Arsenal 4-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 7 May 2006

Result

Arsenal 4-2 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Sunday 7 May 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Arsenal 4-2 Wigan Athletic: match report

Arsenal defeated Wigan Athletic 4-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 7 May 2006. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Robert Pirès opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robert Pirès (8'), Thierry Henry (35'), Thierry Henry (56') and Thierry Henry (76', penalty). Wigan Athletic scored through Paul Scharner (10') and David Thompson (33').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 64 points from 37 and Wigan Athletic 10th on 51 points from 37. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Wigan Athletic 10th with 51.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 0 draws and 0 for Wigan Athletic.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Wigan Athletic's L-L-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Robert PirèsArsenal · 1-0
  • 10'Goal · Paul ScharnerWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 16'Yellow card · Matt JacksonWigan Athletic
  • 32'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasArsenal
  • 33'Goal · David ThompsonWigan Athletic · 1-2
  • 35'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 2-2
  • 56'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 3-2
  • 76'Red card · Andreas JohanssonWigan Athletic
  • 76'Penalty goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 4-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Arsenal 1, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 0.

Team news

Arsenal line-up

Jens Lehmann, Ashley Cole, Emmanuel Eboué, Kolo Touré, Robert Pirès, José Antonio Reyes, Alexander Hleb, Cesc Fàbregas, Gilberto Silva, Thierry Henry, Sulzeer Campbell

Wigan Athletic line-up

Mike Pollitt, Pascal Chimbonda, Matt Jackson, Reto Ziegler, Leighton Baines, Paul Scharner, David Thompson, Henri Camara, Jason Roberts, Lee McCulloch, Graham Kavanagh