Middlesbrough 1-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 29 January 2008

Result

Middlesbrough 1-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Tuesday 29 January 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough 1-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Middlesbrough won against Wigan Athletic 1-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 29 January 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Jérémie Aliadière of Middlesbrough in the 19th minute.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 13th on 22 points from 23 and Wigan Athletic 17th on 20 points from 23. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 13th with 42 points, and Wigan Athletic 14th with 40.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Middlesbrough win, 2 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Jérémie AliadièreMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 85'Yellow card · Emile HeskeyWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Middlesbrough 1, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Schwarzer, Luke Young, David Wheater, Emanuel Pogatetz, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Fábio Rochemback, Jérémie Aliadière, Sanli Tuncay, Jonathan Woodgate

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-3-3)

Antonio Valencia, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Wilson Palacios, Kevin Kilbane, Paul Scharner, Emile Heskey, Marlon King, Marcus Bent, Chris Kirkland, Michael Brown