Wigan Athletic 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 25 January 2011
Result
Wigan Athletic 1-2 Aston Villa
Premier League · Tuesday 25 January 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Wigan Athletic 1-2 Aston Villa: match report
Wigan Athletic were beaten by Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 25 January 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Gabriel Agbonlahor opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from James McCarthy (80'). Aston Villa scored through Gabriel Agbonlahor (50') and A. Young (62', penalty).
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 18th on 22 points from 23 and Aston Villa 16th on 25 points from 23. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 16th with 42 points, and Aston Villa 9th with 48.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Wigan Athletic wins, 3 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read L-D-D-L-D and Aston Villa's W-D-L-D-L.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Maynor Figueroa
- 22'Yellow card · Jean Makoun
- 50'Goal · Gabriel Agbonlahor
- 62'Penalty goal · A. Young
- 64'Yellow card · Lohoré Gohouri
- 80'Goal · James McCarthy
- 89'Yellow card · Carlos Cuéllar
- 90'Yellow card · Brad Friedel
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)
Ali Al-Habsi, Lohoré Gohouri, Steven Caldwell, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, James McCarthy, Hendry Thomas Suazo, Charles N'Zogbia, James McArthur, Franco Di Santo, Hugo Rodallega, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez
Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)
Richard Dunne, Ashley Young, James Collins, Stewart Downing, Jean Makoun, Nigel Reo-Coker, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Darren Bent, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar, Nathan Baker