Newcastle United 3-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Monday 3 December 2012

Result

Newcastle United 3-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Monday 3 December 2012, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Newcastle United 3-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Newcastle United won against Wigan Athletic 3-0 in the Premier League on Monday 3 December 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Demba Ba opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Demba Ba (13', penalty), Demba Ba (21') and Gaël Bigirimana (71'). Wigan Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 15th on 14 points from 14 and Wigan Athletic 16th on 14 points from 14. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 36.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Red card · Maynor FigueroaWigan Athletic
  • 13'Penalty goal · Demba BaNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 14'Yellow card · Jean BeausejourWigan Athletic
  • 21'Goal · Demba BaNewcastle United · 2-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Gary CaldwellWigan Athletic
  • 67'Yellow card · Franco Di SantoWigan Athletic
  • 71'Goal · Gaël BigirimanaNewcastle United · 3-0
  • 77'Yellow card · Sammy AmeobiNewcastle United
  • 77'Yellow card · Sammy AmeobiNewcastle United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 4, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 4.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)

Tim Krul, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, José Faria, Vurnon Anita, Cheik Tiote, Sylvain Marveaux, Papiss Demba Cissé, Jonás Gutiérrez, Danny Simpson, Demba Ba

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

Ali Al-Habsi, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, G. Caldwell, Jean Beausejour, Jordi Gómez, Ronnie Stam, James McCarthy, Arouna Koné, Franco Di Santo, David Jones, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez