Game #4858
Aston Villa
Saturday, 22 October 2005
Lost
15th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Premier League
Attendance: 32,294
Wigan Athletic
Villa Park
Aston Villa
0-2
Wigan Athletic
Assist(s) | None
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa lose at home to Wigan to leave David O'Leary with two wins in eleven Premier League games.
KEY MAN
Aaron Hughes, own goal
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 22 October 2005
🥅 | 32’ Goal, 0-1, (Wigan Athletic), Aaron Hughes o.g.
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Wigan Athletic
🔁 | 54’ Sub off, Luke Moore, Sub on, Juan Pablo Ángel
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Eirik Bakke, Sub on, Patrik Berger
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 0-2, (Wigan Athletic), Alan Mahon
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Wigan Athletic
ON THIS DAY
Villa lose for the eighth time in fifteen Premier League games under David O'Leary with just two wins and as a result drop back to 15th in the table yet in a first for some time O'Leary's post match comments suggest a more collective spirit has enveloped the club since recording their second win of the season last time out.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Wigan Athletic
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
FIXTURE HISTORY
Wigan Athletic
Previous 5 vs. Wigan: 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2005-06 |
Matchday | #11 |
League Game | #10 |
Manager Game | #97 |
Saturday, 22 October 2005
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Richard Beeby | 🏴 | Northampton, 1999-2009
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 97 | 🟩 | 36 🟨 | 25 🟥 36 | 1.37
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Richard Beeby | 🏴 | Northampton, 1999-2009
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 20 September 2005, League Cup, Villa 8-3 Wycombe, Causeway Stadium.
Cards: None
Richard Beeby
CARDS
Villa
None
Wigan Athletic
None
TEAM NEWS
Jlloyd Samuel replaces Wilfred Bouma.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 24.98 |
Oldest Player |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴 | 32.35 |
Youngest Player |
F Luke Moore | 🏴 | 19.70 |
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 |
M Eirik Bakke | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
W James Milner | 🏴 |
F Luke Moore | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Paul Jewell | 🏴 |
Wigan Athletic
GK John Filan | 🇦🇺 |
CB Pascal Chimbonda | 🇬🇵 |
CB Stéphane Henchoz |🇨🇭|
CB Arjan de Zeeuw | 🇳🇱 |
LB Leighton Baines | 🏴 |
M Graham Kavanagh | 🇮🇪 |
M Alan Mahon | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
M Damien Francis | 🇯🇲 |
M Jimmy Bullard | 🏴 |
CF Henri Camara | 🇸🇳 |
CF Jason Roberts | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | for F Luke Moore | 🏴 | 54’ |
🔁 W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | for M Eirik Bakke | 🇳🇴 | 70’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Jason Roberts | 🏴 | (W Gary Teale | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
M Eric Djemba-Djemba | 🇨🇲 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mike Pollitt | 🏴 |
RB Ryan Taylor | 🏴 |
LB Steve McMillan | 🏴 |
RB Matt Jackson | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
Homegrown: 5/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“I don’t think the lads could believe they were down at half-time considering the chances we had.
“But this game is about taking chances. I saw Arsenal lose at West Brom last week after missing a load and it was the same with us on this occasion.
“We should have been well in command at half-time. The game should have been over. In the second half we had all the play but did not create much.”
David O’Leary.
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 22 October 2005
Wigan gained their third Premiership away win of the season with a confident display at Aston Villa.
The Latics took the lead when Aaron Hughes could only turn Henri Camara’s cross into his own net.
Veteran keeper John Filan helped preserve Wigan’s lead, with the pick of a series of fine saves an effort from Eirik Bakke’s wickedly deflected shot.
Alan Mahon confirmed Villa’s fifth defeat of the season with a stunning finish as Wigan struck on the break.
Both sides were neat and precise in their build-up, but two well-marshalled defences brought proceedings to a halt on the edge of either penalty area.
A set-piece provided the first opening for Villa, with James Milner whipping in a free-kick from the right for Liam Ridgewell to head just wide.
Kevin Philips had an even better chance minutes later, stealing in as Hughes’ long ball bisected Arjan De Zeeuw and Stephane Henchoz, but Filan denied him with a sharp save.
But it was Wigan who made the breakthrough and it was no more than their confident, enterprising football deserved.
Camara showed his pace down the right and delivered a wicked cross which Hughes - with Damien Francis breathing down his neck - could only turn into his own net from six yards out.
De Zeeuw’s slip let Luke Moore in but his finish was woeful as he blasted high and wide with only Filan to beat.
Filan preserved his side’s lead with a stunning save, changing direction in mid-air to parry as Bakke’s shot deflected off Henchoz.
Villa continued to squander the chances they created, and when Barry crossed from the left Moore rose highest but was unable to keep his header down.
Filan was again in top form to beat away Barry’s piledriver and Villa showed plenty of appetite for the task of getting back into the game.
But as they pushed forward they exposed themselves to the pace of Wigan’s strikers on the break, and Jason Roberts burst clear after Jloyd Samuel’s mistake, only for the Villa defender to redeem himself by muscling Roberts out of his stride as he shaped to shoot.
Camara’s searing pace then took him clear but he selfishly opted to shoot with Graham Kavanagh well placed and Thomas Sorensen saved easily.
The threat became real as Jimmy Bullard led a swift break and found Mahon who blasted a first-time shot past Sorensen from 23 yards.
*Villa boss David O’Leary:*
“I don’t think the lads could believe they were down at half-time considering the chances we had.
“But this game is about taking chances. I saw Arsenal lose at West Brom last week after missing a load and it was the same with us on this occasion.
“We should have been well in command at half-time. The game should have been over. In the second half we had all the play but did not create much.”
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