Colchester 1-2 Aston Villa: Championship side into Carabao Cup second round

Highlights of the Carabao Cup match between Colchester and Aston Villa.

Aston Villa squeezed into the second round of the Carabao Cup after a 2-1 win over Colchester on Wednesday evening.

Villa took the lead through Scott Hogan (7), who capitalised on Sam Walker's spill, before Jed Steer saved Mikael Mandron's penalty two minutes later.


Villa went 2-0 up through Frankie Kent's unfortunate own goal (19), but Colchester halved the deficit through Kent's poked effort at the other end (39).

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That's how it stayed as Villa held on, and the second-round draw will take place on Thursday evening at around 10pm, live on Sky Sports News.

Steve Bruce says Jed Steer deserved the rewards he got tonight following Aston Villa's 2-1 win against Colchester in the Carabao Cup first round.

Villa took a seventh-minute lead when Scott Hogan slotted
into an empty net, after Colchester keeper Sam Walker had challenged Andre Green in the area and the ball had run loose.

But less than a minute later the hosts won a penalty when Sammie Szmodics was brought down by Chris Samba in the area, only for Villa keeper Jed Steer to deny Mikael Mandron from the spot.

Aston Villa goalkeeper Jed Steer celebrates with team mates after saving the penalty

Colchester skipper Tom Lapslie went close with a fierce effort before Villa doubled their lead in the 19th minute after U's defender Frankie Kent diverted Albert Adomah's cross into his own net, amid appeals for offside.

James Chester denied Colchester's Szmodics on the goal-line and Szmodics was then left frustrated by Steer's stop at his far post after Drey Wright had set his team-mate up.

Jed Steer says saving an early penalty gave him a boost during Villa's 2-1 win against Colchester in the Carabao Cup first-round match.

But Colchester pulled a goal back six minutes before the break through Kent, who guided Kyel Reid's speculative long-range effort past Steer and in for his first professional goal.
The U's came close to equalising in first-half added time when Steer tipped Sean Murray's header over for a corner.

John McGreal says Colchester were unlucky to not get anything out of their Carabao Cup first-round match against Aston Villa but hailed his side's spirit.

Walker denied both Hogan and Conor Hourihane and Adomah's effort was cleared off the line by Cameron James, as Villa pressed after the break.
Steer made a magnificent save to deny Szmodics' strike from the edge of the area late on, as Villa progressed.