The “red-whites” went ahead in the 17th minute through an Ayoub El Kaabi finish that was initially called offside but was overruled by VAR.
El Kaabi then found a second soon after to double his team’s advantage (29′).
Aston Villa got back into the contest right before half time via a lovely effort into the bottom left by marksman Ollie Watkins (45+1′).
