Wigan Athletic 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2007

Result

Wigan Athletic 1-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Wigan Athletic 1-2 Aston Villa: match report

Wigan Athletic lost to Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 December 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.

Titus Bramble opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from Titus Bramble (28'). Aston Villa scored through Curtis Davies (55') and Gabriel Agbonlahor (70').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 17th on 16 points from 19 and Aston Villa 8th on 30 points from 19. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 14th with 40 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 60.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Titus BrambleWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Curtis DaviesAston Villa · 1-1
  • 70'Goal · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Titus BrambleWigan Athletic
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Wigan Athletic 2, draws 2, Aston Villa 0.

Team news

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)

Ryan Taylor, Antonio Valencia, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Antoine Sibierski, Kevin Kilbane, Denny Landzaat, Paul Scharner, Marcus Bent, Chris Kirkland, Michael Brown

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

Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Gareth Barry, Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg, Shaun Maloney