Durán on target from the spot as Aston Villa pass nervy test

As Emiliano Buendía wheeled towards the nearest corner clenching his fists in celebration, in front of the bank of 1,848 travelling Aston Villa supporters, it was the kind of cathartic moment he longed for on the darker days of his recovery from an anterior cruciate ligament knee injury.

- Ben Fisher

Buendía, captaining a youthful Villa side, headed in the opening goal to help them into the lead before Jhon Durán continued his extraordinary goalscoring run with his fifth goal of the season, this on his first start of the campaign.

Whatever happened here, it was almost guaranteed to be less dramatic than the past two meetings between these sides at Adams Park. The last time Villa visited this ground, at the end of an industrial estate, things turned ugly after they failed to beat their League Two opposition in the FA Cup third round in 2016.

Micah Richards confronted angry and vociferous Villa fans, who hurled abuse at their players as they boarded the team coach and Rémi Garde, their beleaguered manager, gave a series of curt answers as his team extended their winless to run 16 matches, 10 of which the Frenchman presided over. Matt Bloomfield, who before kick-off shook hands with opposite number Unai Emery, was the Wycombe captain both that day and in the midfield that squandered a 3-1 lead against Villa in 2005. David O'Leary's Villa, featuring a teenage James Milner, Milan Baros and Juan Pablo Ángel, scored five second-half goals to finish 8-3 winners.