Aston Villa – Bolton Wanderers

Can Villa overturn that 5-2 drubbing from the Reebok last week? At least there's no Jay-Jay this time. Join us for live match commentary from 19.45 GMT

Aston Villa: Sorensen, Delaney, Mellberg, Dublin, Samuel, Hendrie, McCann, Hitzlsperger, Barry, Crouch, Vassell. Subs: Postma, Allback, Whittingham, Ridgewell, Johnsen.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Hunt, N'Gotty, Thome, Charlton, Giannakopoulos, Frandsen, Campo, Ba, Davies, Djorkaeff. Subs: Poole, Barness, Pedersen, Javi Moreno, Vaz Te.

Peter Crouch gets a rare chance to impress for Aston Villa as the injured Angel's replacement, while Bolton's emphasis is on defence - if they concede fewer than three goals, they're in the final

Ref Steve Bennett whistles the game under way

Villa need the goals, but it's Bolton who launch the game's first attack before Samuel clears

Villa hit back, and Delaney's burst wins a corner. The lanky Crouch is the target, but N'Gotty heads away

A lively start, and Djorkaeff has half a chance for Bolton, but he can't get his shot away

Davies' knock-down falls to Hunt - forward from right-back - but his 30-yard attmept with his swingerof a left foot is high and wide

Fantastic chance for Villa! Hendrie's cross is knocked down by Barry but Vassell can't beat Jaaskelainen from two yards out

Back up the other end, and Davies wins a free-kick following a bit of grappling with Dublin

Djorkaeff bends in the kick, but Dublin makes amends by nodding clear under pressure from N'Gotty

Sorensen helps a wayward Djorkaeff shot on its way over the byline to concede an unnecessary corner, but ref Bennett spots a Bolton foul in the box

Vassell's confidence hasn't been dented by that miss, and he tries his luck from distance. A scrambling Jaaskelainen is pleased to see the ball whistle just wide

It's Bolton's turn for a long-range effort, but Frandsen fares no better than Vassell

Campo seems to have made an enemy of the Villa fans, who are delighted to see him penalised for a tussle with Crouch on the edge of the box

GOAL! The comeback is on! Hitzlsperger takes a couple of steps and leaves Jaaskelainen rooted to the spot with a beautiful left-footed curler. One-nil and game on!

Bolton try to respond quickly with some neat work from Djorkaeff, but Davies can't keep it in

Hitzlsperger is full of adrenalin, some of which is spent on a reckless lunge at Campo. No booking, though

There's that man again, but this time Hitzlsperger's effort is a mite wide of Bolton's far post

Frandsen is being hustled out of it every time he gets the ball in midfield. Unfairly this time, says the ref

Vassell hares on to a long ball on the Villa left and Thome takes him out with a face-high barge. Just a booking, much to the Brazilian's relief

Crouch has the proverbial 'good touch for a big man', and his neat control sets up a Vassell cross, which Barry screws wide of the target

Djorkaeff's positive burst gives Giannakopoulos half an opening, but he runs away from goal and the chance goes

Campo challenges Crouch up the other end, and Villa win a corner, but the goalscorer Hitzlsperger can't beat the first man

Davies relies on his muscle up front for Bolton, but he used a bit too much of it there for the ref's liking. Foul on Mellberg

Villa press again, and Hunt resorts to thumping the ball into the top tier. Bolton look shaken

Djorkaeff buys his side a free-kick and a bit of relief, winning a soft foul from Barry on the edge of his own box

Tight call, but the linesman decides Giannakopoulos was just offside from Davies' ball through the middle

Crouch shows a good first touch again, but sadly for Villa his second one sends a shot high, wide and none too handsome

Campo trying to show a cool head amid the midfield mayhem, but he can't find a Bolton shirt at the moment

Davies, ploughing a lone furrow up front, is forced to chase his own flick-on and Mellberg mops up

Giannakopoulos flies down the Bolton right, and Samuel takes him out with a scything tackle. Free-kick and a booking for the Villa man

Hitzlsperger hacks clear, and in his eagerness to get on the end of the punt Vassell lunges in on Hunt and becomes the second Villa man booked in two minutes

Ba tries to get involved in the action for Bolton, but he's been pretty quiet so far

Better spell for Bolton, but Hunt goes downin search of a free-kick, doesn't get one, and Villa pick it up

Ref Bennett has his card out again, and this time it's McCann in the book for raising a boot too high in a 50-50 with Ba

Slipshod stuff all round, as first Charlton and then McCann gift the ball to the opposition

Mellberg puts his already-bandaged head in where it hurts to win the ball bravely ahead of Davies

Villa work the ball smartly out to McCann on the right, but his cross is poor and Charlton can clear

Rare lull in the action. It's been breathless stuff so far

It wasn't dull for long! Hendrie finds room for a centre from the right, but Thome does enough to force the giant Crouch to head over

Neat work from Hunt, forward from right-back for Bolton, but Mellberg is in the way again to clear

Lovely shuffle from Samuel takes him away from Campo on the left. His cross his sweet, but Barry's usually trusty left foot can't find the target from 10 yards

Nightmare for Villa! McCann goes in for a 50-50 with keeper Jaaskelainen. The tackle's poor, and in the argy-bargy which follows he gives Thome a soft slap, which doesn't impress ref Bennett either. He's already been booked, but it's a straight red! McCann is off!

All sorts going on down in the dugout. A furious David O'Leary seems to be accusing Campo of helping to get McCann sent off. Back on the pitch, Hunt is booked following a bit of silliness with Hendrie

The jeers for Campo are louder than ever, and his mazy dribble straight out of play delights the home crowd

Frandsen ventures forward and tests Sorensen's handling with a low drive. The keeper deals with it safely

Villa have to press forward even with a man less, and Samuel is continuing to burst down the left. No joy on this occasion though

Three minutes of injury-time to be played in the first half.

Vassell seems to get the better of Thome with the help of a legal shoulder charge, but the linesman brings play back for a throw-in to Bolton

Bolton keep possession well and the ball breaks for Hunt on the right of the box. He cuts inside well, but his effort is neither a cross nor a shot and trickles harmlessly out

There's the half-time whistle, but we've had enough incident to fill two whole matches. Hitzlsperger's strike is still the difference, but Villa are a man down and 5-3 down on aggregate. It's a tough ask now...

Villa kick off the second half, needing a minor miracle. Will they get one...?

Mellberg loses his footing to give Davies an opening, but the striker is ponderous and Mellberg gets back to make amends

Early change for villa, as Hendrie limps off to be replaced by Whittingham. Hendrie must have been carrying a knock

Frandsen gets the better of Dublin down the bolton right with a neat sidestep, but his cross is too close to Sorensen

Bolton indulge in a spot of keep-ball to frustrate the ten men, and Dublin is forced to concede a corner

Djorkaeff fires in a deep one looking for Campo at the back post, but Sorensen is up well to claim

Davies picks out Hunt with a lovely cross-field pass, and it takes a desperate block from Samuel to block the shot. Bolton appeal for hand-ball, but the ref disagrees

Dublin flies in again, this time on Campo, but Djorkaeff's free-kick is headed out by Mellberg

The decision goes Villa's way this time as Davies is adjudged to have pushed Delaney

Villa give it away though, and Djorkaeff tries a left-foot curler as Bolton break. Easy for Sorensen

End-to-end, and sub Whittingham spurns a decent chance to get another one back as Barry's cross drops to him on the edge of the box

Crouch is still making a nuisance of himself and Villa don't look a man short. Will time take its toll on the ten mens' legs though...

Bolton looking to counter a bit more now and Giannakopoulos wins a foul on the Villa right

Back come Villa. Barry thinks about a long-range shot but spreads it instead to Whittingham on the left. Solid defending from Thome though

Campo drops back to help out his defence with a superb intervention to deny Crouch from Vassell's inswinging cross

N'Gotty's back-pass has Vassell excited for a moment, but Jaaskelainen is out sharply to clear downfield

Tangible sense of urgency from Villa, but maybe they could do with a little more composure. This time it's Hitzlsperger whose hopeful ball runs out of play

Davies muscles his way to the Villa byline on the right, but his cut-back is just too high for Djorkaeff in the middle

Bolton have another chance to break with Dublin stranded helping out his attackers. Giannakopoulos finds Djorkaeff, but his touch is poor

Vassell shows Hunt a stepover and crosses from Villa's left flank, but Jaaskelainen plucks it from above Crouch's head

Schmeichel-esque claim and quick throw from Sorensen launches Villa on another attack, but Whittingham can't pick out Crouch's run

Djorkaeff's awareness sends Giannakopoulos through the middle, but the Greek can't outpace Delaney and the danger disappears

Bolton boss Sam Allardyce replaces Charlton with Barness, whose first task is to hold off Crouch's run

Time to gamble as Dublin lumbers forward to play as part of a three-man attack. It'll be route one stuff from now on

The veteran wins a free-kick 40 yards out, but Barry's kick is straight into the grateful Jaaskelainen's arms

Sorensen just about reaches a Giannakopoulos cross under pressure from Hunt, who had got well forward

Campo has countered Dublin's move forward by dropping back to make a third centre-back

As befits a man with a bandaged head, Mellberg is giving a heroic performance at the back for Villa, and denies Davies a chance with a last-ditch block

Whittingham has his second effort of the night from around 20 yards, but it's well off-target again

Dublin bustles on to Crouch's flick but N'Gotty has the legs on him, and Dublin goes looking for a penalty. Nothing given

We've seen this before! Davies goes in for a 50-50 with Sorensen and catches the keeper a la McCann. It's a yellow card for the Bolton striker

More Villa howls for a penalty as Vassell claims he is impeded in trying to reach a Whittingham centre. Again the appeals are waved away

Campo brings the ball away and feeds Davies, who shaves Sorensen's far post fom the right angle of the box. That would have been game over

Villa live to fight another day, and Campo is penalised for a foul right on the edge of the box, just as for the goal...

History doesn't repeat itself as Hitzlsperger's effort hits Ba, who seemed to be no more than six yards away

Delaney picks up the loose ball and crosses for Samuel to head over. Hunt takes a knock in the melee and goes off for a bit of treatment

Djorkaeff has run his socks off and gets a well-earned rest. Pedersen is his replacement. Meanwhile, Hunt is fully recovered and back on

Pedersen almost scores with his first touch but can't get a clean connection on Davies' low cross

Back come Villa, and Vassell decides to test N'Gotty's pace. the defender is up to the job and it's cleared

Ba blocks his team-mate Frandsen's pass and Samuel takes advantage, galloping down the Villa left to win a foul from Hunt next to the corner flag

Barry lofts in the set-piece and Frandsen heads behind for a corner

Poor one from Barry but Villa keep possession and Vassell heads over from Hitzlsperger's ball into the box

Pedersen's brief seems to be to run down the clock by keeping possession in Villa's half. He can't manage it this time though and Sorensen can clear

Ba breaks for Bolton and Davies tries his luck again from the edge of the box. Easy for Sorensen, but Davies has been an effective battering ram for Bolton

Crouch rifles a volley straight at Jaaskelainen but he'd been punished for a push in any case

Undeterred, Crouch attempts a scissors-kick. It's not pretty, but Jaaskelainen is forced to get down smartly to stop

There's another one back! Crouch again causes chaos, and more by luck than judgement he works it to Samuel, whose left-footed drive deflects past the keeper! 2-0 on the night, 4-5 on aggregate

Almost! Barry's volley looks headed for the corner until Campo's upper arm intervenes. Was that arm or shoulder. Shoulder, says ref Bennett!

Third time unlucky as Whittingham tries his luck again from distance. Wayward yet again, but there'll be four extra minutes

High drama here. Barness heads Dublin's effort off his own goal-line, but Bennett comes to Bolton's rescue and blows for a foul on the keeper

Crouch slaloms across the pitch and beats two men, but his foot was high on Pedersen, and that's possibly Villa's last chance gone

Davies buys some precious seconds by winning a corner. Only seconds remaining now...

It's all over! Brave, brave performance from 10-man Villa but in the end it was all for nothing. O'Leary is ranting at the referee, but it will do no good. Villa have won 2-0 on the night, but that 5-2 first-leg victory, inspired by Jay Jay Okocha, has proved decisive. Bolton are going to Cardiff!