Wycombe supervisor Matt Bloomfield additionally rung the modifications, altering eight of the facet who beat Cambridge United 2-1 at Adams Park on the weekend. Bloomfield was within the Wycombe staff who reached the semi-finals of this competitors in 2007, finally being overwhelmed by Chelsea. He wouldn’t want reminding that he additionally performed in an 8-3 drubbing by Villa in the identical competitors two years earlier.
Durán ought to have opened the scoring after simply 35 seconds. Bailey’s by way of ball despatched the Villa striker clear on objective, but he missed the goal. But it took the hosts simply 4 minutes to register their first effort on objective, though Villa debutant Joe Gauci simply smothered Tyreeq Bakinson’s 20-yard effort. Veteran winger David Wheeler was inflicting issues down Villa’s left because the hosts stood sturdy.
As anticipated, the Premier League facet dominated possession through the first half. But they failed to check Franco Ravizzoli once more earlier than the break. Certainly, it was the hosts who managed to maintain Gauci on his toes throughout a gentle opening interval for the underdogs.
Substitute Garath McCleary had two alternatives to degree. The primary was an embarrassing air shot from fellow substitute Cameron Humphreys’s 78th-minute cross. McCleary’s subsequent try, a positive header from 15 yards, was brilliantly tipped away by Gauci.
