Reading 0-3 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 February 2013

Result

Reading 0-3 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 23 February 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Reading 0-3 Wigan Athletic: match report

Reading lost to Wigan Athletic 0-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 February 2013. The half-time score was 0-2.

Arouna Koné opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Reading did not score. Wigan Athletic scored through Arouna Koné (44'), Arouna Koné (45+2') and Maynor Figueroa (48').

Discipline: Reading received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Reading were 17th on 25 points from 26 and Wigan Athletic 19th on 23 points from 26. Reading went on to finish that season 19th with 30 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 36.

Reading lined up in a 4-5-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Reading wins, 1 draw and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Mikele LeigertwoodReading
  • 44'Goal · Arouna KonéWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 45+2'Goal · Arouna KonéWigan Athletic · 0-2
  • 48'Goal · Maynor FigueroaWigan Athletic · 0-3
  • 55'Red card · Pavel PogrebnyakReading
  • 63'Yellow card · Emmerson BoyceWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Reading 2, draws 1, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

Reading line-up (4-5-1)

Adam Federici, Sean Morrison, Mikele Leigertwood, Jem Karacan, Jobi McAnuff, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Adrian Mariappa, Ian Harte, Stephen Kelly, Jimmy Kébé, Hope Akpan

Wigan Athletic line-up (3-5-2)

Ali Al-Habsi, G. Caldwell, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Shaun Maloney, James McArthur, Jean Beausejour, James McCarthy, Paul Scharner, Arouna Koné, Franco Di Santo, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez