Aston Villa 0-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 22 October 2005
Result
Aston Villa 0-2 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Saturday 22 October 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Aston Villa 0-2 Wigan Athletic: match report
Aston Villa lost to Wigan Athletic 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 October 2005. The half-time score was 0-1.
Aston Villa did not score. Wigan Athletic scored through an own goal by A. Hughes (32') and Alan Mahon (83').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 14th on 9 points from 9 and Wigan Athletic 6th on 16 points from 8. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 42 points, and Wigan Athletic 10th with 51.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-L-L-D-L and Wigan Athletic's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 32'Own goal · A. Hughes
- 83'Goal · Alan Mahon
Team news
Aston Villa expected line-up
Thomas Sorensen, Ronny Johnsen, Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Jlloyd Samuel, Lee Hendrie, Darius Vassell, Juan Ángel Arango
Wigan Athletic line-up
John Filan, Pascal Chimbonda, Arjan de Zeeuw, Leighton Baines, Damien Francis, Jimmy Bullard, Henri Camara, Jason Roberts, Stephane Henchoz, Graham Kavanagh, Alan Mahon