UEFA Nations event
Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa U21 meet in EFL Trophy — one fixture among the hundreds English football gets through, week in and week out, across a pyramid that runs from the Premier League all the way down to the regional divisions. Promotion and relegation tie every rung of that ladder together, which is why a result here matters whatever the level. Below: form, the head-to-head, and the goals, before any odds enter the picture.
EFL Trophy · England · 18.08.2026 · kick-off 18:00 UTC
How Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa U21 have been playing
Form first — it's the freshest read on the page, and in a calendar as crowded as England's it turns over quickly. Recent results for each side, newest at the top:
Wigan Athletic:
Date Event Score 15.08.2026 Cambridge United vs Wigan Athletic 3 - 2 08.08.2026 Barnsley vs Wigan Athletic 1 - 1 01.08.2026 Grimsby Town vs Wigan Athletic 2 - 0
Aston Villa U21:
Date Event Score 21.07.2026 Tamworth vs Aston Villa U21 1 - 2 01.05.2026 Aston Villa U21 vs Manchester City U21 2 - 3 24.04.2026 Southampton U21 vs Aston Villa U21 3 - 3
When Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa U21 have met
Few places keep football records as long as England does — the game has been organised here since the nineteenth century, and a head-to-head often reads truer than the league table. The earlier meetings we hold are below; a blank table just means there's nothing logged between these two yet, which happens often enough in cup ties that throw together clubs from different divisions.
Date Event Score
Goals: the two sides by the numbers
Goals scored so far:
Wigan Athletic — 17
Aston Villa U21 — 24
Goals conceded so far:
Wigan Athletic — 16
Aston Villa U21 — 26
Worth reading alongside the form rather than on their own — English sides can carry very different records home and away, and a goals column only tells half that story.
Odds on Wigan Athletic vs Aston Villa U21
With dozens of firms licensed in the British market, the price on each result rarely matches from one to the next. Odds-Fan sets the licensed bookmakers' numbers side by side, so the best one on any outcome is easy to pick out — whether you're here for the football or for the value.
