| 4¹ | A corner was collected by INGS who headed an effort inches over. |
| 6¹ | ARCHER floated the ball to MALACIA who forced it wide. |
| 9¹ | A clumsy foul gets BAILEY a yellow card. |
| 10¹ | GORDON's shot was well saved by KALINIC. |
| 12¹ | A accurate pass fell to BAILEY and his left foot shot flew narrowly wide. |
| 14¹ | BAILEY hit a right foot shot over the bar from twenty yards out. |
| 20¹ | KAMARA beat ROGERS and flicked the ball to TRAORÉ who blasted his effort wide. |
| 31¹ | WISSA shot over. |
| 32¹ | A fine ball from COLLINS on the left fell to ADARABIOYO who scuffed his shot inches wide. |
| 35¹ | A free-kick from WATKINS raced just beyond the near post. |
| 36¹ | TRAORÉ made space on the left and pulled the ball to DOUGLAS LUIZ who fired the ball wide. |
| 41¹ | The hapless 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from HINSHELWOOD fell just wide. |
| 2² | The 'keeper parried a neatly crafted shot from WATKINS. |
| 10² | A deadly effort from GORDON was forced wide by the 'keeper. |
| 14² | WISSA's shot was well held by the 'keeper. |
| 21² | MALACIA was put clear by TRAORÉ and he nutmegged the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper but rammed his shot over the bar. |
| 22² | GOAL!! A deep cross from MALACIA on the right was nodded home by BAILEY at the near post. (1-0 Aston Villa)| 25² | A clever pass from INGS was knocked goalbound by ARCHER only for the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper to block. | | 26² | A thirty yard shot from WISSA caused KALINIC little difficulty. | | 31² | A cross from DOUGLAS LUIZ left INGS in plenty of space but he rushed his shot. | | 35² | INGS given a yellow card by SHOEBRIDGE for a poor challenge. | | 39² | A penalty box scramble resulted in WISSA cracking the ball wide. | | 40² | Uncertainty in the Aston Villa defence enabled WISSA to hammer the ball just beyond the near post. | | 44² | GOAL!! Aston Villa were awarded a penalty after a foul on DOUGLAS LUIZ and ARCHER put it past the Blackburn Rovers 'keeper. (2-0 Aston Villa) | |