Game #4992
Aston Villa
Sunday, 26 October 2008
Won
5th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Attendance: 20,249
Wigan Athletic
JJB Stadium
Wigan Athletic
0-4
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | John Carew | 57’ | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 62’ | James Milner | 90’ |
MATCH SUMMARY
Villa destroy future Villa boss Steve Bruce's Wigan on their own patch against a side littered with former Birmingham players, to make it five wins in nine Premier League games and 5th in the table.
KEY MAN
Gareth Barry secures from the spot to give Villa the lead as they hammer Wigan at the JJB, Sunday, 26 October 2008.
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MATCH TIMELINE
Sunday, 26 October 2008
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-0, Gareth Barry (pen)
🟨 | 31’ Booking, Luke Young
🟨 | 44’ Booking, Nigel Reo-Coker
🕒 | HT Wigan Athletic 0-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 54’ Sub off, Gareth Barry, Sub on, John Carew
⚽ | 57’ Goal, 2-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by John Carew
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 3-0, John Carew, Assist by Gabriel Agbonlahor
🔁 | 78’ Sub off, Luke Young, Sub on, Curtis Davies
🔁 | 84’ Sub off, Stiliyan Petrov, Sub on, Steve Sidwell
⚽ | 90’ Goal, 4-0, Steve Sidwell, Assist by James Milner
🕒 | FT Wigan Athletic 0-4 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa return to League action in style and hammer future boss Steve Bruce's Wigan on home turf to climb back to 5th in the table.
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
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Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Game | #9 |
Manager Game | #100 |
Sunday, 26 October 2008
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mike Jones | 🏴 | Chester, 1997-2018
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 100 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 34 🟥 27 | 1.51
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Jones | 🏴 | Chester, 1997-2018
Previous 5:
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Adam Watts, Michael Murphy
ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:
CARDS
Villa
🟨 🟨
Wigan Athletic
🟨
TEAM NEWS
Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.55 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 37.47 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 22.05 |
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |
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Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 🔁 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W James Milner | 🏴 | 🔥 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
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Wigan Athletic
GK Chris Kirkland | 🏴 |
RB Emerson Boyce | 🇧🇧 |
CB Titus Bramble | 🏴 |
CB Maynor Figueroa | 🇭🇳 |
M Paul Scharner | 🇦🇹 |
M Lee Cattermole | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Wilson Palacios | 🇭🇳 | 🟨 |
M Olivier Kapo | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
W Daniël de Ridder | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 |
CF Amr Zaki | 🇪🇬 |
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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 🔥 | ⚽ | for M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 54’ |
🔁 CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 | for RB Luke Young | 🏴 | 78’ |
🔁 M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 | ⚽ | for M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | 84’ |
SUBSTITUTES
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🔁 | M Lee Cattermole | 🏴 | (M Michael Brown | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Olivier Kapo | 🇫🇷 | (M Jason Koumas | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W Daniël de Ridder | 🇳🇱 | (RB Ryan Taylor | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
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GK Mike Pollitt | 🏴 |
M Tomasz Cywka | 🇵🇱 |
W Kevin Kilbane | 🇮🇪 |
CF Henri Camara | 🇸🇳 |
SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/18
Homegrown: 3/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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SQUAD STATS
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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
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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
Possession F | 42%
Possession A | 58%
Shots F | 10
Shots A | 21
Shots on Target F | 7
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 8
Fouls F | 9
Fouls A | 16
LEAGUE TABLE
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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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MATCHDAY QUOTES
“It was a great performance and a result I had not expected.
“With us having played on Thursday night, it was a concern, but there were some terrific performances all told.
“I was worries about today’s game so for us to win today in the manner that we did was great.
“We have competition for places which is something that two years ago at Villa we didn’t have so that’s encouraging.”
Martin O'Neill.
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 26 October 2008
*Gabriel Agbonlahor scored one goal and made two as Villa won at a canter at Wigan’s JJB Stadium.*
Gareth Barry gave the visitors the lead from the penalty spot after Agbonlahor was felled by Titus Bramble.
The young striker bundled home the second from a flick-on by substitute John Carew before returning the favour for the Norwegian to head the third.
Steve Sidwell capped Villa’s afternoon by coming off the bench and rifling in a fourth goal, his first for the club.
The result and the manner in which it was achieved represents the perfect way for manager Martin O’Neill to complete his first century of games in charge of the Midlands side.
The Northern Irishman had warned beforehand of the dangers posed by Wigan but in truth the home side showed little of the fight on evidence in the recent home victory over Manchester City.
Villa started the more composed of the two sides and carved the first real opening when Barry’s knock-down gave James Milner the chance to shoot from inside the box but he pulled his effort wide.
At the other end Emile Heskey was busy trying to impose himself on the visitors but with little end result.
He fired wide from a corner in the ninth minute, following an Amr Zaki nod-on, whilst a well-timed tackle on the rampaging England forward soon after diverted the ball into the path of Olivier Kapo but he blasted his shot high into the stand.
Wigan were left to rue these misses shortly after when Villa took the lead.
Agbonlahor’s forward run appeared to be taking him away from goal but Bramble’s challenge on the edge of the box upended the striker and, despite the defender’s protestations that he got the ball, a penalty was awarded.
Barry calmly stepped up to slot the ball in past Chris Kirkland’s outstretched right hand.
Spurred on by a sense of injustice, Wigan almost replied immediately through a Paul Scharner header from a corner, but Brad Friedel stooped low to save with his legs before the ball was cleared with Heskey lurking.
An even better chance fell to the home side on the half hour. A Wilson Palacios shot proved too hot for Friedel to handle but when the ball rebounded to Kapo he could only acrobatically hook the ball over with the goal at his mercy.
Striving for more creativity, Wigan replaced Kapo with Jason Koumas at half-time and it was the Welsh midfielder who had Wigan’s first real effort of the second half, his 20-yard drive forcing Friedel into a neat save.
After 53 minutes Barry limped off to be replaced by Carew and the big striker’s impact was immediate.
His first touch, a flick-on from an Ashley Young corner, fell to Agbonlahor who needed only to bundle the ball home from two yards for his first and Villa’s second.
Shortly after, Agbonlahor returned the favour, crossing for Carew to easily head home from inside the six-yard box.
Despite the game being beyond them Wigan continued to push forward and probably should have scored from at least one of two clear-cut chances.
Bramble, looking to make amends for giving away the penalty, put a point-blank header straight at Friedel from a corner whilst Daniel De Ridder blasted an effort wide.
However, in committing men to attack through desperation they left themselves exposed at the back and the only surprise was that it took until the 89th minute for Villa to get a fourth goal.
Milner collected a long ball from Nicky Shorey before crossing low for substitute Sidwell to rifle in his first for the club and underline the away side’s dominance.
*Wigan boss Steve Bruce:*
“We haven’t done our jobs defensively.
“That has been our strength because in the games that we’ve lost we have lost by the odd goal.
“Three of the four that we conceded today were so poor defensively and the mistakes were not acceptable at this level.
“If you do that against a really good Aston Villa side then you have your backsides kicked and we certainly had that today.”
*Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill:*
“It was a great performance and a result I had not expected.
“With us having played on Thursday night, it was a concern, but there were some terrific performances all told.
“I was worries about today’s game so for us to win today in the manner that we did was great.
“We have competition for places which is something that two years ago at Villa we didn’t have so that’s encouraging.”
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