Fulham 1-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Monday 24 April 2006

Result

Fulham 1-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Monday 24 April 2006, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Fulham 1-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Fulham won against Wigan Athletic 1-0 in the Premier League on Monday 24 April 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from S. Malbranque of Fulham in the 45th minute.

Discipline: Fulham received 4 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fulham were 16th on 39 points from 34 and Wigan Athletic 9th on 51 points from 35. Fulham went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Wigan Athletic 10th with 51.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Fulham wins, 0 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.

Going into the match Fulham's last five read W-L-D-W-L and Wigan Athletic's W-L-D-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Goal · S. MalbranqueFulham · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Lee McCullochWigan Athletic
  • 63'Yellow card · Papa DiopFulham
  • 76'Yellow card · Boa MorteFulham
  • 84'Yellow card · Tomasz RadzinskiFulham
  • 85'Yellow card · Brian McBrideFulham
  • 90'Yellow card · Pascal ChimbondaWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Fulham 0, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 1.

Team news

Fulham line-up

Antti Niemi, Zat Knight, Wayne Bridge, Ian Pearce, Steed Malbranque, Boa Morte, Papa Diop, Heidar Helguson, Brian McBride, Liam Rosenior, Simon Elliott

Wigan Athletic line-up

Mike Pollitt, Pascal Chimbonda, Matt Jackson, Leighton Baines, Jimmy Bullard, Henri Camara, Jason Roberts, Stephane Henchoz, Lee McCulloch, Graham Kavanagh, Gary Teale