper. (1-0 Aston Villa)| 28¹ | The referee yellow cards TELLO for a bad tackle. | | 35¹ | McGINN stroked an easy chance past the righthand post. | | 38¹ | KAMARA ran onto a wonderful ball from BUENDIA but toe-poked his shot wide. | | 42¹ | BAILEY floated the ball to ARCHER who turned it wide. | | 45¹ | GOAL!! A cross from the right was headed down by BUENDIA for BAILEY to score. (2-0 Aston Villa)| 1² | McGINN beat two Macclesfield FC players and thundered a shot just beyond the far post. | | 4² | TELLO made space on the left and pulled the ball to JAVI MARTÍNEZ who rasped the ball over. | | 7² | The Aston Villa 'keeper managed to palm clear a powerful effort. | | 11² | A great save prevented WATKINS from scoring a lovely goal. | | 18² | TELLO whacked a looping shot just wide from twenty-five yards out. | | 21² | The 'keeper dived to his right to save a lovely drive from Macclesfield FC's TELLO. | | 24² | GOAL!! A delightful piece of skill from PAREDES gave VAN DE VEN space on the right and JAVI MARTÍNEZ rifled in his pin-point pass. (2-1 Aston Villa)| 29² | A cross from McGINN left DENDONCKER in lots of space but he rushed his shot. | | 30² | A brilliant shot from McGINN was dealt with by a useful block from the Macclesfield FC 'keeper. | | 35² | A pin-point pass bobbled toward BAILEY and his looping shot floated narrowly over. | | 40² | A good effort from ÁLEX MORENO scraped the top of the crossbar. | | 43² | SEFEROVIC's shot beat the Aston Villa 'keeper but rebounded off the Aston Villa post. | | | |