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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Ashton Gate
EFL Cup Third Round
24/09/2020 7:00 pm
Attendance: 0
Referee: J Linington
Bristol City | Aston Villa | ||||||
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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 |
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Bentley | Mings | ||||||
Mawson | McGinn | ||||||
Martin | 84 | Watkins | 70 | ||||
Paterson | Hourihane | 78 | |||||
Wells | Trezeguet | 70 | |||||
Bakinson | 66 | Targett | |||||
Massengo | 84 | Kalinic |
Game Statistics |
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12 | Goal attempts | 19 |
2 | On Target | 10 |
2 | Corners | 6 |
8 | Fouls | 7 |
0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
46 | % | 54 |
This winning is a bit boring 😴