Everton 2-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 16 September 2006
Result
Everton 2-2 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Saturday 16 September 2006, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Everton 2-2 Wigan Athletic: match report
Everton drew with Wigan Athletic 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 September 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.
Andy Johnson opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Everton's goals came from Andy Johnson (49') and James Beattie (66', penalty). Wigan Athletic scored through Paul Scharner (63') and Paul Scharner (69').
Discipline: Everton received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Everton were 3rd on 10 points from 4 and Wigan Athletic 13th on 3 points from 3. Everton went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Wigan Athletic 17th with 38.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Everton wins, 1 draw and 1 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Everton's last five read W-W-D-W and Wigan Athletic's L-W-L.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Chris Kirkland
- 19'Yellow card · Arjan de Zeeuw
- 30'Yellow card · Phil Neville
- 31'Yellow card · Antonio Valencia
- 49'Goal · Andy Johnson
- 63'Goal · Paul Scharner
- 66'Penalty goal · James Beattie
- 69'Goal · Paul Scharner
- 78'Yellow card · Emile Heskey
- 80'Yellow card · L. Baines
Head-to-head
Team news
Everton expected line-up
Nigel Martyn, Tony Hibbert, Joseph Yobo, Leon Osman, Kevin Kilbane, Simon Davies, James Beattie, Tim Cahill, James McFadden, David Weir, Nuno Valente
Wigan Athletic line-up
Fitz Hall, Arjan de Zeeuw, Antonio Valencia, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Leighton Baines, Kevin Kilbane, Andreas Johansson, Denny Landzaat, Paul Scharner, Emile Heskey, Chris Kirkland