Wigan Athletic 0-4 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 October 2008

Result

Wigan Athletic 0-4 Aston Villa

Premier League · Sunday 26 October 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Wigan Athletic 0-4 Aston Villa: match report

Wigan Athletic lost to Aston Villa 0-4 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 October 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.

Gareth Barry opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Wigan Athletic did not score. Aston Villa scored through Gareth Barry (21'), Gabriel Agbonlahor (57'), John Carew (62') and Steve Sidwell (90').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 15th on 8 points from 8 and Aston Villa 6th on 14 points from 8. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 62.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Wigan Athletic wins, 2 draws and 1 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Gareth BarryAston Villa · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Wilson PalaciosWigan Athletic
  • 31'Yellow card · Luke YoungAston Villa
  • 44'Yellow card · Nigel Reo-CokerAston Villa
  • 57'Goal · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa · 0-2
  • 62'Goal · John CarewAston Villa · 0-3
  • 90'Goal · Steve SidwellAston Villa · 0-4

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Wigan Athletic 3, draws 2, Aston Villa 1.

Team news

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)

Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Lee Cattermole, Wilson Palacios, Paul Scharner, Emile Heskey, Amr Zaky, Daniel De Ridder, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Chris Kirkland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez

Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)

Luke Young, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Nicky Shorey, Gareth Barry, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Nigel Reo-Coker, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar