Few Expected That Given The Line Up – Villa Have Some Depth – Match Stats

Following late success over Burton Albion, Aston Villa got their Premier League 2020/21 campaign underway with a decent victory over Sheffield United and we were looking to make it three from three as we returned to EFL Cup action this evening – travelling to Bristol City in the Third Round.

Head coach Dean Smith certainly shuffled the pack, bringing in Jed Steer, Fred Guilbert and we saw Jacob Ramsey once again – there was also a debut for summer capture Bertrand Traore.

Despite the changes, it was a lovely bright start and in the 11th minute Anwar El Ghazi gave us the advantage and that was quickly built on by Traore who netted a debut goal to make it 2-0.

We were largely cruising and Keinan Davis, in particular, should’ve extended our lead ahead of the break. There was also a clear shout for a foul on Ramsey in the penalty box that was ignored.

It was a quieter second half and we seemed to take our foot off the peddle, but three minutes after coming on as substitutes Trezeguet lined up Ollie Watkins and 3-0 it was.

We should’ve scored a couple more and I won’t talk about the referee, but good decent win with a good few promising displays from others.

That made for a good Thursday night!

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Bristol City				Aston Villa
				El Ghazi (11), Traore (14), Watkins (73)
O'Leary				Steer
Vyner				Guilbert
Moore				Elmohamady
Rowe				Hause
Sessegnon				Taylor
Brunt			66	Lansbury			78
Nagy				Nakamba
Palmer			84	Ramsey
Eliasson				El Ghazi
Semenyo				Davis			70
Diedhou			84	Traore			70
Substitutes
Bentley				Mings
Mawson				McGinn
Martin			84	Watkins			70
Paterson				Hourihane			78
Wells				Trezeguet			70
Bakinson			66	Targett
Massengo			84	Kalinic

Game Statistics
12	Goal attempts	19
2	On Target	10
2	Corners	6
8	Fouls	7
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
46	%	54