Round-up: Scott Sinclair fires hat-trick as Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest share six goals

ByEurosport

Updated 01/08/2015 at 20:18 GMT

Scott Sinclair hit a hat-trick but Aston Villa were held to a 3-3 draw by Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

Dexter Blackstock gave the home side the lead before Villa equalised when Sinclair converted Jordan Amavi's cross.

Sinclair added a second after some sloppy defending before thumping a long-range effort into the net to give Tim Sherwood's side a 3-1 lead.

Forest scored twice inside the closing 10 minutes or so with Henri Lansbury and Kelvin Wilson restoring parity for the Championship side,

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Leicester City recovered from two goals behind to complete a 3-2 win against Birmingham in another Midlands derby.

David Cotterill and Demarai Gray gave Birmingham a two-goal lead at the break but goals from Robert Huth, Danny Drinkwater and Shinji Okazaki handed the Claudio Ranieri's team the win.

Leeds downed a shadow Everton side 2-0 courtesy of goals from Alex Mowatt and Chris Wood.

Newcastle lost 1-0 defeat to Borussia Monchengladbach with Eden Hazard's brother Thorgan scoring the winner after coming off the bench.

Steve McClaren reacts during Newcastle's friendly loss.

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Jermain Lens handed Dick Advocaat's Sunderland side a 1-0 win over Hannover 1-0 in Germany.

Swansea drew 0-0 with Deportivo La Coruna at the Liberty Stadium.

Fulham and Crystal Palace drew 1-1 at Craven Cottage. Pape Souare scored for Palace to negate Ben Pringle's goal.

Palace centre-back Damien Delaney was carted off midway through the second half to give manager Alan Pardew cause for concern.

Norwich enjoyed a 2-1 win over Brentford at home. Wes Hoolahan and Cameron Jerome scored for the Premier League newcomers.

Bournemouth drew 0-0 with Hoffenheim while Stoke City were beaten 2-1 at Cologne. Peter Odemwingie scored for Mark Hughes' side.

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