EFL Trophy, Northern Group F
Wigan Athletic – Aston Villa U21 match report
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Aston Villa U21 went down 3-2 to Wigan Athletic in the EFL Trophy, Northern Group F. The half-time score was 2-0. Player of the match: R. Fortes of Aston Villa U21, with a ScoreMondo rating of 8.2. Tuesday 18 August, The Brick Community Stadium (Wigan): Wigan Athletic against Aston Villa U21 in the EFL Trophy, Northern Group F, kick-off 19:00.
Key moments
Wigan Athletic took the lead on 27 minutes thanks to K. Miller, set up by C. Barrett. Wigan Athletic extended their lead to 2-0 on 40 minutes thanks to an own goal from J. Feeney. It was Wigan Athletic 2-0 Aston Villa U21 at half-time.
Aston Villa U21 pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 75th minute through T. O'Reilly, set up by R. Fortes. Aston Villa U21 drew level at 2-2 on 78 minutes thanks to K. Taylor, set up by B. Broggio. D. Costelloe put Wigan Athletic 3-2 ahead after 81 minutes, set up by R. Greenhalgh.
What the numbers say
Booked for Wigan Athletic: J. Chilokoa-Mullen (66'). Aston Villa U21's yellow cards went to B. Broggio in the 22nd minute.
The players
Behind him, C. Barrett at 8.2, K. Taylor at 7.9 and M. Power at 7.6 were next in the ScoreMondo ratings. Wigan Athletic made 5 changes: M. Fox for F. Burns (46'), J. Weir for M. Power (46'), R. Greenhalgh for C. Barrett (62') and C. McManaman for A. Higgins (63'). From the Aston Villa U21 bench came L. Routh on 63 minutes, T. Carroll on 63 minutes and J. McGrath on 73 minutes.
The context
S. Jackson was the referee, averaging 4.2 yellow cards per match across 50 matches in our records.
Next fixtures
Next up for Wigan Athletic: home to Barnsley on Saturday 14 November.
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