Aston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 10 January 2009

Result

Aston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion

Premier League · Saturday 10 January 2009, 12:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Aston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Aston Villa defeated West Bromwich Albion 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 January 2009. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Curtis Davies opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Curtis Davies (18') and an own goal by Scott Carson (41'). West Bromwich Albion scored through James Morrison (49').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 4th on 38 points from 20 and West Bromwich Albion 20th on 18 points from 20. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and West Bromwich Albion 20th with 32.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-5-1 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 4 draws and 0 for West Bromwich Albion.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read W-D-W-W-W and West Bromwich Albion's W-L-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Curtis DaviesAston Villa · 1-0
  • 41'Own goal · Scott CarsonAston Villa · 2-0
  • 49'Goal · James MorrisonWest Bromwich Albion · 2-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Martin LaursenAston Villa
  • 90'Yellow card · Roman BednářWest Bromwich Albion

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Aston Villa 3, draws 4, West Bromwich Albion 0.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-5-1)

Luke Young, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Steve Sidwell, Gareth Barry, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-4-2)

Scott Carson, Carl Hoefkens, Leon Barnett, Jonas Olsson, Robert Koren, Jonathan Greening, James Morrison, Borja Valero, Luke Moore, Jay Simpson, Paul Robinson