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
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.
Key events
- 25'Goal · Jimmy Bullard
- 43'Yellow card · Stephane Henchoz
- 49'Yellow card · Gareth Barry
- 53'Goal · Juan Ángel Arango
- 56'Goal · Henri Camara
- 60'Goal · Henri Camara
- 67'Goal · Liam Ridgewell
- 87'Yellow card · Pascal Chimbonda
- 90'Yellow card · James Milner
Head-to-head
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