| Aston Villa 4 Preston North End 3 | | (Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 40,795, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Dean Whitestone 7½) |
| | Carles Gil 3¹, Kiessling 4², Cacau 10², Kiessling 37² | | Noble 6¹, Taylor 42¹, Sessègnon 35² | | N'DoyeóGrealish 26² | NobleóKelly 34² | | | | | | Maicon 2¹, Figueroa 30¹, Noble 13² | | 1 | 4 | | | 1 | 4 | | 3 | 0 | | 7 | 7 | | 11 | 5 | | 18 | 12 | | 2 | 2 | | 52% | 48% | | ¶ Man of the match: Marouane Chamakh ¶ |
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