Game #4992
Aston Villa
Sunday, 26 October 2008


Won
5th (+1)
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Wigan Athletic
JJB Stadium
Attendance: 20,249
🟩 26 Oct 2008, Villa 4-0 Wigan, JJB
Wigan Athletic
0-4

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | John Carew | 57’ | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 62’ | James Milner | 90’ |
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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
Match Statistics
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
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 26 Oct 2008, Villa 4-0 Wigan, JJB

ON THIS DAY
Sunday, 26 October 2008
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.
Gabriel Agbonlahor contributes his 40th goal involvement to secure his 40th win in a Villa shirt on his 107th appearance (99 Starts) to make it W40 D35 L32, 28 Goals, 12 Assists and 9 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Brad Friedel secures his 10th win in a Villa shirt on his 14th appearance to make it W10 D3 L1, 15 Goals Conceded at a rate of 1.07 goals per game and 3 Clean Sheets (21%) so far in his Villa career.
James Milner contributes his 1st assist since his return to the club (10 Appearances) to make it 43 appearances in a Villa shirt (38 Starts), W19 D11 L13, 3 Goals, 10 Assists and 4 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 3.31 games played so far in his Villa career however it had proven a slow start to his return with a record of Played 10, 5 Starts, 0 Goals and 1 Assist under Martin O’Neill so far.
Steve Sidwell makes his 3rd appearance in a Villa shirt four months after his 2nd to make it W2 D1 L0 and 1 Goal so far in his Villa career.
🟩 26 Oct 2008, Villa 4-0 Wigan, JJB

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
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: ❌
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2008-09 |
Matchday | #17 |
League Game | #9 |
Manager Game | #100 |
Sunday, 26 October 2008
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O ’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mike Jones | 🏴 | Chester, 2008-2017
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 4-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 100 | 🟩 | 39 🟨 | 34 🟥 27 | 1.51
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Jones | 🏴 | Chester, 2008-2017
Assistants: Adam Watts, Michael Murphy
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Luke Young
🟨 Nigel Reo-Coker
CARDS

🟨 Wilson Palacios
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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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 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

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 | 🏴 |

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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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 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
🔁 | M Lee Cattermole | 🏴 | (M Michael Brown | 🏴 |)
🔁 | M Olivier Kapo | 🇫🇷 | (M Jason Koumas | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W Daniël de Ridder | 🇳🇱 | (RB Ryan Taylor | 🏴 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mike Pollitt | 🏴 |
M Tomasz Cywka | 🇵🇱 |
W Kevin Kilbane | 🇮🇪 |
CF Henri Camara | 🇸🇳 |
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

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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | | 56 | 1* | 23* | 6* | 22* | 18 | 16 | - | - | 9 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | | 10* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/18
Homegrown: 3/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS
*BBC Sport*
Sunday, 26 October 2008
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