Chelsea 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 28 February 2009
Result
Chelsea 2-1 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Saturday 28 February 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 2-1 Wigan Athletic: match report
Chelsea won against Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 February 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
John Terry opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Chelsea's goals came from John Terry (25') and Frank Lampard (90'). Wigan Athletic scored through Olivier Kapo (82').
Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 52 points from 26 and Wigan Athletic 7th on 35 points from 26. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Wigan Athletic 11th with 45.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 0 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Wigan Athletic's D-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Alex
- 19'Yellow card · John Terry
- 24'Yellow card · Charles N'Zogbia
- 25'Goal · John Terry
- 29'Yellow card · Lee Cattermole
- 77'Yellow card · Michael Mancienne
- 82'Goal · Olivier Kapo
- 90'Goal · Frank Lampard
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Wayne Bridge, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, Juliano Haus Belletti, Claude Makélélé
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-5-1)
Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Lee Cattermole, Paul Scharner, Charles N'Zogbia, Amr Zaky, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Chris Kirkland, Michael Brown, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez