Aston Villa 0-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2012

Result

Aston Villa 0-2 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Aston Villa 0-2 Wigan Athletic: match report

Aston Villa were beaten by Wigan Athletic 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 December 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Ramis opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Aston Villa did not score. Wigan Athletic scored through Ramis (3'), Emmerson Boyce (52') and Arouna Koné (56').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 16th on 18 points from 19 and Wigan Athletic 18th on 16 points from 19. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 36.

Aston Villa lined up in a 5-3-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-L-W-D-D and Wigan Athletic's L-L-D-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · RamisWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Emmerson BoyceWigan Athletic
  • 43'Yellow card · Shaun MaloneyWigan Athletic
  • 52'Goal · Emmerson BoyceWigan Athletic · 0-2
  • 55'Yellow card · Barry BannanAston Villa
  • 56'Goal · Arouna KonéWigan Athletic · 0-3
  • 80'Yellow card · Matthew LowtonAston Villa
  • 90'Yellow card · Andreas WeimannAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 5, draws 3, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (5-3-2)

Ciaran Clark, Matthew Lowton, Christian Benteke, Brad Guzan, Joe Bennett, Eric Lichaj, Stephen Ireland, Barry Bannan, Andreas Weimann, Chris Herd, Brett Holman

Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-3)

Ali Al-Habsi, Iván Ramis, G. Caldwell, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Jean Beausejour, Shaun Maloney, James McCarthy, Arouna Koné, Franco Di Santo, David Jones, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez