Portsmouth 4-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 October 2009

Result

Portsmouth 4-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 31 October 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Portsmouth 4-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Portsmouth defeated Wigan Athletic 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 October 2009. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Aruna Dindane opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Aruna Dindane (35'), Frédéric Piquionne (44'), Aruna Dindane (64') and Aruna Dindane (90', penalty). Wigan Athletic did not score.

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

Going into the game Portsmouth were 20th on 4 points from 10 and Wigan Athletic 10th on 13 points from 10. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 20th with 28 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 36.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Portsmouth wins, 0 draws and 4 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · Aruna DindanePortsmouth · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Frédéric PiquionnePortsmouth · 2-0
  • 64'Goal · Aruna DindanePortsmouth · 3-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Hendry Thomas SuazoWigan Athletic
  • 90'Penalty goal · Aruna DindanePortsmouth · 4-0

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Portsmouth 4, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 4.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Younès Kaboul, Steve Finnan, Tal Ben Haim, Marc Wilson, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Hassan Yebda, Frédéric Piquionne, Aruna Dindane, David James, Jamie O'Hara, Michael Brown

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-5-1)

Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Hendry Thomas Suazo, Paul Scharner, Charles N'Zogbia, Scott Sinclair, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, Chris Kirkland, Jason Scotland