| Aston Villa 3 Hartlepool United 1 | | (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 30,229, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Graham Salisbury 7½) |
| | Davis 6¹, Bailey 44¹, Kamara 24² | | Ingvartsen 42² | | | BuenoóSkvarka 38², MiranchukóMorris 38² | | | | | | Ogawa 36² | | 2 | 0 | | | 4 | 2 | | 2 | 3 | | 6 | 2 | | 13 | 10 | | 19 | 12 | | 3 | 1 | | 44% | 56% | | ¶ Man of the match: Luan Garcia ¶ |
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