Arsenal 3-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 January 2011

Result

Arsenal 3-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 22 January 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 3-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Arsenal beat Wigan Athletic 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 January 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.

Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robin van Persie (22'), Robin van Persie (58') and Robin van Persie (85'). Wigan Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 43 points from 22 and Wigan Athletic 18th on 22 points from 22. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 68 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 42.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 1-0
  • 58'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 2-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Hendry Thomas SuazoWigan Athletic
  • 70'Red card · Gary CaldwellWigan Athletic
  • 71'Missed penalty · Robin van PersieArsenal
  • 85'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 7, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 1.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Johan Djourou, Gaël Clichy, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, Alex Song, J. Wilshere, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)

Ali Al-Habsi, Lohoré Gohouri, Steven Caldwell, Ronnie Stam, Hendry Thomas Suazo, Charles N'Zogbia, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, G. Caldwell, Ben Watson, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez