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Game #5071

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

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Won

7th (-)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Premier League

Wigan Athletic

DW Stadium

Attendance: 16,186

🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

Wigan Athletic

1-2

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Aston Villa

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🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

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MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

⚽ | 25’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, James McCarthy
🥅 | 27’ Goal, 1-1, (Wigan Athletic), Gary Caldwell
🟨 | 41’ Booking, Richard Dunne
🕒 | HT Wigan Athletic 1-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | 63’ Goal, 2-1, James Milner
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, John Carew, Sub on, Emile Heskey
🔁 | 81’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Steve Sidwell
🕒 | FT Wigan Athletic 1-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Possession F | 46%
Possession A | 54%
Shots F | 18
Shots A | 10
Shots on Target F | 10
Shots on Target A | 6
Corners F | 8
Corners A | 7
Fouls F | 14
Fouls A | 10

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

🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

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ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

  • Villa extend their unbeaten League run to eight under Martin O'Neill in 2010 winning for the third time with a Champions League place still possible as they sit 7th in the table with 10 to play.

  • Carlos Cuéllar makes his 75th appearance in a Villa shirt (71 Starts) to make it W38 D20 L17, 3 Goal, 3 Assists, 12 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • James Collins makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (26 Appearances) to make it W13 D10 L3, 2 Goals and 4 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

  • Emile Heskey secures his 20th win in a Villa shirt on his 47th appearance (35 Starts) to make it W20 D16 L11, 7 Goals, 2 Assists and 3 Bookings so far in his Villa career.

🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

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DEBUT APPEARANCES

None

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

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

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

FIXTURE HISTORY

Wigan Athletic

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Previous 5 vs. Wigan: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Goals Scored ⚽, Goals Conceded 🥅

🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2009-10 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Game | #28 |
Manager Game | #179 |
Tuesday, 16 March 2010

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🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

MATCH SUMMARY

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Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1995-2010
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Fixture
Manager

MANAGERIAL RECORD

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Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

🕒 179 | 🟩 | 76 🟨 | 57 🟥 46 | 1.59

Villa Career Form:

Top 8

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game

🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

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MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Steve Bennett | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Kent, 1995-2010
Matches Officiated: 33
🟩 : 14
🟨 : 7
🟥 : 12
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 4 Nov 09, Villa 1-2 West Ham (a)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Andy Newbold, Mo Matadar

VAR PROFILE (from 2021)

CARDS

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🟨 Richard Dunne

CARDS

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🟨 James McCarthy
🟨 Hugo Rodallega

Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed

🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

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TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gabriel Agbonlahor replaces Emile Heskey.

Starting XI Average Age
| 28.37 |

Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 38.85 |

Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 23.44 |

Referee

🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

MANAGER

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

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Aston Villa

GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 |
CB James Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Stewart Downing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W James Milner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Roberto Martínez | 🇪🇸 |

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Wigan Athletic

GK Chris Kirkland | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Gary Caldwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | ⚽ |
CB Titus Bramble | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Maynor Figueroa | 🇭🇳 |
RB Emerson Boyce | 🇧🇧 | 🔁 |
M Hendry Thomas | 🇭🇳 |
M Mohamed Diamé | 🇸🇳 |
M James McCarthy | 🇮🇪 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
CF Marcelo Moreno | 🇧🇴 |
CF Hugo Rodallega | 🇨🇴 | 🟨 |

Line Ups

🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CF Emile Heskey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 81’ |
🔁 M Steve Sidwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 81’ |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | RB Emerson Boyce | 🇧🇧 | (CF Jason Scotland | 🇹🇹 |)
🔁 | M James McCarthy | 🇮🇪 | (M Paul Scharner | 🇦🇹 |)
🔁 | W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | (W Victor Moses | 🇳🇬 |)

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Substitutes

🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Vladimir Stojković | 🇷🇸 |
CB Antonio Amaya | 🇪🇸 |
M Jordi Gómez | 🇪🇸 |
W Scott Sinclair | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

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

Squad Bios

🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Homegrown: 1/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 2/18

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 3/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 4/18

🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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MATCHDAY SQUAD

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🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

UNAVAILABLE

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Injury | 1 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNAVAILABLE

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Not Recorded

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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Tables & Programmes

🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

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MATCH QUOTES

“It was a very important win for us, away from home and against opposition who only a week ago beat Liverpool, so I’m pleased. “We’re hanging in there for the chase for fourth spot. It’s a difficult run-in for us but we’re excited by it, we’re going for it and we’re going to try to achieve it. “We knew our runs in the cups would lead to a packed schedule come the end of the season, but we’ll face the challenges as they come. I’m just delighted with my players.” Martin O’Neill.
Quotes

🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

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MATCH REPORTS

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*BBC Sport*
Tuesday, 16 March 2010

*James Milner underlined his potential as a possible World Cup starter for England with the winner as Aston Villa reignited their top-four push at Wigan.* With Fabio Capello’s midfield options dwindling through injury, Milner showed he can be called upon if needed with Villa’s second to cap a fine display. Wigan’s James McCarthy had gifted Villa the lead with a bizarre own goal. Gary Caldwell levelled with his head, but Milner had the final say in a match full of chances with a well taken shot. The win takes the Villans, who have a game in hand, to within three points of Tottenham in that coveted fourth spot and marks boss Martin O’Neill’s first March win in the Premier League in a decade. It also means Villa remain the only side in the top flight unbeaten in 2010 - and if they can continue this kind of form their dream of Champions League football could well be realised. That would also only help Milner’s bid to impress Capello, with the likes of Aaron Lennon and now David Beckham struggling with injury. Wigan, on the other hand, remain just four points off the relegation zone and looking nervously over their shoulder with eight matches of the season remaining. Predicting Wigan results has not been an easy task this season, with Roberto Martinez’s side managing to beat Chelsea and Liverpool only to suffer heavy defeats by Portsmouth and, most recently, Bolton. But this was one of the Latics’ more encouraging displays, even if their early verve going forward was not quite matched by their frail backline. Charles N’Zogbia and Hugo Rodallega were generally to the fore going forward, the latter forcing Villa keeper Brad Friedel to save low down with a long-range effort on 20 minutes, while defender Maynor Figueroa also stung the American’s palms from outside the box. Defensively, though, it was another matter for the hosts, and in John Carew they found themselves up against a striker in a rich vein of form. The Norwegian caused the home backline problems all night, and it was from his far-post header that McCarthy, under no pressure, inexplicably volleyed into his own net 25 minutes in. A quarter of an hour later and Carew should have grabbed Villa’s second, Chris Kirkland beating his shot away after Ashley Young’s through-ball, while Milner will have been disappointed not to have done better with a couple of efforts from the striker’s flick-ons. Before that, though, Wigan had drawn level. Villa’s lead had lasted less than two minutes when Caldwell rose to glance N’Zogbia’s free-kick into the far corner - and it was little more than they deserved. However, although Marcelo Moreno let fly with a couple of shots from range, after that Villa’s pace and incision going forward slowly began to tell and Wigan were reduced to trying to contain Villa. Caldwell, heavily criticised for his performance during Saturday’s 4-0 defeat at Bolton, was particularly impressive - but he could do little about Milner’s strike when it came. Kirkland flapped at a Young corner, the ball was only half-cleared, and Milner pounced to slam low into the net from 25 yards. Wigan responded by sending on Victor Moses, and the signing from Crystal Palace was certainly a live-wire as the hosts pushed and probed around the Villa defence. But, in truth, the Latics rarely looked like snatching a point despite their efforts, and in fact it was Villa substitute Steve Sidwell that came closest to a fourth goal in the game when his deflected shot nearly crept past Kirkland in injury time. *Aston Villa boss Martin O’Neill:* “It was a very important win for us, away from home and against opposition who only a week ago beat Liverpool, so I’m pleased. “We’re hanging in there for the chase for fourth spot. It’s a difficult run-in for us but we’re excited by it, we’re going for it and we’re going to try to achieve it. “We knew our runs in the cups would lead to a packed schedule come the end of the season, but we’ll face the challenges as they come. I’m just delighted with my players.”
Reports

🟩 16 Mar 2010, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW

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