Benito Carbone went close early on for the visitors, heading a Steve Stone cross over the bar.

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Villa were relying on the inaus of playmaker Paul Merson to furnish the pace of Julian Joachim and the wizardry of Benito Carbone.

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Gregory is likely to name an unchanged side with Ugo Ehiogu and Darius Vassell injured and recent signing Benito Carbone cup-tied after playing in the competition for Sheffield Wednesday.

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Benito Carbone could have equalised with 10 minutes to go when a similar blunder by De Goey left the Blues' goal totally exposed, but he scuffed the shot and it was cleared off the line by Leboeuf.

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