On a frustrating night in Austria, Sean Dyche will have seen two things underlined: the intrinsic importance of the ‘hardcore’ of senior players in his Nottingham Forest squad — and that he had forged an accurate early impression of those on the periphery of it.

Aston Villa had little trouble securing a 2-0 home win against Maccabi Tel-Aviv thanks to goals from Ian Maatsen and Donyell Malen, while Nottingham Forest were held to a 0-0 draw at Sturm Graz, where Morgan Gibbs-White saw a first-half penalty saved.