It wasn’t until the final 20 minutes that our much-changed line-up finally pierced a determined Villa defence as two goals in nine minutes settled the contest.
After a poor first half in which neither side really created any noteworthy goalscoring opportunities, it was a different story after the interval and an entertaining second period.
Villa's debutant goalkeeper Sam Johnstone had kept out efforts from Vincent Janssen and Son, while Toby Alderweireld made an excellent block to deny Gabby Agbonlahor at the other end, but the deadlock was broken on 71 minutes when substitute Georges-Kevin Nkoudou sent over a cross which Davies met with a glancing header past Johnstone for his first goal in our colours.