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

Premier League · Monday 2 January 2006

Result

West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Monday 2 January 2006, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Aston Villa: match report

West Bromwich Albion lost to Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Monday 2 January 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.

Steven Davis opened the scoring in the 47th minute. West Bromwich Albion's goal came from Steve Watson (76'). Aston Villa scored through Steven Davis (47') and Milan Baros (80', penalty).

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

Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 17th on 19 points from 20 and Aston Villa 13th on 22 points from 20. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 19th with 30 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 West Bromwich Albion wins, 3 draws and 1 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Yellow card · Gavin McCannAston Villa
  • 47'Goal · Steven DavisAston Villa · 0-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Gareth BarryAston Villa
  • 70'Yellow card · Luke MooreAston Villa
  • 76'Goal · Steve WatsonWest Bromwich Albion · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Paul RobinsonWest Bromwich Albion
  • 80'Penalty goal · Milan BarosAston Villa · 1-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: West Bromwich Albion 0, draws 3, Aston Villa 1.

Team news

West Bromwich Albion line-up

Tomasz Kuszczak, Neil Clement, Martin Albrechtsen, Curtis Davies, Jonathan Greening, Darren Carter, Diomansy Kamara, Nathan Ellington, Nwankwo Kanu, Paul Robinson, Steve Watson

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Liam Ridgewell, Ronny Johnsen, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, James Milner, Steven Davis, Olof Mellberg, Mark Anthony Delaney