With Aston Villa fans understandably focused on first team matters at the club, our promising arrivals this summer and unfortunately a very disappointing, and gutting departure – tonight was about more than just the transfer deadline window SLAMMING shut.
With such a crop of promising youngsters being given their chance by head coach Dean Smith – do I need reference Barrow – some of us had a keen interest on tonight’s EFL Trophy opener against Wycombe Wanderers.
https://twitter.com/will_avfc/status/1432776313077571586
Our group this year also contains Burton Albion and MK Dons, and as followers of youth football will know, Villa weren’t that impressive in last season’s competition finishing bottom of Group A (Northern) on zero points with a -12 goal difference.
Hopes this season are far higher, and it seems justifiably so given we came back from a 1-0 deficit (eleventh minute opener) to ultimately take a well deserved 3-1 victory at Adams Park – our first win in six attempts.
https://twitter.com/will_avfc/status/1432787020191985664
Goals on the evening came from Cameron Archer (42) and Jaden Philogene-Bidace helped himself to a brace (68, 90+9).
It would be wise to not get carried away, but these lads are now showing they can compete and they are looking good on a pitch – long may it continue.
Vital Villa’s EFL Trophy Forum Thread
https://twitter.com/will_avfc/status/1432794671609114628
U21 - Goal Of The Tie
Cameron Archer

Jaden Philogene-Bidace (68th minute)

Jaden Philogene-Bidace (90+9 minute)

Adams Park
EFL Trophy - Southern Group C
31/08/2021 7:00 pm
Attendance: 1409
Wycombe Wanderers | Aston Villa U21 | ||||||
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Parsons (11) | Archer (42), Philogene-Bidace (68, 90+9) | ||||||
Przybek | Zych | ||||||
Burley | 81 | Zito | |||||
Forino Joseph | Bogarde | ||||||
Ram | Appiah | ||||||
Wheeler | 62 | Swinkels | |||||
Thompson | Iroegbunam | ||||||
Pendlebury | Sanson | 45 | |||||
Parsons | Thorndike | 90+4 | |||||
McCleary | Archer | ||||||
Linton | Philogene-Bidace | ||||||
Hanlan | 69 | Caleb Chukwuemeka | 84 | ||||
Substitutes |
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Jacobson | Wright | ||||||
Kaikai | 69 | Reddin | |||||
Obita | 81 | Sewell | |||||
Dickinson | Jay-Hart | 84 | |||||
Clark | 62 | O'Reilly | |||||
Lindley | 45 | ||||||
Abldeen-Goodridge | 90+4 |
Game Statistics |
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14 | Goal attempts | 13 |
8 | On Target | 6 |
10 | Corners | 8 |
16 | Fouls | 11 |
2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
49 | % | 51 |