Aston Villa 1-2 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 October 2011

Result

Aston Villa 1-2 West Bromwich Albion

Premier League · Saturday 22 October 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Aston Villa 1-2 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Aston Villa lost to West Bromwich Albion 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 October 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.

Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Darren Bent (23', penalty). West Bromwich Albion scored through Jonas Olsson (45') and Paul Scharner (57').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; West Bromwich Albion received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 8th on 11 points from 8 and West Bromwich Albion 13th on 8 points from 8. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 38 points, and West Bromwich Albion 10th with 47.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Aston Villa wins, 4 draws and 1 for West Bromwich Albion.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-W-D-D-D and West Bromwich Albion's W-D-D-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Alan HuttonAston Villa
  • 21'Yellow card · Billy JonesWest Bromwich Albion
  • 23'Penalty goal · Darren BentAston Villa · 1-0
  • 35'Red card · Chris HerdAston Villa
  • 36'Missed penalty · Chris BruntWest Bromwich Albion
  • 45'Goal · Jonas OlssonWest Bromwich Albion · 1-1
  • 57'Goal · Paul ScharnerWest Bromwich Albion · 1-2
  • 59'Yellow card · Paul ScharnerWest Bromwich Albion
  • 66'Yellow card · Shay GivenAston Villa
  • 66'Yellow card · Youssouf MulumbuWest Bromwich Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 5, draws 4, West Bromwich Albion 1.

Team news

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Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Shay Given, Alan Hutton, Stephen Warnock, Richard Dunne, James Collins, Charles N'Zogbia, Stiliyan Petrov, Barry Bannan, Chris Herd, Darren Bent, Gabriel Agbonlahor

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-4-2)

Ben Foster, Jonas Olsson, Steven Reid, Billy Jones, Chris Brunt, Jerome Thomas, Youssouf Chafiq Mulumbu Ngangu, Paul Scharner, Shane Long, Peter Odemwingie, Gareth McAuley