Game #4974
Aston Villa
Saturday, 3 May 2008


Lost
6th (-)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
Premier League
Wigan Athletic
Villa Park
Attendance: 42,640
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Aston Villa
0-2

Wigan Athletic

Assist(s) | None
🟥 3 May 2008, Villa 0-2 Wigan, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 3 May 2008
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Wigan Athletic
🥅 | 52’ Goal, 0-1, (Wigan Athletic), Antonio Valencia
🔁 | 60’ Sub off, Zat Knight, Sub on, Patrik Berger 🔴
🥅 | 63’ Goal, 0-2, (Wigan Athletic), Antonio Valencia
🔁 | 69’ Sub off, Wilfred Bouma, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 0-2 Wigan Athletic
Match Statistics
Possession F | 57%
Possession A | 43%
Shots F | 14
Shots A | 10
Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 4
Corners F | 8
Corners A | 2
Fouls F | 6
Fouls A | 8
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟥 3 May 2008, Villa 0-2 Wigan, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 3 May 2008
Villa suffer a shock defeat to lowly Wigan in the penultimate game of the Premier League season and the final match at Villa Park yet remain in 6th place in the table under Martin O'Neill.
Not for the first time this season Villa unexpectedly lose a game they would have expected to win and as a result, although they remain 6th, they lose ground in the race for European qualification.
Yet for all the disappointment it just served to underline how far the team had come under Martin O'Neill since Villa's 'difficult' 2002-2006 period.
Patrik Berger, 34, makes his 33rd and final appearance for Villa (9 Starts) before moving on to Sparta Prague on a free transfer in July 2008. Although Berger joined the Villa at the end of his career in a free transfer from Portsmouth at the age of 31 he proved an excellent resource when called upon but he would go on to blot his copybook when he appeared to encourage Gareth Barry to leave for Liverpool leading to Martin O’Neill immediately ending his Villa career and any chance of a contract extension. Berger left with a record of W10 D9 L13, 2 Goals, 4 Assists and 2 Bookings.
Zat Knight makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (27 Appearances) to make it W10 D9 L8, 1 Goal, 1 Assist, 1 Booking and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
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DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
🔴 W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | 2005-08 🕒 32 | 9 (23) | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 4 | 🇺 12 | #783 |
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Wigan Athletic


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #40 |
League Game | #37 |
Manager Game | #82 |
Saturday, 3 May 2008
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Rob Styles | 🏴 | Hampshire, 1996-2009
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 82 | 🟩 | 30 🟨 | 28 🟥 24 | 1.44
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Rob Styles | 🏴 | Hampshire, 1996-2009
Matches Officiated: 20
🟩 : 8
🟨 : 4
🟥 : 8
🆘 : 1
Previous 5: 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 20 Oct 07, Villa 1-4 United (h) 🆘
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

None
CARDS

🟨 Michael Brown
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Martin O'Neill names an unchanged line up for the fourth successive game for the first time this season.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.87 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 31.20 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 21.57 |
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MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | 🏴 |

Wigan Athletic
GK Chris Kirkland | 🏴 |
RB Emerson Boyce | 🇬🇵 |
CB Paul Scharner | 🇦🇹 |
CB Titus Bramble | 🏴 |
RB Antonio Valencia | 🇪🇨 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Wilson Palacios | 🇭🇳 | 🔁 |
M Jason Koumas | 🏴 |
M Michael Brown | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Kevin Kilbane | 🇮🇪 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Marcus Bent | 🏴 | 🔁 |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | 🔴 | for CB Zat Knight | 🏴 | 60’ |
🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | for RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 69’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Wilson Palacios | 🇭🇳 | (M Josip Skoko | 🇦🇺 |)
🔁 | CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | (M Antoine Sibierski | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Marcus Bent | 🏴 | (CF Marlon King | 🇯🇲 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Mike Pollitt | 🏴 |
RB Ryan Taylor | 🏴 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
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MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | | 32 | 23* | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 13* | - | - | 2 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 | | 106* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/16
Homegrown: 2/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/16
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS






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