Wigan Athletic have taken a 2-1 lead against Aston Villa heading into the half-time interval of their Premier League encounter at the DW Stadium.
The Villans surged ahead as early as the fifth minute when Darren Bent was released by Gabriel Agbonlahor to fire home past Ali Al-Habsi.
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The Latics could have equalised 10 minutes later when Arouna Kone and Ben Watson squandered their respective chances inside a few seconds of each other.
However, in the 20th minute Wigan did make it 1-1 through Emmerson Boyce, who got ahead of Joseph Bennett to head home Roger Espinoza's cross.
Roberto Martinez's side took the lead in the third minute of injury time when Nathan Baker turned the ball into his own net following a goalmouth scramble inside the Villa penalty box.
