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

Premier League · Saturday 11 December 2010

Result

Aston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion

Premier League · Saturday 11 December 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Aston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Aston Villa beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 December 2010. The half-time score was 1-0.

Stewart Downing opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Stewart Downing (25') and Emile Heskey (80'). West Bromwich Albion scored through Paul Scharner (90').

Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; West Bromwich Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 16th on 17 points from 16 and West Bromwich Albion 9th on 22 points from 16. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 9th with 48 points, and West Bromwich Albion 11th with 47.

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

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Stewart DowningAston Villa · 1-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Jerome ThomasWest Bromwich Albion
  • 64'Yellow card · James FreitasWest Bromwich Albion
  • 80'Goal · Emile HeskeyAston Villa · 2-0
  • 90'Goal · Paul ScharnerWest Bromwich Albion · 2-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Stephen Warnock, Ashley Young, James Collins, Eric Lichaj, Stewart Downing, Marc Albrighton, Barry Bannan, Jonathan Hogg, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar

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

Scott Carson, Marek Cech, Gabriel Tamaş, James Freitas, Somen Tchoyi, James Morrison, Chris Brunt, Jerome Thomas, Graham Dorrans, Paul Scharner, Marc-Antoine Fortune