Match Report: Worcester City 1-5 Aston Villa

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Match Report: Worcester City 1-5 Aston Villa

Villa comfortably dispatched their second opponents of the afternoon, beating Worcester City 5-1 in Stourport.

Earlier, a Villa XI including the likes of Jordan Ayew, Aly Cissokho and Ashley Westwood needed a last minute goal to beat Telford, but things were much easier against Worcester.

Like Telford, Worcester took the lead earlier on, with Matt Birley firing a free-kick home in the seventh minute to give the hosts the lead.

However, Villa were back on level terms not long after, as Jack Grealish levelled 14 minutes later. The returning Libor Kozak put Villa in front minutes later, after he headed home a cross from Alan Hutton.

The second-half saw Stiliyan Petrov make his second appearance of pre-season, as Roberto Di Matteo rang the changes at the break.

Villa’s third goal of the afternoon was scored by Rushian Hepburn-Murphy, who had made the journey over from Telford after participating in Villa’s first game of the afternoon.

With the game entering the final 10 minutes, Kienan Davis added two goals as the youngster made his case for a first-team place.

Villa’s next pre-season game sees Di Matteo’s side take on Bristol Rovers on Wednesday.

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