Charlton Athletic 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 30 December 2006

Result

Charlton Athletic 2-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 30 December 2006, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Charlton Athletic 2-1 Aston Villa: match report

Charlton Athletic won against Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 December 2006. The half-time score was 0-1.

Gareth Barry opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Charlton Athletic's goals came from Darren Bent (57') and Bryan Hughes (90+1'). Aston Villa scored through Gareth Barry (40', penalty).

Discipline: Charlton Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Charlton Athletic were 19th on 13 points from 20 and Aston Villa 10th on 25 points from 20. Charlton Athletic went on to finish that season 19th with 34 points, and Aston Villa 11th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Charlton Athletic wins, 2 draws and 6 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Olof MellbergAston Villa
  • 12'Yellow card · Talal El KarkouriCharlton Athletic
  • 40'Penalty goal · Gareth BarryAston Villa · 0-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Osei SankofaCharlton Athletic
  • 57'Goal · Darren BentCharlton Athletic · 1-1
  • 61'Red card · Gareth BarryAston Villa
  • 90+1'Goal · Bryan HughesCharlton Athletic · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Charlton Athletic 2, draws 2, Aston Villa 6.

Team news

Charlton Athletic line-up

Scott Carson, Djimi Traoré, Osei Sankofa, Matt Holland, Darren Ambrose, Marcus Bent, Darren Bent, Dennis Rommedahl, Hermann Hreidarsson, Radostin Kishishev, Talal El Karkouri

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, Gavin McCann, Steven Davis, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Chris Sutton, Olof Mellberg, Gary Cahill