| 1¹ | KALAJDZIC flicked a right foot shot inches over from close range. |
| 2¹ | A penalty box scramble resulted in JOVETIC knocking the ball over. |
| 13¹ | CISSÉ booked for arguing with the referee. |
| 14¹ | CISSÉ red carded for a cynical foul. |
| 17¹ | NELSON was put clear by WILLIAMS and he nutmegged the Aston Villa 'keeper but drilled his shot just wide. |
| 21¹ | A cross from JOVETIC left KALAJDZIC in lots of space but he fluffed his shot. |
| 24¹ | KAMARA snapped at an easy chance. |
| 25¹ | The 'keeper dived to his right to save a fierce shot from Aston Villa's ÁLEX MORENO. |
| 27¹ | A accurate pass was collected by LAROUCI and his deadly shot raced narrowly wide. |
| 29¹ | OLSEN was able to palm clear a tame shot from IGOR. |
| 32¹ | GOAL!! A LAROUCI run down the middle resulted in a low cross for NELSON to drill in. (1-0 Darlington)| 35¹ | GOAL!! A neat one-two left ÁLEX MORENO clear and he made no mistake by skillfully drifting the ball beyond the oncoming 'keeper. (1-1)| 37¹ | LEES-MELOU made space on the left and touched the ball to KALAJDZIC who fired the ball wide. | | 38¹ | A great save prevented LEES-MELOU from scoring a great goal. | | 41¹ | An outswinging corner was turned into the arms of the 'keeper by WILLIAMS. | | 46¹ | WELBECK touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. | | 6² | BALOTELLI booked for a bad challenge. | | 12² | OLSEN managed to block a powerful shot. | | 12² | GOAL!! A Darlington counter-attack allowed NELSON to setup LAROUCI with an easy goal. (2-1 Darlington)| 16² | A shot from WELBECK was smothered by OLSEN. | | 29² | GOAL!! An inswinging corner nodded out by KAMARA was drove into the back of the net by KALAJDZIC. (3-1 Darlington)| 35² | KAMARA poked a simple chance past the righthand post. | | | | |