Aston Villa dispatched League Two competition, Colchester United, in a 2-1 victory. Featuring a fresh selection of faces, the claret and blues advance to The Carabao Cup second-round.
Thanks to a goal from Scott Hogan and some incisive stuff from Albert Adomah, Aston Villa advanced in the first round of the newly dubbed, “Carabao Cup.”
A wild opening ten minutes saw Villa take the lead from O’Hare-to-Hogan. Subsequently, Chris Samba conceded a penalty in a late tacke. But no worries! Deputy goalkeeper Jed Steer came to the rescue!
The match featured a lot of end-to-end stuff. It was really exciting to watch, but the rain stopped a lot of good chances from converting. Aston Villa was able to see out the second half with a tightly-contested last fifteen minutes.
Both clubs could have scored five goals in the match.
The Carabao Cup second-round draw takes place Thursday at 10PM U.K. time. Aston Villa is one of the seeded clubs. As such, another League One/Two opponent or a lower-finishing Championship club will be the opponent.
A match-up against Birmingham City is very much alive.