Chelsea 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 7 April 2012
Result
Chelsea 2-1 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Saturday 7 April 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Chelsea 2-1 Wigan Athletic: match report
Chelsea defeated Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 April 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Branislav Ivanović opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Chelsea's goals came from Branislav Ivanović (61') and Juan Mata (90+3'). Wigan Athletic scored through Mohamed Diamé (82').
Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 6th on 53 points from 31 and Wigan Athletic 19th on 28 points from 31. Chelsea went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Wigan Athletic 15th with 43.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-D-L-W-L and Wigan Athletic's W-W-D-D-L.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Michael Essien
- 53'Yellow card · Florent Malouda
- 61'Goal · Branislav Ivanović
- 61'Yellow card · Shaun Maloney
- 65'Yellow card · Maynor Figueroa
- 82'Goal · Mohamed Diamé
- 90+3'Goal · Juan Mata
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, David Luiz, Ryan Bertrand, Michael Essien, Juan Mata, Florent Malouda, Raúl Meireles, Didier Drogba, Daniel Sturridge, Gary Cahill
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-3)
Ali Al-Habsi, Antolín Alcaraz, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, James McCarthy, Victor Moses, James McArthur, Jean Beausejour, Franco Di Santo, G. Caldwell, Shaun Maloney, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez