Arsenal 2-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 24 November 2007

Result

Arsenal 2-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 24 November 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal 2-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Arsenal defeated Wigan Athletic 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 November 2007. It was 0-0 at half-time.

William Gallas opened the scoring in the 83rd minute. Arsenal's goals came from William Gallas (83') and Tomáš Rosický (85'). Wigan Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 32 points from 12 and Wigan Athletic 19th on 8 points from 13. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Wigan Athletic 14th with 40.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 0 draws and 0 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Michael BrownWigan Athletic
  • 53'Yellow card · Andreas GranqvistWigan Athletic
  • 72'Yellow card · Marcus BentWigan Athletic
  • 72'Yellow card · William GallasArsenal
  • 73'Yellow card · Emile HeskeyWigan Athletic
  • 83'Goal · William GallasArsenal · 1-0
  • 85'Goal · Tomáš RosickýArsenal · 2-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Arsenal 4, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 0.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Tomáš Rosický, Lassana Diarra, Denílson, Emmanuel Adebayor, Theo Walcott

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-5-1)

Mike Pollitt, Andreas Granqvist, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Kevin Kilbane, Jason Koumas, Denny Landzaat, Paul Scharner, Rene Olembe-Olembe, Marcus Bent, Michael Brown