Wigan Athletic 3-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 18 April 2006

Result

Wigan Athletic 3-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Tuesday 18 April 2006, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Wigan Athletic 3-2 Aston Villa: match report

Wigan Athletic defeated Aston Villa 3-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 18 April 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jimmy Bullard opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Jimmy Bullard (25'), Henri Camara (56') and Henri Camara (60'). Aston Villa scored through Juan Ángel Arango (53') and Liam Ridgewell (67').

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

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 10th on 48 points from 34 and Aston Villa 15th on 39 points from 34. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 10th with 51 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 0 draws and 0 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Jimmy BullardWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Stephane HenchozWigan Athletic
  • 49'Yellow card · Gareth BarryAston Villa
  • 53'Goal · Juan Ángel ArangoAston Villa · 1-1
  • 56'Goal · Henri CamaraWigan Athletic · 2-1
  • 60'Goal · Henri CamaraWigan Athletic · 3-1
  • 67'Goal · Liam RidgewellAston Villa · 3-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Pascal ChimbondaWigan Athletic
  • 90'Yellow card · James MilnerAston Villa

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Wigan Athletic 1, draws 0, Aston Villa 0.

Team news

Wigan Athletic line-up

John Filan, Pascal Chimbonda, Reto Ziegler, Leighton Baines, Damien Francis, Paul Scharner, Jimmy Bullard, Henri Camara, Jason Roberts, Stephane Henchoz, Gary Teale

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Liam Ridgewell, Ronny Johnsen, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, James Milner, Steven Davis, Olof Mellberg, Mark Anthony Delaney