Villa cruise to friendly win

Aston Villa ran out comfortable 3-0 winners in their first pre-season friendly at Peterborough this afternoon.

Austrian forward Andreas Weimann opened the scoring for Martin O’Neill’s side with a neat header midway through the first half from Marc Albrighton’s cross.

Curtis Davies provided the highlight of the match with the second goal eight minutes after the interval, the defender coolly slotting past James McKeown following a slick one-two with Marlon Harewood.

Midfielder Steve Sidwell blasted home to complete the scoring 19 minutes from time at London Road.