Wrexham 0
Aston Villa 5
Maloney 30, Moore 52, Reo-Coker 62, Maloney 72, Harewood 78
Wrexham 0 Aston Villa 5 August 28 2007
Aston Villa striker Shaun Maloney shrugged off speculation about his future to score twice in a 5-0 Carling Cup rout away to Wrexham.
Maloney added to Saturday's injury-time winner over Fulham with a brace against the League Two side at the Racecourse Ground.
Martin O'Neill made six changes but his side ultimately coasted home, with Maloney's goals (30 and 72) supplemented by further strikes from Luke Moore (52), Nigel Reo-Coker (62) and Marlon Harewood (78).
The pick of the bunch was arguably the second goal. Gareth Barry dropped a free-kick from the right flank perfectly onto the head of Moore, whose lofted effort beat Michael Jones and sailed into the top corner.
But Wrexham may still reflect on what might have been after restricting the visitors to one goal at the break and missing two glorious chances to equalise.