Aston Villa 1-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Monday 9 April 2007

Result

Aston Villa 1-1 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Monday 9 April 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Aston Villa 1-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Aston Villa drew with Wigan Athletic 1-1 in the Premier League on Monday 9 April 2007. The half-time score was 0-1.

Emile Heskey opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Gabriel Agbonlahor (50'). Wigan Athletic scored through Emile Heskey (21').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 13th on 38 points from 32 and Wigan Athletic 16th on 33 points from 32. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Wigan Athletic 17th with 38.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Aston Villa wins, 1 draw and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-D-D-L-D and Wigan Athletic's L-L-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Emile HeskeyWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Stiliyan PetrovAston Villa
  • 34'Red card · Antonio ValenciaWigan Athletic
  • 42'Yellow card · Olof MellbergAston Villa
  • 50'Goal · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa · 1-1
  • 56'Yellow card · L. BainesWigan Athletic
  • 81'Yellow card · John FilanWigan Athletic
  • 87'Yellow card · Paul ScharnerWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Aston Villa 0, draws 1, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Martin Laursen, Wilfred Bouma, Phil Bardsley, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Patrik Berger, Craig Gardner, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg, Shaun Maloney

Wigan Athletic line-up

John Filan, Matt Jackson, Fitz Hall, Antonio Valencia, Leighton Baines, Kevin Kilbane, Denny Landzaat, Paul Scharner, Emile Heskey, Lee McCulloch, David Unsworth