Portsmouth 1-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 9 September 2006

Result

Portsmouth 1-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 9 September 2006, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Portsmouth 1-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Portsmouth won against Wigan Athletic 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 September 2006. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Benjamin Mwaruwari of Portsmouth in the 49th minute.

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

Going into the game Portsmouth were 3rd on 7 points from 3 and Wigan Athletic 11th on 3 points from 2. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Wigan Athletic 17th with 38.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 0 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 49'Goal · Benjamin MwaruwariPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 76'Yellow card · Fitz HallWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 1.

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

Fitz Hall, Arjan de Zeeuw, Antonio Valencia, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Leighton Baines, Denny Landzaat, Paul Scharner, Henri Camara, Emile Heskey, Chris Kirkland, Gary Teale