Arsenal 1-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Monday 16 April 2012
Result
Arsenal 1-2 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Monday 16 April 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Arsenal 1-2 Wigan Athletic: match report
Arsenal were beaten by Wigan Athletic 1-2 in the Premier League on Monday 16 April 2012. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Franco Di Santo opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Thomas Vermaelen (21'). Wigan Athletic scored through Franco Di Santo (7') and Jordi Gómez (8').
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 64 points from 33 and Wigan Athletic 17th on 31 points from 33. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Wigan Athletic 15th with 43.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-3.
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-W-L-W-W and Wigan Athletic's W-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Franco Di Santo
- 8'Goal · Jordi Gómez
- 21'Goal · Thomas Vermaelen
- 34'Yellow card · Bacary Sagna
- 60'Yellow card · Gary Caldwell
- 72'Yellow card · A. Song
- 90+2'Yellow card · Ali Al-Habsi
- 90+4'Yellow card · James McArthur
Head-to-head
Team news
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Arsenal expected line-up (4-3-3)
Wojciech Szczesny, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, Kieran Gibbs, Alex Song, Aaron Ramsey, Tomáš Rosický, Theo Walcott, Robin van Persie, Gervinho, Thomas Vermaelen
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-3)
Ali Al-Habsi, Antolín Alcaraz, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, James McCarthy, Victor Moses, Jordi Gómez, James McArthur, Jean Beausejour, Franco Di Santo, G. Caldwell, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez