(1-0 Exeter City)| 9¹ | JOELINTON drilled a right foot shot inches wide from twenty-five yards out. |
| 10¹ | A cross from PELLEGRINI left JOELINTON in lots of space but he snapped at his shot. |
| 12¹ | OLISE worked the ball to ANDERSEN, SØRLOTH latched onto his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of VLACHODIMOS. |
| 12¹ | The referee books PELLEGRINI for dangerous play against DEPAY. |
| 22¹ | CARNESECCHI saved a clever strike from CARRASCO. |
| 26¹ | A strike from ZANIOLO held little difficulty for the Exeter City 'keeper. |
| 27¹ | GOAL!! A hefty goal-kick from BOEY caught the Exeter City defence napping and RABIOT ran on to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (1-1)| 29¹ | SØRLOTH headed just wide. | | 34¹ | A header by JOELINTON at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper. | | 36¹ | Uncertainty in the Aston Villa defence enabled SØRLOTH to thump an effort wide. | | 39¹ | PELLEGRINI stepped inside BADIASHILE but slammed the ball into the arms of the Aston Villa 'keeper. | | 41¹ | ANDERSEN shot wide. | | 1² | JOELINTON's shot was well held by the 'keeper. | | 3² | VLACHODIMOS dived to his right to save a fierce shot from Exeter City's OLISE. | | 5² | GOAL!! A quick-witted DEPAY pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and made no mistake. (2-1 Aston Villa)| 10² | A refined cross from GALLAGHER was blasted goalbound by SØRLOTH only for VLACHODIMOS to claw away. | | 14² | PASALIC rifled an easy chance past the far post. | | 23² | A shot from ZANIOLO was smothered by the 'keeper. | | 32² | A poor strike from CARRASCO trickled agonisingly wide. | | 33² | EVANILSON's shot was well saved by the 'keeper. | | 39² | A cynical tackle gets VLACHODIMOS a yellow card. | | |