Everton 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2012
Result
Everton 2-1 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Everton 2-1 Wigan Athletic: match report
Everton defeated Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 December 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Leon Osman opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Everton's goals came from Leon Osman (52') and Phil Jagielka (77'). Wigan Athletic scored through Arouna Koné (82').
Discipline: Everton received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Everton were 5th on 30 points from 18 and Wigan Athletic 17th on 16 points from 18. Everton went on to finish that season 7th with 63 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 36.
Everton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-5-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Everton wins, 4 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Everton's last five read W-D-W-D-D and Wigan Athletic's L-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 52'Goal · Leon Osman
- 58'Yellow card · Jean Beausejour
- 77'Goal · Phil Jagielka
- 82'Goal · Arouna Koné
- 88'Yellow card · Maynor Figueroa
- 89'Yellow card · Nikica Jelavić
- 90'Yellow card · Gary Caldwell
Head-to-head
Team news
Everton expected line-up (4-4-2)
Tim Howard, Phil Jagielka, Leighton Baines, Sylvain Distin, Tony Hibbert, Steven Pienaar, Marouane Fellaini, Leon Osman, Darron Gibson, Nikica Jelavić
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-5-2)
Ali Al-Habsi, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, G. Caldwell, James McArthur, Shaun Maloney, Jean Beausejour, Ronnie Stam, James McCarthy, Arouna Koné, David Jones, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez