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Game #5503

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 27 August 2019

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Won

2nd Round

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

League Cup

Crewe Alexandra

Gresty Road

Attendance: 7,173

🟩 27 Aug 2019, Villa 6-1 Crewe, Gresty Road

Crewe Alexandra

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🟩 27 Aug 2019, Villa 6-1 Crewe, Gresty Road

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 27 August 2019

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Matt Targett, Ezri Konsa, Marvelous Nakamba
⚽ | 4’ Goal, 1-0, Ezri Konsa
⚽ | 24’ Goal, 2-0, Conor Hourihane, Assist by Henri Lansbury
🔁 | 43’ Sub off, Matt Targett, Sub on, Frédéric Guilbert
⚽ | 45’+3 Goal, 3-0, Conor Hourihane, Assist by Anwar El Ghazi
🕒 | HT Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Aston Villa
🟨 | 58’ Booking, Henri Lansbury for a bad foul
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Jota, Sub on, Jack Grealish
⚽ | 69’ Goal, 4-0, Keinan Davis, Assist by Jack Grealish
⚽ | 76’ Goal, 5-0, Frédéric Guilbert, Assist by Henri Lansbury
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Keinan Davis, Sub on, Cameron Archer 🟢
🥅 | 84’ Goal, 5-1, (Crewe Alexandra), Ryan Wintle
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 6-1, Jack Grealish, Assist by Henri Lansbury
🕒 | FT Crewe Alexandra 1-6 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Possession F | 67%
Possession A | 33%
Shots F | 17
Shots A | 17
Shots on Target F | 7
Shots on Target A | 6
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 10
Fouls A | 9

🟩 27 Aug 2019, Villa 6-1 Crewe, Gresty Road

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 27 August 2019

  • New look Villa hammer Crewe in the second round of the League Cup.

  • Right back Frédéric Guilbert scores his first goal for Villa on his second appearance for the club.

  • Centre back Ezri Konsa makes a goalscoring debut for Villa aged 21 after joining from Brentford for a fee of £11,970,000 in July 2019. Konsa becomes the 937th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Left back Matt Targett makes his Villa debut aged 23 after joining from Southampton for a fee of £14,040,000 in July 2019. Targett becomes the 938th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Defensive midfielder Marvelous Nakamba makes his Villa debut aged 25 after joining from Club Brugge KV for a fee of £10,800,000 in August 2019. Nakamba becomes the 939th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Centre forward Cameron Archer makes his Villa debut aged 18 after coming through the ranks. Archer becomes the 940th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Midfielder Aaron Tshibola makes his first squad appearance since 21 January 2017.

🟩 27 Aug 2019, Villa 6-1 Crewe, Gresty Road

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #937 | €13.30m / £11.27m signing from Brentford
🟢 LB Matt Targett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #938 | £14,040,000 signing from Southampton
🟢 M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | #939 | £10,800,000 signing from Brugge
🟢 CF Cameron Archer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #940 | Youth Team promotiion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Crewe Alexandra

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European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌

Aston Villa

Crewe Alexandra

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FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

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Crewe Alexandra

Previous 5 vs. Crewe: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Crewe Alexandra

PREVIOUS MATCH

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Crewe Alexandra

SUBSEQUENT MATCH

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🟩 27 Aug 2019, Villa 6-1 Crewe, Gresty Road

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2019-20 |
Matchday | #4 |
Manager Game | #42 |
Tuesday, 27 August 2019

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🟩 27 Aug 2019, Villa 6-1 Crewe, Gresty Road

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Dean Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Bromwich, 2018-2021
Referee: Jarred Gillett | 🇦🇺 | Queensland, 2019-
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-0
FT Score: 🟩 6-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Dean Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2018-2021

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 42 | 🟩 | 21 🟨 | 10 🟥 11 | 1.74

Villa Career Form:

Top 6

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

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Dean Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2018-2021

🟩 27 Aug 2019, Villa 6-1 Crewe, Gresty Road

MATCH OFFICIALS

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Referee: Jarred Gillett | 🇦🇺 | Queensland, 2019-
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Mark Dwyer, Nicholas Barnard

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

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CARDS

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🟨 Henri Lansbury, Bad foul

🟨 Oli Lancashire

🟩 27 Aug 2019, Villa 6-1 Crewe, Gresty Road

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Jota is the only player named in the starting XI to have started the previous fixture against Everton.

Goalkeeper Tom Heaton is rested whilst Jed Steer makes his first appearance of the season. Left back Matt Targett and centre back Ezri Konsa come into the starting line up to make their debuts as Neil Taylor, Tyrone Mings and Björn Engels are rested.

Centre back Kortney Hause makes his first appearance of the season as Ahmed Elmohamady is restored to the starting XI in place of Frédéric Guilbert who makes the bench. Midfielder Henri Lansbury is promoted to the first XI, Conor Hourihane returns and Marvelous Nakamba makes his debut as Douglas Luiz and Jack Grealish sit on the bench whilst John McGinn is rested.

Anwar El Ghazi is a starter as Trézéguet is rested and Keinan Davis makes his first start of the season with Wesley also rested. 18 year olds Cameron Archer and Jacob Ramsey are named as substitutes as is Aaron Tshibola for the first time in 2 and a half years.

Starting XI Average Age: | 26.01 |
Substitute Average Age: | 22.26 |
Oldest Player: RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | 31.99 |
Youngest Player: CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 21.55 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 27 Aug 2019, Villa 6-1 Crewe, Gresty Road

MANAGER

Dean Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2018-2021

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Aston Villa

GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | 🔁 |
CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | ⚽ |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 | 🔥 | 🔥 |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | 🟢 |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | 🔥 |
W Jota | 🇪🇸 | 🔁 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |

MANAGER

David Artell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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Crewe Alexandra

GK Dave Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
RB Perry Ng | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Oli Lancashire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
CB Eddie Nolan | 🇮🇪 |
LB Rio Adebisi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Ryan Wintle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
M Callum Ainley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Tom Lowery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Charlie Kirk | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
W Owen Dale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Chris Porter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

Line Ups

🟩 27 Aug 2019, Villa 6-1 Crewe, Gresty Road

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | for LB Matt Targett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 43’ |
🔁 M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | ⚽ | for W Jota | 🇪🇸 | 68’ |
🔁 CF Cameron Archer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟢 | for CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 82' |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | CF Chuma Anene | 🇳🇴 | for CF Chris Porter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 46’ |
🔁 | M Oli Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for W Charlie Kirk | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 66’ |
🔁 | M James Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | for M Tom Lowery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 68’ |

Substitutes

🟩 27 Aug 2019, Villa 6-1 Crewe, Gresty Road

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Will Jääskeläinen | 🇫🇮 |
CB Nicky Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Paul Green | 🇮🇪 |
W Daniel Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Squad Bios

🟩 27 Aug 2019, Villa 6-1 Crewe, Gresty Road

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £59.35m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £4.50m
Team Cost: £63.85m
Squad Cost: £86,73m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/18
Homegrown: 3/18

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI Cost: £0.00m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11
Homegrown: 6/11
Subs Cost: £0.00m
Team Cost: £0.00m
Squad Cost: £0.00m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 14/18
Homegrown: 8/18

🟩 27 Aug 2019, Villa 6-1 Crewe, Gresty Road

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | £2.70m |
GK Jed Steer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £0.49m |

LB Matt Targett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £14.04m |
RB Frédéric Guilbert | 🇫🇷 | £4.50m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |

CB Ezri Konsa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £11.97m |
CB Kortney Hause | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £2.70m |

M Douglas Luiz | 🇧🇷 | £15.12m |
M Marvelous Nakamba | 🇿🇼 | £10.80m |
M Aaron Tshibola | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £5.06m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M Henri Lansbury | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | £3.06m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Jacob Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

W Anwar El Ghazi | 🇳🇱 | £8.10m |
W Jota | 🇪🇸 | £4.05m |

CF Cameron Archer | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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GK Dave Richards | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Free |
GK Will Jääskeläinen | 🇫🇮 | Free |

RB Perry Ng | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
LB Rio Adebisi | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |

CB Olly Lancashire | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CB Eddie Nolan | 🇮🇪 | Free |
CB Nicky Hunt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

M Callum Ainley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Tom Lowery | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M James Jones | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Youth |
M Oli Finney | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
M Ryan Wintle | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
M Paul Green | 🇮🇪 | Free |

W Charlie Kirk | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
W Owen Dale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Youth |
W Daniel Powell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |

CF Chris Porter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Free |
CF Chuma Anene | 🇳🇴 | Loan |

🟩 27 Aug 2019, Villa 6-1 Crewe, Gresty Road

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 2 |
CB James Chester | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 5 May 2019 [7]
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | 17 Aug 2019 [3]

Out on Loan | 6 |
GK Matija Šarkić | 🇲🇪 | Livingston
RB James Bree | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Luton
M Jake Doyle-Hayes | 🇮🇪 | Cheltenham
CF Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Derby
CF Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 | Stoke
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Coventry

Not Selected | 8 |
GK Lovre Kalinić | 🇭🇷 |
GK Tom Heaton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Björn Engels | 🇧🇪 |
CB Tyrone Mings | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
M John McGinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Trézéguet | 🇪🇬 |
CF Wesley | 🇧🇷 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 27 Aug 2019, Villa 6-1 Crewe, Gresty Road

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MATCH QUOTES

*Villa boss Dean Smith:* ”It wasn’t as safe as the scoreline suggested - Crewe made a game if it. “But I thought we were very, very clinical and our quality showed, particularly with our second goal. After that we were very good and ran away with it. “Only Jota kept his place so there were a lot of players who haven’t played since pre-season, but everyone knew their jobs, roles and responsibilities. Their application was first-class and they deserved that result.”
Quotes

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
*Tuesday 27 August 2019*

Aston Villa thrashed League Two side Crewe 6-1 to reach the Carabao Cup third round. Ezri Konsa scored four minutes into his debut for the Premier League team before Conor Hourihane’s double made it 3-0 at half-time at Gresty Road. Keinan Davis and Frederic Guilbert’s first Villa goal extended their lead in the second half. Ryan Wintle pulled a goal back for Crewe before Jack Grealish’s late low drive completed a convincing win for Dean Smith’s side. Smith made 10 changes from the team that claimed their first Premier League win of the season against Everton on Friday, including handing debuts to Konsa, Matt Targett and Marvelous Nakamba. He was rewarded with a clinical performance as Villa scored with six of their seven efforts on target. Konsa, a £12m signing from Brentford, scored a close-range header after Crewe failed to clear a short corner. Crewe, sixth in League Two, thought they had equalised when Owen Dale’s headed home Chris Porter’s flick-on, but the effort was disallowed for offside. Hourihane doubled Villa’s lead after good work from Jota and Henri Lansbury before heading home Anwar El Ghazi’s left-wing cross in first half stoppage time. Grealish replaced the impressive Jota after 68 minutes and within a minute had set up Villa’s fourth, his low cross from the left converted by Davis for his first goal in 19 months. Fellow substitute Guilbert, on for the injured Targett, curled home a fine effort from Lansbury’s short corner to make it 5-0. Crewe, who had 17 shots at goal, finally pulled a goal back when Wintle drove low into the corner. Grealish completed the scoring with a powerful low effort from inside the area with three minutes left after more good play by Lansbury down the left. *Aston Villa boss Dean Smith:* ”It wasn’t as safe as the scoreline suggested - Crewe made a game if it. “But I thought we were very, very clinical and our quality showed, particularly with our second goal. After that we were very good and ran away with it. “Only Jota kept his place so there were a lot of players who haven’t played since pre-season, but everyone knew their jobs, roles and responsibilities. Their application was first-class and they deserved that result.” --- *The Guardian* *Tuesday 27 August 2019* “Aston Villa show their class in comfortable win over Crewe” Aston Villa coasted into the Carabao Cup third round, Dean Smith’s team soaking up some early pressure from Crewe before their class allowed them to pull away with ease. The manager was proud of his team’s approach. “I wanted to make sure the attitude was right and show the importance of what [the competition] is. We play for three trophies in a season – this, the FA Cup and the Premier League. “They caused us some problems, Dave [Artell] has got a young bright team here. Six-one is a really good result.” This was the fifth meeting of the sides, all taking place in knockout games, Crewe’s best result a 2-2 draw in January 1975 in this competition. Artell gave a debut to Rio Adebisi, an 18-year-old who lined up at left-back as one of four changes to League Two team. Smith retained only Jota of the side that defeated Everton on Friday. Marvelous Nakamba, Ezri Konsa and Matt Targett making their debuts. Kortney Hause’s appearance was a first in Villa colours since joining permanently, the 24-year-old defender previously featuring for the club as a loanee from Wolves. Crewe’s Callum Ainley soon went down the right and placed a cross on to Charlie Kirk’s head but the blond forward could not keep the ball down, a miss soon to prove costly. Villa moved up the other end and a scramble ensued. Adebisi failed to clear when he should have done so and Konsa was able to direct his header past the Crewe goalkeeper, David Richards. Crewe were contributing to a fast-paced tie. Owen Dale posed problems down the Villa right and Konsa needlessly headed the ball out for a corner in response to the home side’s pressure. When the set piece came in Chris Porter forced a sharp save from Jed Steer and the concession of a second corner, this one from the opposite side. The ball was played in and eventually Dale touched home from the goalline but he was ruled offside, the strike may have been legal without his intervention. Next up, Kirk warmed Steer’s fingers and the raucous crowd sensed an equaliser was coming. But instead disaster struck Crewe: Lansbury was allowed time by a slumbering defence and he found Conor Hourihane, who slid the ball into an empty goal, Richards’s positioning leaving him marooned. Villa now started to stroke the ball around and close to half-time Anwar El Ghazi found Hourihane who finished coolly for his second. This meant Crewe were surely going out and Villa could enjoy the rest of the contest. Ainley was the first to offer a second-half threat, though his shot was off target and when Dale was put clear he, too, missed badly, to the keeper’s right. This had been the difference: Crewe were profligate, Villa far more ruthless. When Richards – who was having a difficult evening – dallied near his six-yard box Lansbury came close to pickpocketing the keeper and embarrassing him. The lead came close to moving to four when El Ghazi raced in but his careful attempt cannoned off the left post. The sense was that Villa toyed with their opponents, moving around in second gear. So it was that when they applied the throttle the end result was a close-range goal by Keinan Davis. The substitutes Frédéric Guilbert and Jack Grealish completed the scoring for the five-times winners, Ryan Wintle securing a consolation Artell offered a honest appraisal. “We played well in patches, soft as crap in others,” he said. “The gulf in class was there at times, certainly towards the end.”
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🟩 27 Aug 2019, Villa 6-1 Crewe, Gresty Road

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