KO at 19:45

Gabby in for Heskey the only change

Excellent turnout by the Villa fans

2nd HALF

1st Minute and nearly a Wigan goal as a great shot hits the side netting

but a slow start to the half again for Villa

Young typifies the slow start with a dreadful cross

Villa spring into life as Warnock is great a retrieving a loss cause and terrific cross is just flicked over by Young

Ref gives an awful decision against Collins for handball luckily nothing comes of it

61mins – Collins header off the line by Caldwell

GOOOAALLLL – From a cleared corner, Milner thrashes in the goal from outside the box, a Milner special

68 mins, Young sets Gabby clear on the right, shoots straight at Kirkland

18 minutes left and pace of game has never let up, fantastic to watch but nervous !

80 mins – Pace has slowed up, Villa getting all the players back, Sidwell on for injured Gabby, Heskey on for Carew

4 minutes Extra time – very nervous, hanging on

Ref blows up and 4th place 3 points in front of us

1st Half

Quiet start as Wigan settle quicker

Villa have failed to settle in the first 5 mins and Wigan look dangerous down the flanks, they fired the real first shot over

8 mins – First corner to Villa as Young gets into a decent area, from the corner Dunne flicks over

Villa finally settle and exploit space down Wigan’s wings

13 mins – Villa have goal ruled for offside as we see loads of space behind Wigan, but Freidel scrambles a shot for a Wigan corner

Carew fires a shot wide which took a deflection, no corner

19mins – Gabby does excellent, riding challenges but could not finish after a ‘robust’ challenge

another save by Friedel but ref giving us nothing after a clear foul on Gabby set up their attack

terrific open game and Carew scuffs a shot at the keeper

Yet another challenge on Gabby results in a free kick and booking for Bramble from free kick, Kirkland tips over and Collins had a head deflected over

GOOAAALLL – OG by McCarthy and funny

poor defending to let Wigan back in from a free kick

end to end as Collins deflects a shot wide

32 mins – Flick from Carew nearly ends up in the net

Young blasts over from a corner, very good chance

Fantastic run by Young and Carew blasts straight at keeper

Dunne yellow card

Milner from a cracking Volley just a yard wide in an half we have dominated for chances but failed to put two clear chances away

HALF TIME – Very good half but should have been two or three up, our lack of ruthlessness cost us.