Chelsea 1-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Monday 14 April 2008
Result
Chelsea 1-1 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Monday 14 April 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Chelsea 1-1 Wigan Athletic: match report
Chelsea drew with Wigan Athletic 1-1 in the Premier League on Monday 14 April 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Michael Essien opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Chelsea's goal came from Michael Essien (55'). Wigan Athletic scored through Emile Heskey (90+2').
Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 2nd on 74 points from 33 and Wigan Athletic 15th on 34 points from 33. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Wigan Athletic 14th with 40.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 0 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W-D-W and Wigan Athletic's W-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 55'Goal · Michael Essien
- 68'Yellow card · Jason Koumas
- 89'Yellow card · Antonio Valencia
- 90+2'Goal · Emile Heskey
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Wayne Bridge, John Terry, Alex, Juliano Haus Belletti, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Nicolas Anelka
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)
Ryan Taylor, Antonio Valencia, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Mario Melchiot, Wilson Palacios, Kevin Kilbane, Paul Scharner, Josip Skoko, Emile Heskey, Marcus Bent, Chris Kirkland