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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Aston Villa
    • Wigan Athletic
    • 90+3' It's all over, and Martin O'Neill looks a little baffled. How on earth did his side fail to win that? They stay fourth with Manchester United coming up later on Saturday evening and Liverpool playing Chelsea tomorrow.
    • 90+2' Rodallega takes a Wigan free-kick... deflected wide for a goal-kick.
    • 90+1' Three minutes of stoppage time to be played.
    • 90' Heskey, Agbonlahor and Barry are all well forward in the Wigan box, but Agbonlahor sends a poor header well wide.
    • 88' Wigan have a rare foray forward in the shape of a Jason Koumas free-kick that Mario Melchiot narrowly fails to make contact with.
    • 86' Milner hits a 30-yard free-kick straight into the wall, and that is wasted by Villa.
    • 84' Villa continue to pour forward... Agbonlahor challenges Kirkland and is adjudged to have fouled.
    • 81' Heskey finds Agbonlahor inside the box, surely this time.. NO!! Figueroa deflects it over! Real bodies-on-the-libne stuff from Wigan.
    • 77' That incredible double-save is Scharner's last contribution - he comes off for new boy Ben Watson.
    • 76' Villa fake to tee it up for Milner but play it to AGBONLAHOR!! Off the line by Scharner!! LUKE YOUNG VOLLEYS THE FOLLOW-UP!!! SCHARNER OFF THE LINE AGAIN!! ACROBATIC!! AMAZING!
    • 75' Brown intercepts a cross into the Wigan box with a superb sliding intervention and Kirkland picks the ball up - BACKPASS!! Rob Styles awards an indirect free-kick seven yards out and Wigan are not happy.
    • 72' Ridiculous goalmouth scramble! Villa so close! Nearly an own goal, then Heskey sees a shot cleared off the line! It was chaos from that Milner free-kick.
    • 70' Luke Young finds Agbonlahor in the middle, who turns and volleys... over!
    • 69' Titus Bramble!! He dribbles past Stiliyan Petrov then lets fly with a left-foot shot from 40 yards! Needless to say, it sails over.
    • 67' What a return that would have been! Barry finds Carew with a cross from the left and the big Norwegian attempts an overhead kick! Nowhere near the target.
    • 65' Barry delivers another free-kick into the box... headed clear by Bramble. Wigan defending solidly.
    • 62' Villa change - John Carew comes on for Gardner. The home side have got a formidable strike partnership now.
    • 61' Curtis Davies slides through Michael Brown, who is no stranger to that kind of challenge. Yellow card.
    • 60' Mido has a crack at the other end with a left-foot volley... straight at Friedel.
    • 59' Gardner is in the thick of the action again, meeting Barry's corner with a weak header on goal. Caught by Kirkland.
    • 57' Kirkland gets a touch on a Milner corner but it goes behind for another, drilled in by Barry.. Scharner heads away.
    • 56' Barry swings it in for KNIGHT!! His bouncing header comes back off the post but he should really have scored!!
    • 55' Figueroa brings Gardner down on the Villa right, a few yards outside the corner of the box. Barry will deliver the free-kick.
    • 52' Wigan free-kick delivered into the box.. Petrov deflets it and Wigan clear with ease. Figueroa went down in search of a penalty following an Emile Heskey challenge, but referee Styles correctly rules no foul.
    • 51' Heskey plays a diagonal ball through to the left for Agbonlahor to chase... he reaches it and shoots left-footed but it is straight at Kirkland.
    • 49' Poor from Gardner, who slices an intended cross from the right side of the box and sends the ball out for a goal-kick.
    • 46' Wigan have made a change - Hugo Rodallega on for Daniel De Ridder.
    • 46' The second half is under way, and Gabriel Agbonlahor immediately races forward in chase of a through ball that bounces through to Kirkland.
    • 45+2' It's goalless at the break. Hardly a classic at Villa Park, although both teams have had their chances.
    • 45+1' Wigan corner right at the end of the half... Heskey heads clear, but the ball is played back in towards FIGUEROA!! Brings a fine save from Brad Friedel!! That is as close as anyone has come to breaking the deadlock.
    • 45' One minute of stoppage time to be added.
    • 42' Agbonlahor slices well over left-footed from the edge of the box. A tight encounter, this one.
    • 40' Heskey! Heads goalwards from eight yards but that is an easy catch for Chris Kirkland.
    • 38' Maynor Figueroa crosses deep from the Wigan left. Very deep. Deep enough to go out for a Villa throw.
    • 36' Solid defending by Wigan to repel both the free-kick and the follow-up from Craig Gardner.
    • 36' Agbonlahor is double-teamed 40 yards from the Wigan goal, and Milner will deliver a free-kick into the box.
    • 34' The free-kick comes to Cattermole at the edge of the box who tees up a shot...blazes it into the crowd.
    • 33' Barry brings down De Ridder with a clumsy tackle just outside the box. He deserves it just for that silly facial hair.
    • 31' Half an hour gone, and Villa have faded after a positive start. Wigan have done well and the teams are about even at the moment.
    • 28' Best chance of the match and it falls to Daniel De Ridder!! He races through the right channel and shoots low from the edge of the box, but Friedel is equal to it! Wigan threatening suddenly - that was set up by a superb Scharner dummy.
    • 27' Scharner lets fly from 30 yards, but his shot scuds a yard wide of the left-hand post. Still, at least it gives Friedel a touch on the goal-kick.
    • 25' AGBONLAHOR AGAIN!! He heads goalwards from the corner and Michael Brown clears it off the line. Wigan somehow scramble it away!
    • 25' Agbonlahor directs a back header at goal, and nearly catches Kirkland out... he tips it over for a corner.
    • 23' Milner shifts the ball onto his right foot and hits an inswinging cross from the left... out for a goal kick. Signor Capello didn't look too impressed with that one.
    • 20' Heskey wins another header in the Wigan box but it loops straight to Chris Kirkland.
    • 17' It has all gone a little bit dull, I'm afraid. The possession is all Villa's, but they are struggling to create much at the minute.
    • 14' Wigan have started to get a grip on the game. They are a well-drilled side and they obviously know all about Heskey, who was a team-mate of theirs until about a week ago.
    • 11' Heskey is making a real nuisance of himself in the Wigan box. He might not be a 20 goal a season man, but he certainly makes things happen. Corner Villa - very well taken by Kirkland.
    • 9' Barry races through the centre and has a crack.. deflected behind for a corner. No! Referee Styles gives a goal kick. Terrible miss by Styles and his linesman. Villa have started really well here.
    • 8' Gardner wins a free-kick on the right and Barry delivers left-footed... Heskey rises but just cannot get a crucial touch on the ball.
    • 7' Villa break with such pace, and Gardner has the ball now.. his cross is blocked.
    • 5' Barry wins a corner on the Villa left - no Ashley young to deliver so James Milner does the honours... Curtis Davies wins it in the air but sends his header well over.
    • 4' Agbonlahor crosses from the Villa left... it reaches Craig Gardner at the back post but he shoots on the stretch and fires the ball into the crowd.
    • 2' Villa are immediately on the attack and full of confidence, but Luke Young's appears misplaced as he booms a crossfield pass out of play inside his own half.
    • 1' Game on! Villa are playing from left to right in claret and blue. Wigan are wearing their dayglo yellow change kit.
    • - England coach Fabio Capello is in the crowd. He will be here to watch Heskey, Gabriel Agbonlahor and Gareth Barry, among others.
    • - John Carew is back in the Aston Villa squad after injury but it is Emile Heskey who starts alongside Gabriel Agbonlahor. There is no Amr Zaki for Wigan - Mido plays as a lone striker.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Aston Villa versus Wigan as Martin O'Neill's side look to go level on points with Premier League leaders Manchester United.

  • Team Stats

    Aston Villa Stats Wigan Athletic
    48% Possession 52%
    21 Shots 10
    7 Shots on target 3
    2 Saves 7
    6 Corners 2
    10 Fouls 13
    1 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    12 Tackles 18
    223 Accurate passes 250
    65 Bad passes 30

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Aston Villa
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Brad Friedel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0
      16 Zatyiah Knight 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 2 2
      2 Luke Young 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 22 7 2
      26 Craig Gardner 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 10 1 0
      24 Carlos Cuéllar 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 26 2 1
      15 Curtis Davies 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 26 2 0
      19 Stilian Petrov 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 7 1
      6 Gareth Barry 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 23 13 3
      8 James Milner 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 1
      18 Emile Heskey 0 3 2 3 2 0 0 15 4 1
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 0 7 3 3 1 1 0 21 6 1
      14 Nathan Delfouneso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Isaiah Osbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 John Carew 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 0
      22 Brad Guzan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Steve Sidwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Nicky Shorey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Moustapha Salifou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Wigan Athletic
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Chris Kirkland 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 10 0 0
      19 Titus Bramble 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 3 3
      7 Paul Scharner 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 25 3 3
      31 Maynor Figueroa 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 18 3 3
      25 Mario Melchiot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 2
      17 Emmerson Boyce 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 1
      11 Michael Brown 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 31 3 2
      4 Lee Cattermole 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 32 4 4
      10 Jason Koumas 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19 6 0
      18 Daniel De Ridder 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 16 2 0
      9 Ahmed Hossam Mido 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 29 5 0
      3 Erik Edman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Henri Camara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Ben Watson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      23 Olivier Kapo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Hugo Rodallega 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 9 0 0
      21 Tomasz Cywka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Michael Pollitt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 81' Heskey finds Agbonlahor inside the box, surely this time.. NO!! Figueroa deflects it over! Real bodies-on-the-libne stuff from Wigan.
    • 76' Villa fake to tee it up for Milner but play it to AGBONLAHOR!! Off the line by Scharner!! LUKE YOUNG VOLLEYS THE FOLLOW-UP!!! SCHARNER OFF THE LINE AGAIN!! ACROBATIC!! AMAZING!
    • 75' Brown intercepts a cross into the Wigan box with a superb sliding intervention and Kirkland picks the ball up - BACKPASS!! Rob Styles awards an indirect free-kick seven yards out and Wigan are not happy.
    • 72' Ridiculous goalmouth scramble! Villa so close! Nearly an own goal, then Heskey sees a shot cleared off the line! It was chaos from that Milner free-kick.
    • 69' Titus Bramble!! He dribbles past Stiliyan Petrov then lets fly with a left-foot shot from 40 yards! Needless to say, it sails over.
    • 67' What a return that would have been! Barry finds Carew with a cross from the left and the big Norwegian attempts an overhead kick! Nowhere near the target.
    • 60' Mido has a crack at the other end with a left-foot volley... straight at Friedel.
    • 56' Barry swings it in for KNIGHT!! His bouncing header comes back off the post but he should really have scored!!
    • 45+1' Wigan corner right at the end of the half... Heskey heads clear, but the ball is played back in towards FIGUEROA!! Brings a fine save from Brad Friedel!! That is as close as anyone has come to breaking the deadlock.
    • 40' Heskey! Heads goalwards from eight yards but that is an easy catch for Chris Kirkland.
    • 28' Best chance of the match and it falls to Daniel De Ridder!! He races through the right channel and shoots low from the edge of the box, but Friedel is equal to it! Wigan threatening suddenly - that was set up by a superb Scharner dummy.
    • 25' AGBONLAHOR AGAIN!! He heads goalwards from the corner and Michael Brown clears it off the line. Wigan somehow scramble it away!
    • 25' Agbonlahor directs a back header at goal, and nearly catches Kirkland out... he tips it over for a corner.
    • - Welcome to LIVE coverage of Aston Villa versus Wigan as Martin O'Neill's side look to go level on points with Premier League leaders Manchester United.

Team lineup & ratings

  • Lineup

    Live Team Line-Up

    • Starting line-up

      • B. Friedel
      • C. Cuéllar
      • Z. Knight
      • C. Davies Yellow Card
      • L. Young
      • S. Petrov
      • G. Barry
      • C. Gardner Substitution Out (62′)
      • J. Milner
      • E. Heskey
      • G. Agbonlahor

      Subs

      • J. Carew Substitution In62′
      • N. Shorey
      • M. Salifou
      • N. Delfouneso
      • B. Guzan
      • S. Sidwell
      • I. Osbourne

    • Starting line-up

      • C. Kirkland
      • M. Melchiot
      • T. Bramble
      • E. Boyce
      • M. Figueroa
      • L. Cattermole
      • M. Brown Yellow Card
      • D. de Ridder Substitution Out (46′)
      • P. Scharner Substitution Out (77′)
      • J. Koumas
      • Mido

      Subs

      • O. Kapo
      • E. Edman
      • H. Camara
      • M. Pollitt
      • H. Rodallega Substitution In46′
      • T. Cywka
      • B. Watson

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