Newcastle United 2-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 October 2010

Result

Newcastle United 2-2 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 16 October 2010, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Newcastle United 2-2 Wigan Athletic: match report

Newcastle United drew with Wigan Athletic 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 October 2010. The half-time score was 0-2.

Charles N'Zogbia opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Shola Ameobi (72') and Fabricio Coloccini (90'). Wigan Athletic scored through Charles N'Zogbia (22') and Charles N'Zogbia (23').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 15th on 7 points from 7 and Wigan Athletic 14th on 8 points from 7. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 42.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newcastle United wins, 1 draw and 4 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Charles N'ZogbiaWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 23'Goal · Charles N'ZogbiaWigan Athletic · 0-2
  • 55'Yellow card · Cheik TioteNewcastle United
  • 72'Goal · Shola AmeobiNewcastle United · 1-2
  • 88'Yellow card · Maynor FigueroaWigan Athletic
  • 90'Yellow card · Andy CarrollNewcastle United
  • 90'Goal · Fabricio ColocciniNewcastle United · 2-2

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Newcastle United 3, draws 1, Wigan Athletic 4.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)

Tim Krul, José Enrique, Mike Williamson, James Perch, Danny Guthrie, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Andy Carroll, Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands, Fabricio Coloccini, Joey Barton

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ali Al-Habsi, Antolín Alcaraz, Steven Caldwell, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Ronnie Stam, James McCarthy, Hendry Thomas Suazo, Charles N'Zogbia, Jordi Gómez, Franco Di Santo, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez