top of page

Game #5112

Aston Villa

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Won

13th (-)

Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Premier League

Wigan Athletic

DW Stadium

Attendance: 16,442

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

Wigan Athletic

1-2

Villa.gif

Aston Villa

2509-2.png

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH TIMELINE

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

🟢 | 1’ Debut, Jean Makoun
🟨 | 22’ Booking, Jean Makoun
🕒 | HT Wigan Athletic 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 49’ Goal, 1-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Carlos Cuéllar
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Jean Makoun, Sub on Stiliyan Petrov
⚽ | 62’ Goal, 2-0, Ashley Young (pen)
🔁 | 77’ Sub off, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Sub on, Marc Albrighton
🥅 | 80’ Goal, 2-1, (Wigan Athletic), James McCarthy
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Ashley Young, Sub on, Chris Herd
🟨 | 89’ Booking, Carlos Cuéllar
🟨 | 90’ Booking, Brad Friedel
🕒 | FT Wigan Athletic 1-2 Aston Villa

Match Statistics

Possession F | 50%
Possession A | 50%
Shots F | 11
Shots A | 19
Shots on Target F | 10
Shots on Target A | 8
Corners F | 4
Corners A | 7
Fouls F | 13
Fouls A | 9

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

Villa.gif

ON THIS DAY

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

  • Villa win consecutive Premier League matches under Gérard Houllier as back to back wins give Villa critical breathing room to climb to 13th and six points clear of the drop zone.

  • Gérard Houllier fields a second new signing in consecutive games as Jean Makoun, a £5.58m from Olympique Lyonnais, taking Villa's investment in Houllier to just shy of £25m.

  • Jean Makoun makes his debut after his £5.58m move from Olympique Lyonnais to become the 833rd player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Nathan Baker makes his Villa debut after coming through the youth ranks to become the 834th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.

  • Ashley Young makes his 175th appearance for the club (172 Starts) to make it W77 D52 L46, 35 Goals, 57 Assists, 30 Bookings and 2 Red Cards  so far in his Villa career.

  • Nigel Reo-Coker secures his 50th win in a Villa shirt on his 110th appearance (95 Starts) to make it W50 D29 L31, 3 Goals, 5 Assists, 22 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.

  • James Collins secures his 25th win in a Villa shirt on his 62nd appearance (59 Starts) to make it W25 D20 L17, 4 Goals and 12 Bookings  so far in his Villa career.

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

Villa.gif

DEBUT APPEARANCES

🟢 M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 | #833 | £5,580,000 signing from Lyon
🟢 CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | #834 | Youth Team promotiion

FINAL APPEARANCES

None

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Wigan Athletic

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

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

Aston Villa

Wigan Athletic

2509-2.png
Villa.gif

FIXTURE HISTORY

Villa v

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Wigan Athletic

Previous 5 vs. Wigan: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

FIXTURE DETAILS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Season | 2010-11 |
Matchday | #30 |
League Game | #24 |
Manager Game | #23 |
Tuesday, 25 January 2011

2020-21 (h) Aston Villa Kit.gif

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

Manager: Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 | Thérouanne, 2010-2011
Referee: Jonathan Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Riding, 2005-2022
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟩

Scorers
Timeline
On This Day
Trophies
Matches
Fixture

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Villa.gif

Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 | 2010-2011

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 23 | 🟩 | 8 🟨 | 6 🟥 9 | 1.30

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

Villa.gif
Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 | 2010-2011

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

MATCH OFFICIALS

Villa.gif

Referee: Jonathan Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | West Riding, 2005-2022 🆘
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Andy Halliday, Trevor Massey

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

Villa.gif

CARDS

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

🟨 Jean Makoun
🟨 Carlos Cuéllar
🟨 Brad Friedel

🟨 Steve Gohouri
🟨 Maynor Figueroa

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

Villa.gif

TEAM NEWS

TEAM STATS

Gérard Houllier hands debuts to Jean Makoun and Nathan Baker and Nigel Reo-Coker returns in place of Ciaran Clark, Marc Albrighton and Stiliyan Petrov.

Starting XI Average Age
| 27.77 |

Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 39.72 |

Youngest Player |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.77 |

Referee
Manager

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

MANAGER

Gérard Houllier | 🇫🇷 | 2010-2011

Villa.gif

Aston Villa

GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 🟨 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB James Collins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 | 🟢 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Stewart Downing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

MANAGER

Roberto Martínez | 🇪🇸 |

2509-2.png

Wigan Athletic

GK Ali Al Habsi | 🇴🇲 |
CB Steve Gohouri | 🇨🇮 | 🟨 |
CB Steven Caldwell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
CB Maynor Figueroa | 🇭🇳 | 🟨 |
RB Emmerson Boyce | 🇧🇧 | 🔁 |
M James McCarthy | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
M Hendry Thomas | 🇭🇳 | 🔁 |
M James McArthur | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 |
CF Franco Di Santo | 🇦🇷 |
CF Hugo Rodallega | 🇨🇴 |

Line Ups

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

🔁 M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | for M Jean Makoun | 🇨🇲 | 57’ |
🔁 W Marc Albrighton | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 77’ |
🔁 M Chris Herd | 🇦🇺 | for W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 88’ |

SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

🔁 | RB Emmerson Boyce | 🇧🇧 | (RB Ronnie Stam | 🇳🇱 |)
🔁 | M James McCarthy | 🇮🇪 | (W Callum McManaman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | M Hendry Thomas | 🇭🇳 | (M Ben Watson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

Substitutes

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

Villa.gif

GK Andy Marshall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Robert Pirès | 🇫🇷 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

2509-2.png

GK Mike Pollitt | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Jordi Gómez | 🇪🇸 |
M Mo Diamé | 🇸🇳 |
W Victor Moses | 🇳🇬 |

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

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

SQUAD STATS

Villa.gif

1st XI: £82.26m
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 2/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/18
Homegrown: 5/18

SQUAD STATS

2509-2.png

Team Cost: £24.21m

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 2/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/18

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

MATCHDAY SQUAD

Villa.gif

MATCHDAY SQUAD

2509-2.png

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Injury | 3 |
RB Luke Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Stephen Ireland | 🇮🇪 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bomb Squad | 3 |
M Moustapha Salifou | 🇹🇬 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Out on Loan | 5 |
CB Shane Lowry | 🇦🇺 | Sheffield United
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | Hull
F Andreas Weimann | 🇦🇹 | Watford
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | Stoke
M Jonathan Hogg | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Portsmouth

UNAVAILABLE

Villa.gif

Not Reported

Unavailable

LEAGUE TABLE

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg

MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

Villa.gif
2509-2.png
2021-22 Matchweek 38.jpg
Tables & Programmes

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH QUOTES

“I was slightly questioning the fact that, on the back of the Manchester City performance, we would be flat physically. “In fairness to the boys, though, I think they responded extremely well. They kept focused and determined. It was not an easy game, they were just three points behind us. “Wigan started well, they started with the foot flat on the pedal. [But] we managed to stay composed and had a couple of chances. And in the second half I thought we dominated most of the game, controlled it and passed the ball around. “We probably deserved the lead and at 2-1, that is where I think the team has mentally progressed and improved. “There was no sign of panic. They threw everything to get an equaliser but we stayed in place.”
Quotes

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH REPORTS

Opens in New Window

*The Guardian*
Tuesday, 25 January 2011

*Aston Villa on the rise as Ashley Young exploits Wigan’s penalty gift* Aston Villa’s revival continued with an undistinguished but hard-earned win at Wigan, where the locals are becoming restless at Roberto Martínez’s apparent inability to emulate Gérard Houllier and escape the bottom three. All the visitors had to do was raise their game slightly in the second half and Wigan were blown away, even without Darren Bent getting on the scoresheet. Goals from Gabriel Agbonlahor and Ashley Young hoisted Villa to the comfort of mid-table, as sparsely populated terraces accused the Wigan manager of not knowing what he was doing. “It was a bit like a cup tie, on a difficult pitch,” Houllier said. “Even at 2-1 down we did not panic. All the players already know Darren and he has clearly given us a lift. When he does not score it is good if the others can score, and they did.” Wigan almost scored first, when Franco di Santo did well to reach an Emerson Boyce cross and saw his header land on top of the net, though before long the game was beginning to follow a familiar pattern. Only Ali al-Habsi prevented a rout at Arsenal at the weekend and the Wigan goalkeeper had to make a first save on six minutes, after his defenders unaccountably failed to pick up Bent from a free-kick on the halfway line. Saves from Stewart Downing and Bent again followed in quick succession, though Brad Friedel was required to produce a smart one at the other end to keep out a Hugo Rodallega effort. Jean Makoun, a £5m capture from Lyon, lasted just 21 minutes of his English debut before going into the book for a foul on Rodallega, after the midfielder set up one of Villa’s best attacks. With his help Young sent Bent clear on goal again, only for the striker’s first touch to be too heavy. This is not the glamorous end of English football, as “rested” Wigan midfielder Mohamed Diamé has just pointed out, and as the interval neared, Villa ran out of ideas as if leaden, pedestrian play was something you could catch from uninspiring surroundings. Wigan ended up making the clearest chance of the first half when clever work by James McCarthy presented Rodallega with a chance he put over the bar. Villa began the second half in a manner that suggested Houllier had asked them to speed things up. Young and Agbonlahor both set off up the pitch at a rate of knots on their first attack, and though the former’s shot brought a save from Al-Habsi the latter scored his first goal of the season from the resultant corner. Carlos Cuéllar’s header brought one more fine reaction save, but with the goalkeeper on the floor and the ball in the air it was a simple matter for Agbonlahor to nod home from a yard or so out. Wigan proceeded to fall to pieces, as they seem to do so often, and had no route back once Hendry Thomas had conceded a ludicrous penalty on the hour. Lazily attempting to play the ball through Young, the midfielder left Jon Moss with an easy decision and left Young to score from the spot. Steve Gohouri was booked for an even worse trip on Agbonlahor two minutes later, mercifully for his team outside the area. The impressive McCarthy pulled a goal back, with the aid of a deflection off James Collins, to give his side some hope, and for the last 10 minutes Wigan actually made a game of it. Villa held out, just, leaving their opponents to rue their gift of the penalty winner. “It’s difficult to find positives but once we went two-nil down the reaction was fantastic,” Martínez said, making a bid for optimist of the season. “We have been here before, we can still achieve our aim in the last third of the season, just like the teams at the top.”
Reports

🟩 25 January 2011, Villa 2-1 Wigan, DW Stadium.

Villa.gif
2509-2.png

MATCH VIDEO

Visit our YouTube channel youtube.com/@AVFCHistory for loads more Villa content.
Videos
bottom of page