| 2¹ | A penalty box meleé resulted in LOADER driving a low shot wide. |
| 8¹ | KAMARA booted the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area. |
| 9¹ | LOADER stabbed an easy chance past the lefthand post. |
| 17¹ | MALACIA beat LASCELLES but drove the ball into the arms of the Tranmere Rovers 'keeper. |
| 18¹ | MALACIA's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Tranmere Rovers woodwork. |
| 27¹ | A header by LEES at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper. |
| 30¹ | POPE was able to claw away a powerful shot. |
| 36¹ | The 'keeper was able to block a tame shot from KEHRER. |
| 37¹ | A poor shot from TRAORÉ rolled agonisingly wide. |
| 41¹ | GOAL!! A great dummy from BAILEY allowed DOUGLAS LUIZ to lay a nice ball off to ARCHER who thrust the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 Aston Villa)| 42¹ | A drive from LOADER seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to force the ball away. | | 1² | A shot from ARCHER was smothered by POPE. | | 1² | A free-kick from MALACIA went just beyond the near post. | | 2² | DIEGO CARLOS beat a number of Tranmere Rovers players and blasted a shot over. | | 13² | GRAY beat DOUGLAS LUIZ and blasted the ball to MAHONEY who fumbled his shot wide. | | 14² | GOAL!! A great drive from MAHONEY was pushed away by KALINIC only as far as MINGS who blasted the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (1-1)| 15² | ARCHER's shot was well saved by the 'keeper. | | 17² | A cross from TRAORÉ left DIEGO CARLOS in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot. | | 34² | KALINIC dived to his right to block a lovely drive from Tranmere Rovers's NDIAYE. | | 37² | KAMARA floated the ball to DIEGO CARLOS who turned it over the bar. | | 42² | BAILEY rushed an easy chance. | | 45² | BAILEY made space on the right and touched the ball to MALACIA who touched the ball wide. | | |