Portsmouth 0-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2005
Result
Portsmouth 0-2 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2005, 17:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
Portsmouth 0-2 Wigan Athletic: match report
Portsmouth were beaten by Wigan Athletic 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 November 2005. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Pascal Chimbonda opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Portsmouth did not score. Wigan Athletic scored through Pascal Chimbonda (48') and Jason Roberts (79').
Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 15th on 10 points from 11 and Wigan Athletic 2nd on 22 points from 10. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 17th with 38 points, and Wigan Athletic 10th with 51.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read W-L-D-D-L and Wigan Athletic's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 48'Goal · Pascal Chimbonda
- 79'Goal · Jason Roberts
- 84'Yellow card · Damien Francis
- 86'Yellow card · Dejan Stefanovic
- 87'Yellow card · Arjan de Zeeuw
Team news
Portsmouth expected line-up
Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Richard Hughes, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Lomana Lualua, Steve Stone, Teddy Sheringham
Wigan Athletic line-up
John Filan, Pascal Chimbonda, Arjan de Zeeuw, Leighton Baines, Damien Francis, Jimmy Bullard, Henri Camara, Jason Roberts, Stephane Henchoz, Lee McCulloch, Graham Kavanagh