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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 52'Goal · Leon OsmanEverton · 1-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Jean BeausejourWigan Athletic
  • 77'Goal · Phil JagielkaEverton · 2-0
  • 82'Goal · Arouna KonéWigan Athletic · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Maynor FigueroaWigan Athletic
  • 89'Yellow card · Nikica JelavićEverton
  • 90'Yellow card · Gary CaldwellWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 5, draws 4, Wigan Athletic 1.

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