Aston Villa 1
Wigan 0
Video
Reviews
- My Old Man Said: The Villa Rant: Three Points Overshadow Bad Villa Habits
- Villa News & Views: Villa 1 – 0 Wigan; A late winner via a Grealish early xmas cracker VIDEO
- Aston Villa Life: Grealish’s Late Winner Nets Villa Victory
- The Villa Blog: Aston Villa beat Wigan and it’s all about the three points
- Express & Star: Aston Villa 1 Wigan 0 – Report
- Official Site: The Boss: Bruce on Wigan win, Grealish and Norwich next up
- 7500 to Holte: Instant reaction: Aston Villa 1-0 Wigan Athletic
- Sky Sports: Grealish strikes late for Villa
- Official Site: Match report: Aston Villa 1-0 Wigan Athletic
Timeline
- 13′ – YELLOW CARD: Garbutt
- 46′ – SUB: Burke off, Gomez on
- 60′ – SUB: Gardner off, McCormack on
- 64′ – YELLOW CARD: Gomez
- 73′ – SUB: Adomah off, Gestede on
- 79′ – YELLOW CARD: Perkins
- 83′ – YELLOW CARD: Hutton
- 86′ – YELLOW CARD: Grealish
- 88′ – GOAL: Grealish [1-0]
- 90′ – SUB: Perkins off, Grigg on / Jacobs off, Burn on
- 90+2′ – YELLOW CARD: MacDonald
- 90+3′ – SUB: Grealish off, Bacuna on
Teamsheets
Starting
| Aston Villa | |
| 1 | Pierluigi Gollini |
| 21 | Alan Hutton |
| 6 | Tommy Elphick |
| 12 | James Chester |
| 23 | Jordan Amavi |
| 25 | Mile Jedinak |
| 22 | Gary Gardner |
| 37 | Albert Adomah |
| 40 | Jack Grealish |
| 10 | Jordan Ayew |
| 26 | Jonathan Kodjia |
| Wigan | |
| 22 | Jussi Jääskeläinen |
| 3 | Jake Buxton |
| 4 | David Perkins |
| 6 | Max Power |
| 16 | Shaun MacDonald |
| 17 | Michael Jacobs |
| 19 | Luke Garbutt |
| 20 | Craig Morgan |
| 23 | Stephen Warnock |
| 31 | Yanic Wildschut |
| 32 | Reece Burke |
Subs
| Aston Villa | |
| Matija Šarkić | |
| 28 | Aly Cissokho |
| 7 | Leandro Bacuna |
| 8 | Aaron Tshibola |
| 15 | Ashley Westwood |
| 44 | Ross McCormack |
| 14 | Rudy Gestede |
| Wigan | |
| 36 | Dan Lavercombe |
| 9 | Will Grigg |
| 11 | Adam Le Fondre |
| 13 | Andy Kellett |
| 14 | Jordi Gómez |
| 21 | Craig Davies |
| 33 | Dan Burn |
Previews
- A Villa Fan: Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic – the preview
- My Old Man Said: Three Ways for Aston Villa to Beat Wigan Athletic
- A Villa Fan: Bouncebackability
- Sky Sports: McCormack returns for Villa
- Official Site: Press Conference hot topics: Bruce on FA Cup draw, Wigan and January transfers