Aston Villa vs. Wigan: The Spiral Continues

Aston Villa's 3-0 loss to Wigan Athletic caps off one of the worst week's in recent memory, and Aston Villa now find themselves just one point above the bottom three.

Aston Villa vs. Wigan Athletic: Open Match Thread

Yes, yes, it's been an awful last two matches for Aston Villa. Come find moral support in the 7500 to Holte match thread.

Aston Villa vs. Wigan: Lineups

The Aston Villa official twitter gave us the lineups in some sort of hallucinatory shape -- unless Villa are playing a 3-3-3-1? Anyway, I realized there's no way I'll be able to tell if they've truly messed up the Wigan lineups, so I'm leaving these as is and letting people who've had coffee or been up more than ten minutes sort them out.

Think of it as a fun word puzzle to take your mind off the match!

Aston Villa Starting XI: Brad Guzan, Matthew Lowton, Ciaran Clark, Joe Bennett, Brett Holman, Chris Herd, Eric Lichaj, Andreas Weimann, Barry Bannan, Stephen Ireland, Christian Benteke

Villa substitutes (from): Shay Given, Karim El Ahmadi, Marc Albrighton, Ashley Westwood, Jordan Bowery, Enda Stevens, Samir Carruthers

Wigan Athletic Starting XI: Ali Al Habsi, Gary Caldwell, Emmerson Boyce, Iván Ramis, Maynor Figueroa, Jean Beausejour, Shaun Maloney, David Jones, James McCarthy, Franco Di Santo, Arouna Koné

Wigan substitutes (from): Mike Politt, Jordi Gómez, Callum McManaman, James McArthur, Mauro Boselli, Ronnie Stam, Román Golbart.

Aston Villa vs. Wigan Athletic: The Road To Recovery Isn't Always Exciting

As nice as it would be to see Aston Villa come roaring out of the gates en route to a classy display against Wigan Athletic, Paul Lambert may well find that the better path will be found by simply looking to stop the bleeding.