Newcastle United 1-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 1 September 2007
Result
Newcastle United 1-0 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Saturday 1 September 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Newcastle United 1-0 Wigan Athletic: match report
Newcastle United won against Wigan Athletic 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 September 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Michael Owen of Newcastle United in the 87th minute.
Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 7th on 5 points from 3 and Wigan Athletic 3rd on 7 points from 4. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Wigan Athletic 14th with 40.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 0 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read D-D-W and Wigan Athletic's D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 42'Yellow card · Kevin Kilbane
- 46'Second yellow · Kevin Kilbane
- 47'Yellow card · Emile Heskey
- 61'Yellow card · Paul Scharner
- 78'Yellow card · Josip Skoko
- 87'Goal · Michael Owen
- 90'Yellow card · Charles N'Zogbia
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)
Steve Harper, David Rozehnal, Cláudio Caçapa, Steven Taylor, Charles N'Zogbia, James Milner, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Michael Owen, Mark Viduka, Alan Smith, Nicky Butt
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)
Andreas Granqvist, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Antoine Sibierski, Kevin Kilbane, Jason Koumas, Denny Landzaat, Paul Scharner, Emile Heskey, Chris Kirkland, Michael Brown