Wigan Athletic 0-2 Aston Villa: result and report
Championship · Saturday 18 March 2017
Result
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Aston Villa
Championship · Saturday 18 March 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Aston Villa: match report
Wigan Athletic were beaten by Aston Villa 0-2 in the Championship on Saturday 18 March 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
James Chester opened the scoring in the 73rd minute. Wigan Athletic did not score. Aston Villa scored through James Chester (73') and Scott Hogan (84').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 23rd on 34 points from 37 and Aston Villa 13th on 48 points from 37. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 42 points, and Aston Villa 13th with 62.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Johnstone of Aston Villa (8.5), ahead of James Chester (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 4 draws and 4 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Jamie Hanson
- 42'Yellow card · Conor Hourihane
- 73'Goal · James Chester
- 75'Yellow card · Nicolás Frutos
- 84'Goal · Scott Hogan
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matthew Gilks, Craig Morgan, Jake Buxton, Dan Burn, Andy Kellett, Jamie Hanson, Shaun MacDonald, Michael Jacobs, Sam Morsy, Gabriel Obertan, Omar Bogle
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Sam Johnstone, James Bree, James Chester, Mile Jedinak, Neil Taylor, Alan Hutton, Gary Gardner, C. Hourihane, J. Amavi, Albert Adomah, Jonathan Kodjia