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1¹ BAILEY was put clear by WATKINS and he dummied the Darlington 'keeper but glanced his shot just beyond the far post. 2¹ GOAL!! A short corner was knocked out to KALAJDZIC who fired the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Darlington) 5¹ GOAL!! Some useful work by McGINN on the left, left WATKINS yards clear, and he raced past the Darlington 'keeper and slammed the ball into the roof of the net. (1-1) 14¹ BUENDIA headed over. 17¹ GOAL!! A delightful shot from WATKINS was palmed away by the Darlington 'keeper only as far as BAILEY who fired the ball past the stranded Darlington 'keeper. (2-1 Aston Villa) 23¹ The 'keeper was able to palm clear a fierce effort. 24¹ WELBECK ran onto a great ball from NELSON but fumbled his shot wide of the goal. 28¹ KALAJDZIC shot wide. 30¹ DENDONCKER beat three Darlington players and blasted an effort just wide. 36¹ GOAL!! A mishit BUENDIA shot bobbled toward HARRISON who made no mistake from just inside the area. (3-1 Aston Villa) 39¹ A cynical tackle gets WELBECK a yellow card. 39¹ A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Aston Villa 'keeper. 42¹ KAMARA chipped the ball to BUENDIA who nodded it inches wide. 10² OLSEN dived to his right to save a fierce drive from Darlington's NELSON. 14² GOAL!! Showing lots of skill BAILEY dribbled past ABDUL SAMED and drove the ball past the Darlington 'keeper. (4-1 Aston Villa) 22² KALAJDZIC made space on the left and pulled the ball to WILLIAMS who rasped the ball over. 23² The ref yellow cards LEES-MELOU for violent conduct against DENDONCKER. 28² DENDONCKER blasted a deadly shot just beyond the near post from long range. 29² DENDONCKER given a yellow card for a clumsy challenge on FABINHO. 40² McGINN booked. 45² A drive from KALAJDZIC seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to force the ball away.

Aston Villa   League position: 20 Home league form: LWXW Overall league form: LLWLXLWL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Robin OLSEN 7  1 6½ Hugo LLORIS(c) Matty CASH 7½ 2 6½ Neco WILLIAMS ÁLEX MORENO 7  3 6  Matt RITCHIE (c)John McGINN 8  4 7  Pierre LEES-MELOU MURILLO Santiago 8  5 6½ FABINHO Leander DENDONCKER 5½ 6 6  Sebastiaan BORNAUW Emiliano BUENDIA 8  7 6½ Salis ABDUL SAMED Leon BAILEY 8  8 6  Reiss NELSON (p)Ollie WATKINS 6½ 9 6½ Sasa KALAJDZIC(p) (f)Boubacar KAMARA 7  10 5½ Mario BALOTELLI(f) Jack HARRISON 6  11 6  Danny WELBECK Manager Ludwig AUGUSTINSSON    12    IGOR Julio ALEIX García    13    Jon FLATT Modou CISSÉ    14 6½ Frédéric GUILBERT Kaine KESLER-HAYDEN    15    Rabbi MATONDO Calum CHAMBERS    16    Marcus MADDISON

Darlington   League position: 18 Away league form: LLLL Overall league form: LLLLLLLL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Aston Villa 4 Darlington 1 (Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 34,613, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Michael Jones 6) Watkins 5¹, Bailey 17¹, Harrison 36¹, Bailey 14² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Kalajdzic 2¹   RitchieóGuilbert 22²     Dendoncker 29², McGinn 40² Welbeck 39¹, Lees-Melou 23² 6 2 12 20 1 2 4 5 5 3 9 8 0 4 59% 41% ¶ Man of the match: John McGinn ¶