English Premier League

FT Saturday, May 3, 2008
Wigan Athletic LWDDD 2
–
Aston Villa LWWWD 0
Villa Park · 42,640 att.

Team Stats

8
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
8
9
Saves
3
51
Possession
49
9
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
5
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
1
Accurate Passes
3
1
Passes
3
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
2
Accurate Crosses
7
7
Crosses
25
0.3
Cross %
0.3
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
5
16
Clearances
5

Head to Head

WGA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

AVL

  1. 22Scott CarsonG
  2. 4Olof MellbergD
  3. 5Martin LaursenD
  4. 16Zat KnightD
  5. 3Wilfred BoumaD
  6. 19Stilian PetrovM
  7. 20Nigel Reo-CokerM
  8. 6Gareth BarryM
  9. 7Ashley YoungF
  10. 10John CarewF
  11. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorF

Substitutes

  1. 13Stuart TaylorG
  2. 18Wayne RoutledgeM
  3. 23Patrik BergerM
  4. 9Marlon HarewoodF
  5. 17Moustapha SalifouF

WGA

  1. 1Chris KirklandG
  2. 17Emmerson BoyceD
  3. 19Titus BrambleD
  4. 18Paul ScharnerD
  5. 8Kevin KilbaneM
  6. 16Antonio ValenciaM
  7. 11Michael BrownM
  8. 5Wilson PalaciosM
  9. 10Jason KoumasM
  10. 9Emile HeskeyF
  11. 23Marcus BentF

Substitutes

  1. 12Michael PollittG
  2. 2Ryan TaylorD
  3. 6Antoine SibierskiM
  4. 24Josip SkokoM
  5. 14Marlon KingF

Timeline

  1. 52' Goal!! Antonio Valencia hits a very good right footed shot to the upper left corner from the right channel (aprox. 20 yards) and scores!! Wigan now leads 1 - 0
  2. 54' Michael Brown is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 60' Aston Villa makes a sub: Patrik Berger enters for Zat Knight. Reason: Tactical
  4. 63' Goal!! Antonio Valencia hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the left penalty area (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Wigan now leads 2 - 0
  5. 69' Aston Villa makes a sub: Marlon Harewood enters for Wilfred Bouma. Reason: Tactical
  6. 77' Wigan makes a sub: Marlon King enters for Marcus Bent. Reason: Tactical
  7. 89' Wigan makes a sub: Antoine Sibierski enters for Emile Heskey. Reason: Tactical
  8. 90' End of the game
  9. 90'+1' Wigan makes a sub: Josip Skoko enters for Wilson Palacios. Reason: Tactical

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