Middlesbrough 2-3 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Middlesbrough 2-3 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Middlesbrough lost to Wigan Athletic 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 January 2006. The half-time score was 0-2.

Jason Roberts opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (56') and Yakubu Aiyegbeni (66'). Wigan Athletic scored through Jason Roberts (2'), David Thompson (29') and Neil Mellor (90').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 17th on 22 points from 21 and Wigan Athletic 6th on 34 points from 22. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Wigan Athletic 10th with 51.

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

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