Wigan Athletic 3-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Championship · Saturday 12 January 2019
Result
Wigan Athletic 3-0 Aston Villa
Championship · Saturday 12 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Wigan Athletic 3-0 Aston Villa: match report
Wigan Athletic won against Aston Villa 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 12 January 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Gary Roberts opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Gary Roberts (41'), Michael Jacobs (79') and Joe Garner (83', penalty). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 20th on 26 points from 26 and Aston Villa 10th on 38 points from 26. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Aston Villa 5th with 82.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Reece James of Wigan Athletic (7.8), ahead of Lee Evans (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 3 draws and 6 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Samy Morsy
- 38'Yellow card · Joe Garner
- 41'Goal · Gary Roberts
- 54'Yellow card · Birkir Bjarnason
- 64'Yellow card · Neil Taylor
- 66'Yellow card · Josh Windass
- 79'Goal · Michael Jacobs
- 83'Penalty goal · Joe Garner
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-1-1)
Jamie Jones, Reece James, Chey Dunkley, Cédric Kipré, Kal Naismith, Anthony Pilkington, Sam Morsy, Lee Evans, Gary Roberts, Josh Windass, Joe Garner
Aston Villa line-up (4-1-4-1)
Lovre Kalinić, James Bree, Tommy Elphick, James Chester, Neil Taylor, Birkir Bjarnason, Anwar El Ghazi, John McGinn, C. Hourihane, Yannick Bolasie, Tammy Abraham