Live from Chasetown: Aston Villa Player ratings in massive 8-2 win

James Wright 7

Didn’t have much to do but made one great save at 0-0

Frankie Ealing 8

Was solid defensively and displayed some great pace and skill going forward

Kerr Smith 5

Was dispossessed high up the pitch several times and left Villa short

Sil Swinkels 6

Looked steady but also made his share of errors

Declan Frith 7

Looked really strong going forward and displayed some great skill

Chisom Afoka 7

Showed some great skill and drove Villa forward down the right wing

Hayden Lindley 6

Looked steady but didn’t have much to do

Teddy Rowe 8

Was really impressive after his late call-up and was deeply unlucky not to score from range after hitting the post

Tyreik Wright 8

You could tell he had EFL experience as he ran the defence ragged and took his goal well

Brad Young 6

Took his goal well with a reactionary finish but didn’t make much stick

Louie Barry 9

Was deeply impressive as he scored one and made another. Was the best player on the pitch and absolutely ran the show

Second half


Jayden Barber 7

Caused havoc with his runs from right back

Aaron O’Reilly 7

Looked solid at the back and never lost an aerial duel

Myles Sohna 6

Looked solid but was replaced fairly quickly

Fin Munroe 6

Did not have a lot to do but looked handy at left-back

Kyrie Pierre 8

Looked great from midfield and displayed really good skill for his age

Mikell Barnes 7

Looked really sharp from midfield

Todd Alcock 6

Displayed a few good touches but did not do a lot

Charlie Lutz 7

Was deeply unlucky not to score after a thunderbolt of a shot crashed down off the bar

Caleb Chukwuemeka 9

Grabbed a hattrick off the bench and was every bit as good as Barry

Ajani Burchall 8

Won a penalty and looked really skilful on the wing

Kobei Moore 7

Grabbed Villa’s eighth goal with a neat finish between Curtis Pond’s legs

Luke Softley 6

Replaced Sohna in the second half but did not have much to do