(1-0 Aston Villa)| 9¹ | PASALIC rattled a simple chance past the far post. |
| 14¹ | MANÉ beat DOUÉ and hit the ball to RABIOT who pulled his shot wide. |
| 19¹ | CARRASCO shot over. |
| 23¹ | A accurate pass found EVANILSON and his left foot shot went narrowly wide. |
| 23¹ | The bemused 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from RABIOT dropped just over. |
| 24¹ | DOUÉ made space on the left and dragged the ball to GUIRASSY who fired the ball wide. |
| 25¹ | CARRASCO dribbled away from DOUÉ and stabbed a weak shot into the crowd. |
| 26¹ | YAMAL fired the ball through a ruck of players but the Aston Villa 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. |
| 33¹ | A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper. |
| 43¹ | PASALIC beat four Stoke City players and stroked a golden opportunity over. |
| 43¹ | SESKO cautioned by the ref for a bad challenge. |
| 46¹ | GOAL!! EVANILSON drove a wicked shot against the woodwork with PASALIC knocking in the rebound. (2-0 Aston Villa)| 5² | VLACHODIMOS did well to hold onto a powerful shot from SESKO. | | 8² | MANÉ ran onto a delightful ball from PASALIC but fired his shot wide of the goal. | | 11² | A right foot effort from CARRASCO was blocked by HRÁDECKÝ. | | 14² | An inswinging corner was nodded into the arms of the 'keeper by ZANIOLO. | | 21² | A penalty box meleé resulted in CARRASCO cracking a low shot wide. | | 23² | The ref books SIMONS for violent conduct against CARRASCO. | | 35² | ZAÏRE-EMERY scuffed an easy chance. | | 40² | The Aston Villa 'keeper stopped a clever strike from SESKO. | | 42² | A shot from RABIOT was booted off the line by VAN DE VEN. | |