Skipper Barry Ferguson had a headed chance of his own shortly afterwards but failed to trouble Graeme Smith in the Motherwell goal.
Gary Madine was one of those given a chance to shine and the striker could have made a name for himself after just five minutes but failed to trouble Willy Caballero with a header from Jacques Maghoma's cross.
The Bluebirds finally woke from their slumber in the final 20 minutes but failed to trouble Lee Grant.
The English Premier League side, who were missing many first-team players, kept possession for lengthy periods early on but failed to trouble former Liverpool goalkeeper Sander Westerveld.
With James Collins restored to the Villa defence, the home side looked solid at the back but failed to trouble Joe Hart, who only had two routine Richard Dunne headers to deal with.
Gary Taylor-Fletcher spurned a great opportunity to win it for the Lions late on, but failed to trouble Marshall after not connecting with the ball properly just nine yards out.
Erdem took it, but failed to trouble the defense, as the ball was easily cleared away.
Shaqiri picks him out but his effort at the near post fails to trouble Valladares.
Georgia pressed after the break but they failed to trouble Forde and the Republic began to pose a threat at the other end.
West Ham could have gone fourth with a win, but they failed to trouble Wigan keeper Ali Al-Habsi until James Tomkins headed a late consolation.
