| 0¹ | FÜLLKRUG booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area. |
| 1¹ | A header from BAILEY was kicked off the line by RUAN. |
| 11¹ | A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing Sassuolo 'keeper. |
| 15¹ | A neatly crafted pass from KOUAMÉ was shot goalbound by BOGA only for the Aston Villa 'keeper to block. |
| 18¹ | BAILEY drilled a right foot shot wide from just outside the area. |
| 24¹ | A free-kick from BAILEY floated over. |
| 33¹ | A corner bobbled toward BUENDIA who fired an effort over. |
| 35¹ | BORINI beat four Aston Villa players and blasted a shot over. |
| 40¹ | MAATSEN was put clear by McGINN and he nutmegged MUSLERA but thrust his shot wide. |
| 0² | A poor strike from PETAGNA rolled agonisingly wide. |
| 1² | McGINN rattled a simple chance past the near post. |
| 3² | FÜLLKRUG brought the ball away from BOGA and stroked a poor shot into the crowd. |
| 7² | BUENDIA's shot was well saved by the 'keeper. |
| 14² | RIGONI scuffed a simple chance. |
| 16² | A shot from FÜLLKRUG held little difficulty for MUSLERA. |
| 19² | TRIPALDELLI headed just wide. |
| 23² | A penalty box scramble resulted in MAATSEN tapping a low shot over. |
| 29² | RIGONI ran onto a delightful ball from MARLON but fired his effort wide of the goal. |
| 34² | The 'keeper dived to his right to save a fierce shot from Aston Villa's MAATSEN. |
| 38² | The hapless Aston Villa 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from McGINN dropped just wide. |
| 41² | MUSLERA parried a refined shot from FÜLLKRUG. |
| 43² | An outswinging corner was turned into the arms of MUSLERA by FÜLLKRUG. |