Bolton Res 0 Villa Res 4

With Villa trailing leaders Manchester City, it was imperative to start turning draws into wins- which Villa finally managed in superb fashion. There was more good news too, with Mark Delaney and Eirik Bakke both completing the full 90 minutes of action.

Vaz Te nearly opened the scoring on 9 minutes with the first shot of the game, but managed to miss the target.

Villa capitalised on this and were awarded a penalty a minute later when Shane Paul was bought down in the box. Paul confidently despatched the penalty to put the visitors 1-0 up.

Bolton had another chance two minutes later and and a minute after that as they began to dominate proceedings.

Stuart Bridges and Shane Paul had further chances to extend the lead, but were denied by Ian Walker in the Bolton goal.

Villa began the second half as the better team, with Osbourne testing Walker a minute it.

And it was Villa who opened the scoring in the second half too, Shane Paul scoring from an acute angle in the 54th minute.

Villa took control of the game and shots from Bakke, Williams, Cahill and Ward showed their desire to add a third.

Villa's constant pressure finally paid off twelve minutes from time when Cahill scored a header off one of many Villa corners of the period.

Paul turned provider three minutes later when his good work with Gardner left stand-in striker partner Sam Williams with just a tap-in to complete the scoring.

Villa remain unbeaten this season but trail leaders Manchester City by seven points.

Villa: Taylor, Green, Delaney, Cahill, O'Halloran, Osbourne, Ward, Bakke, Bridges, Paul, Williams. Subs: Henderson, Gardner, Lowry, Lund.