Late show: Villa breathe a sigh of relief

– Jonathan Kodjia (left) struck deep into stoppage time on Wednesday night to salvage Aston Villa’s unbeaten start to the Championship season and deny Brentford the chance to go joint top in a 2-2 draw at Villa Park.

Bolton do move level with Leeds and Middlesbrough at the top of table on 10 points from their opening four games as Will Buckley scored the only goal to seal a 1-0 home win over Birmingham.

Villa and Brentford are two points behind after a four-goal thriller that left both sides feeling hard done by.

Neal Maupay scored either side of half-time for the visitors to take his tally to five in four games.

Maupay, though, could be set for a three-game ban after a stamp

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on John McGinn towards the end of the first half went unnoticed by the officials.

Kodjia endured an injury-ravaged campaign last season after a prolific debut campaign at Villa and looked back to his best as he equalised before half-time and then looped home a header in the 95th minute to rescue a point.

Stoke had another night to forget as their faltering start back in the Championship continued with a 3-0 thrashing at home to newly-promoted Wigan.

Fancied for an immediate return to the Premier League after a summer of heavy investment and keeping hold of England international goalkeeper Jack Butland, Stoke have taken just two points from four games. –