Game #5449
Aston Villa
Saturday, 11 August 2018
Won
2nd (-)
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฉ
Championship
Wigan Athletic
Villa Park
Attendance: 34,331
Aston Villa
3-2
Wigan Athletic
Assist(s) | John McGinn | 13โ | Conor Hourihane | 90โ+4 |
MANAGER
Steve Bruce | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 2016-2018
Aston Villa
GK รrjan Nyland | ๐ณ๐ด | ๐ข |
RB Alan Hutton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ |
RB Ahmed Elmohamady | ๐ช๐ฌ |
CB Axel Tuanzebe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
CB James Chester | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | โฝ |
M John McGinn | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ | ๐ข | ๐ฅ |
M Jack Grealish | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
M Mile Jedinak | ๐ฆ๐บ |
M Birkir Bjarnason | ๐ฎ๐ธ | โฝ |
W Andrรฉ Green | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
CF Jonathan Kodjia | ๐จ๐ฎ | ๐ |
MANAGER
Paul Cook | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Wigan Athletic
GK Christian Walton | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
LB Antonee Robinson | ๐บ๐ธ |
CB Cรฉdric Kiprรฉ | ๐จ๐ฎ |
CB Cheyenne Dunkley | ๐ฏ๐ฒ | ๐จ |
RB Reece James | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Callum Connolly | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
M Samy Morsy | ๐ช๐ฌ | ๐จ |
M Nick Powell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ | ๐ |
W Michael Jacobs | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Callum McManaman | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ | ๐ |
CF Will Grigg | ๐ฌ๐ง | ๐ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ W Albert Adomah | ๐ฌ๐ญ | for CB Axel Tuanzebe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 65โ |
๐ F Rushian Hepburn Murphy | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for W Andrรฉ Green | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 74โ |
๐ M Conor Hourihane | ๐ฎ๐ช | for CF Jonathan Kodjia | ๐จ๐ฎ | 87โ |
SUBSTITUTES
๐ | M Lee Evans | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ | ๐จ. for W Callum McManaman | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 54โ |
๐ | M Josh Windass | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for M Nick Powell | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 68โ |
๐ | CF James Vaughan | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for CF Will Grigg | ๐ฌ๐ง | 81โ |
๐ฉ 11 August 2018, Villa 3-2 Wigan, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 11 August 2018
Birkir Bjarnason's 90โ+4 goal makes it two wins in two for Villa under Steve Bruce.
Midfielder John McGinn makes his Villa debut aged 23 after joining from Hibernian FC for a fee of ยฃ2,790,000 earlier this month to become the 920th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Goalkeeper รrjan Nyland makes his Villa debut aged 27 after joining from FC Ingolstadt for a fee of ยฃ2,700,000 earlier this month to become the 919th player to play for Villa in first team League or Cup football.
Birkir Bjarnason scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 39th appearance (21 Starts) to make it W23 D4 L12, 5 Goals, 3 Assists and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
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