- Agbonlahor (50)
- Heskey (21)
- Date:2007-04-09
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Villa Park
- Attendance:31920
- Referee:Halsey, M
Live Commentary
90mins
Full time at Villa Park and both teams have to settle for a draw
90mins
The fourth official indicates three minutes of added time
88mins
Patrick Berger fired a shot accross the goal with Agbonlahor just not getting there to touch it into the net
87mins
Aston Villa are reverting to the long ball with only a few minutes remaining
85mins
Caleb Folan comes on to replace Emile Heskey
83mins
John Filan is lucky to still be on the pitch after escaping a second yellow card for kicking the ball away
81mins
Wigan are putting their ten men behind the ball and doing everything they can to prevent Villa from getting another goal
79mins
John Filan is booked for time wasting by Mark Halsey
77mins
Ashley Young again wasted possession in the final third of the pitch as he hit a cross out of play without any real pressure from Wigan
75mins
Wigan survived another scare after John Filan punched the ball the clear and then tipped it away off the line from a corner
74mins
The Aston Villa fans are trying to get behind their side as they are still pushing on for that winning goal
72mins
Matt Jackson headed the ball out of the box, only for it to fall to Ashley Young who wasted a shot that went high and wide of the goal
69mins
Luke Moore replaces Shaun Maloney
66mins
Patrick Berger did his best to get two consecutive shots off at goal, only for Josip Skoko to throw himself in the way of the ball
64mins
Aston Villa are finding it difficult to break Wigan down and are beginning to look frustrated with themselves
62mins
A group of stewards have positioned themselves around the Wigan dougout to presumably protect Paul Jewell from any supporters
60mins
Phil Bardsley played the ball through to Ashley Young who was clattered by Leighton Baines and won a free kick
58mins
Paul Jewell reacts to a fan behind the dougout after someone looked to have give the Wigan manager some stick
56mins
Wigan are under pressure and doing well to deal with Villa at the minute
54mins
Gabriel Agbonlahor ran through on goal but hit his shot amelessly wide
52mins
Gareth Barry did well to find Gardener in a good position to shoot, but the linesman flagged him offside
50mins
GOAL!! Aston Villa 1 - 1 Wigan (AGBONLAHOR) Gabriel Agbonlahor claims the goal but it looks like a Matt Jackson own goal may be awarded
48mins
Paul Scharner looks in pain after Emile Heskey accidently landed on his leg
46mins
Ryan Taylor replaces David Unsworth as a half time substitution
46mins
Aston Villa get the game back underway for the second half
45mins
Wigan hang onto their 1-0 lead despite being down to ten men at the break
44mins
Thomas Sorenson did well to catch the ball under pressure from McCulloch after Wigan had swung a free kick into the box
42mins
Ashley Young with his first touch since coming on and did well to get to the dead ball line, winning a corner off Leighton Baines
40mins
Craig Gardener put the ball into the back of the net but Mark Halsey had already blew his whistle for handball
38mins
Villa are bringing on Ashley Young for Wilfred Bouma who is wounded off the horrific challenge from Valencia
36mins
Paul Jewell's men will now have to play nearly an hour of the match with ten men after being in a fantastic position with the 1-0 lead
34mins
Antonio Valencia is shown a straight red card from referee Halsey after an awful two-footed challenge on Wilfred Bouma
32mins
Denny Landzaat fired a shot just wide of the post from twenty five yards out
29mins
Stilian Petrov booked for deliberately bringing Kilbane down
28mins
Emile Heskey brought the ball down well for Kilbane to run onto but the Irishman is brought down cynically by Petrov
26mins
Gabriel Agbonlahor is penalised for a late challenge on David Unsworth and lucky to get away without a booking
24mins
Villa Park is silenced as their complete domination is thrown out the window
22mins
GOAL!! Aston Villa 0 - 1 Wigan (MCCULLOCH) Lee McCulloch scrambled the ball into the Villa net to put Wigan infront against the run of play
20mins
Emile Heskey was caught offside, much to the amusement of the Villa fans who are jeering the former Birmingham man
18mins
Gabriel Agbonlahor caused Wigan a problem with his fierce pace, but 'Keeper John Filan came to the rescue and smuthered the ball from the striker
16mins
Lovely football from Villa with Gareth Barry playing a beautiful ball through to Shaun Maloney who was controversially caught offside
14mins
Berger looks to be ok for now and certainly looked more than ok as he fired in a stinging shot that just flew over the bar
12mins
Play has been stopped for attention to be given to Berger who has gone down with an injury
10mins
Berger in the thick of the action again, with a curling left foot shot which John Filan tipped round the post
8mins
Patrick Berger and Agbonlahor linked well once again, and Agbonlahor swung his leg to shoot but David Unsworth made a brilliant blocking tackle to deny him
6mins
Kevin Kilbane made a striding run down the left and skipped past Phil Bardsley, but Olaf Mellberg cleared the ball to safety
5mins
Aston Villa won the first corner of the game, but Patrick Berger's cross was too high and went out for a goal kick
4mins
David Unsworth just managed to get his body in the way of a cross which zipped into the box after Agbonlahor had left Fitz Hall for dead
2mins
Gabriel Agbonlahor did well to get his shot on target but John Filan managed to parry it away
1mins
Mark Halsey blows his whistle and Wigan get the game underway
0mins
Referee: Mark Halsey (Lancarshire)
0mins
Martin O'Neill keeps the same starting line-up that beat Blackburn on Saturday, though he does have Ashley young available for a place on the bench after his recovery from injury, but John Carew is still injured.
0mins
Wigan make three changes to the team that lost to Bolton on Saturday, Ryan Taylor, Caleb Folan and Arjan De Zeeuw all drop out. Paul Jewell will be looking for three points today as his team look to move away from the relegation zone.
0mins
Aston Villa Line-up: Sorensen, Bardsley, Mellberg, Laursen, Bouma, Gardner, Petrov, Berger, Barry, Maloney, Agbonlahor
0mins
Wigan Line-up: Filan, Hall, Jackson, Baines, Unsworth, Valencia, Scharner, Landzaat, Kilbane, Heskey, McCulloch
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Match Report
Aston Villa's young gun, Gabby Agbonlahor, grabbed his eighth Premiership goal of the season but it was not sufficient to destroy Wigan.
The gallant North-West side, fighting for Premiership survival, battled gamely after they had been reduced to only ten men after the 34th minute sending off of Antonio Valencia.
Seemingly against all the odds, Wigan, inspired by their Australian goalkeeper, John Filan, held out to grab a vital point against a Villa side which still lacks the finishing touch.
It may have been Villa's 2000th league game at Villa Park but they had little reason to celebrate as they failed yet again to record their first ever league win over Wigan.
Villa's performance was hardly a surprise as they have never scored more than two goals in a match this season.
They were expected to have been boosted by their weekend success at Blackburn but it was not the case.
Agbonlahor's speed was significant and he posed numerous problems for the likes of Matt Jackson and David Unsworth but Villa failed to cash in as Wigan held out to earn a worthy draw.
Wigan themselves were not without the capability to create a surprise as they demonstrated in the 22nd minute when Emile Heskey opened the scoring following a left-wing corner from Denny Landzaat.
The ball was nudged on by Lee McCulloch for the well-built Wigan striker to notch his eighth goal of the season despite strong protests that Thomas Sorensen had been hampered.
With Patrik Berger showing fine form, Villa were able to mount several promising attacks but Agbonlahor wasted a glorious chance when he outpaced Jackson only to shoot straight at Filan.
Wigan's hopes of improving their somewhat precarious situation suffered a serious setback in the 34th minute when Valencia was sent off for a two-footed, lunging tackle on Wilfred Bouma, who subsequently had to be replaced by Ashley Young.
Although Stiliyan Petrov was again off the pace Villa completely dominated the second period as they bombarded Wigan's defence.
They forced themselves back into the game with a 50th minute equaliser from Agbonlahor.
Skipper Gareth Barry sent Berger clear and his cross was turned goalwards by the young Villa striker and the ball crossed the line despite a desperate clearance by Leighton Baines, who was subsequently booked as he continued to argue a goal should not have been allowed.
Baines then cleared an Olof Mellberg header off the line and this was quickly followed by Filan pushing the Villa defender's second header onto the post.
Aston Villa Team
Wigan Athletic Team
Aston Villa | Wigan Athletic |
Corners
| 13 | 1 |
Fouls
| 11 | 11 |
Goal attempts
| 14 | 2 |
Shots off target
| 6 | 1 |
Offsides
| 3 | 0 |



90mins
Wigan luck to have just done enough to scrape a point from the game as they continue to defend resolutely