Game #5449
Aston Villa
Saturday, 11 August 2018
Won
2nd (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
Championship
Attendance: 34,331
Wigan Athletic
Villa Park
Aston Villa
3-2
Wigan Athletic
Assist(s) | John McGinn | 13’ | Conor Hourihane | 90’+4 |
MATCH SUMMARY
Birkir Bjarnason's 90’+4 goal makes it two from two for Villa.
KEY MAN
Birkir Bjarnason wins it on 90’+4, 11 August 2018
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MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 11 August 2018
🟢 | 1’ Debut, John McGinn, Ørjan Nyland
⚽ | 13’ Goal, 1-0, James Chester, Assist by John McGinn
🥅 | 41’ Goal, 1-1, (Wigan Athletic), Nick Powell
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-1 Wigan Athletic
🥅 | 55’ Goal, 1-2, (Wigan Athletic), Callum Connolly
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 2-2, Own Goal, Chey Dunkley
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, Axel Tuanzebe, Sub on, Albert Adomah
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, André Green, Sub on, Rushian Hepburn Murphy
🟨 | 86’ Booking, Jack Grealish for a bad foul
🔁 | 87’ Sub off, Jonathan Kodija, Sub on, Conor Hourihane
⚽ | 90’+4, Goal, 3-2, Birkir Bjarnason, Assist by Conor Hourihane
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 3-2 Wigan Athletic
ON THIS DAY
Midfielder John McGinn made his Villa debut aged 23 after joining from Hibernian FC for a fee of £2,790,000 earlier this month.
Goalkeeper Ørjan Nyland made his Villa debut aged 27 after joining from FC Ingolstadt for a fee of £2,700,000 earlier this month.
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: 2012-13
FIXTURE HISTORY
Wigan Athletic
Previous 5 vs. Wigan: 🟥 🟨 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2018-19 |
Matchday | #2 |
League Game | #2 |
Manager Game | #91 |
Saturday, 11 August 2018
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Steve Bruce | 🏴 | Northumberland, 2016-2018
Referee: Jeremy Simpson | 🏴 | Lancashire, 2005-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 3-2
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 91 | 🟩 | 44 🟨 | 19 🟥 28 | 1.66
Villa Career Form:
Top 6
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Jeremy Simpson | 🏴 | Lancashire, 2005-
Previous 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Last Match: 🟩 10 Apr 18, Villa 1-0 Cardiff (h)
Incidents: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Shaun Hudson, Nicholas Hopton
Villa have never lost a match officiated by Jeremy Simpson (6) with five wins.
Jeremy Simpson
CARDS
Villa
🟨
Wigan Athletic
🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
TEAM NEWS
Midfielder John McGinn and goalkeeper Ørjan Nyland make their debuts. Axel Tuanzebe, fresh from agreeing a new loan spell with Villa, Mile Jedinak, André Green, Birkir Bjarnason return to the line up as Albert Adomah, Tommy Elphick, Conor Hourihane, Glenn Whelan, Neil Taylor and Jed Steer drop out. Goalkeeper André Moreira makes his first squad appearance in place of Mark Bunn.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 27.53 |
Oldest Player: M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | 34.04 |
Youngest Player: W André Green | 🏴 | 20.06 |
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | 🟢 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | 🟢 | 🔥 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | ⚽ |
W André Green | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Jonathan Kodija | 🇨🇮 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Paul Cook | 🏴 |
Wigan Athletic
GK Christian Walton | 🏴 |
LB Antonee Robinson | 🇺🇸 |
CB Cédric Kipré | 🇨🇮 |
CB Cheyenne Dunkley | 🇯🇲 | 🟨 |
RB Reece James | 🏴 |
M Callum Connolly | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Samy Morsy | 🇪🇬 | 🟨 |
M Nick Powell | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Michael Jacobs | 🏴 |
W Callum McManaman | 🏴 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
CF Will Grigg | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | for CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | 65’ |
🔁 F Rushian Hepburn Murphy | 🏴 | for W André Green | 🏴 | 74’ |
🔁 M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | for CF Jonathan Kodija | 🇨🇮 | 87’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Lee Evans | 🏴 | 🟨. for W Callum McManaman | 🏴 | 54’ |
🔁 | M Josh Windass | 🏴 | for M Nick Powell | 🏴 | 68’ |
🔁 | CF James Vaughan | 🏴 | for CF Will Grigg | 🇬🇧 | 81’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK André Moreira | 🇵🇹 |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jamie Jones | 🏴 |
CB Alex Bruce | 🏴 |
W Gary Roberts | 🏴 |
W Jamie Walker | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £36.45m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Subs Cost: £6.30m
Team Cost: £42.75m
Squad Cost: £47.79m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/18
Homegrown: 3/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 | £2.70m |
GK André Moreira | 🇵🇹 | Loan |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | £4.05m |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | 🇪🇬 | £0.99m |
LB Neil Taylor | 🏴 | Exchange |
CB James Chester | 🏴 | £8.37m |
CB Tommy Elphick | 🏴 | £3.51m |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | 🏴 | Loan |
M Mile Jedinak | 🇦🇺 | £4.14m |
M Conor Hourihane | 🇮🇪 | £3.15m |
M John McGinn | 🏴 | £2.79m |
M Birkir Bjarnason | 🇮🇸 | £1.80m |
M Glenn Whelan | 🇮🇪 | £1.53m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
W Albert Adomah | 🇬🇭 | £3.15m |
W André Green | 🏴 | Youth |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | 🇨🇮 | £11.61m |
F Rushian Hepburn-Murphy | 🏴 | Youth |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £5.01m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £2.70m
Team Cost: £7.71m
Squad Cost: £8.00m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 14/18
Homegrown: ⭕/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Jamie Jones | 🏴 | Free |
GK Christian Walton | 🏴 | Loan |
LB Antonee Robinson | 🇺🇸 | Loan |
RB Reece James | 🏴 | Loan |
CB Cédric Kipré | 🇨🇮 | £0.95m |
CB Cheyenne Dunkley | 🇯🇲 | Free |
CB Alex Bruce | 🏴 | Free |
M Samy Morsy | 🇪🇬 | £2.84m |
M Josh Windass | 🏴 | £2.41m |
M Callum Connolly | 🏴 | Loan |
M Lee Evans | 🏴 | Loan |
M Nick Powell | 🏴 | Free |
W Jamie Walker | 🏴 | £0.29m |
W Gary Roberts | 🏴 | Free |
W Michael Jacobs | 🏴 | Free |
W Callum McManaman | 🏴 | Free |
CF Will Grigg | 🏴 | £1.22m |
CF James Vaughan | 🏴 | £0.29m |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 3 |
CF Keinan Davis | 🏴 |
F Scott Hogan | 🇮🇪 |
F Callum O’Hare | 🏴 |
Out on Loan | 2 |
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Small Heath
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | Charlton
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
🟢 GK Ørjan Nyland | 🇳🇴 |
🟢 M John McGinn | 🏴 |
🟢 GK André Moreira | 🇵🇹 | First Squad Appearance |
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 48%
Possession A | 52%
Shots F | 17
Shots A | 10
Shots on Target F | 6
Shots on Target A | 3
Corners F | 3
Corners A | 4
Fouls F | 17
Fouls A | 16
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
*Villa boss Steve Bruce*
“We’ve come through it with a bit of resilience, which is evident after a difficult summer for everybody.
“They’re a very good side, who caused us a lot of problems, but we’ve managed to get through.
“To win back-to-back games with all the difficulties we’ve had, is huge.
“John McGinn is a player we couldn’t buy two weeks ago. The new owners have blown new life into the club.”
*BBC Sport*
*Saturday, 11 August 2018*
Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce said his side’s dramatic stoppage-time win against Wigan Athletic was testament to the “resilience” of his squad following a turbulent off-field summer for the club.*
Birkir Bjarnason scored in the fourth minute of added time as Villa came from behind to stun the Latics in a five-goal thriller.
“We’ve come through it with a bit of resilience, which is evident after a difficult summer for everybody,” Bruce told BBC WM.
“They’re a very good side, who caused us a lot of problems, but we’ve managed to get through.
“To win back-to-back games with all the difficulties we’ve had, is huge.”
Villa suffered a number of financial problems following last season’s play-off final defeat by Fulham - a loss which cost them £160m.
However, billionaire businessmen Wes Edens and Nassef Sawiris were brought in last month to inject “significant investment”.
And, as well as having new signings John McGinn, from Hibernian and Norwegian keeper Orjan Nyland making their debut, Villa also had star winger Jack Grealish still on show after being able to turn down Tottenham Hotspur’s deadline bid.
“John McGinn is a player we couldn’t buy two weeks ago,” added Bruce. “The new owners have blown new life into the club.”
Things started brightly for the home side when skipper James Chester earlier headed Villa in front from a McGinn free-kick on the left.
But Nyland made a mess of a back pass from Mile Jedinak to gift Nick Powell a 41st-minute leveller.
Callum Connolly then headed the Latics in front after the interval with a far-post header from Powell’s cross.But, eight minutes later, Latics defender Chey Dunkley put through his own net in a scramble to make it 2-2.
And, from Conor Hourihane’s cross, Icelandic international Bjarnason slid in to win it to help Bruce’s men maintain their 100% winning start against one of his former clubs.
Villa’s victory followed Monday’s 3-1 win at Hull City, also one of Bruce’s old clubs. And it is the first time Villa have kicked off the season with successive league wins since 1999-00, when they did so in the Premier League under John Gregory.
“We’ve been behind in both games so far,” said Bruce said. “But, we’ve come back to score three, as we did on Monday, so overall a decent start.
“I have to say to have 34,000 supporters here with the problems we’ve had, just shows the attraction we still have as a club.”
For Paul Cook’s Wigan, losing an end-to-end classic which could have gone either way, was a first defeat since promotion back to the second tier in May.
Wigan used two of their new signings, striker Josh Windass and on-loan Sheffield United midfielder Lee Evans, who both came off the bench.
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