Tottenham Hotspur 9-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 22 November 2009

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 9-1 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Sunday 22 November 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Tottenham Hotspur · Wigan Athletic · Premier League predictions

Tottenham Hotspur 9-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Tottenham Hotspur beat Wigan Athletic 9-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 November 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Peter Crouch opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Peter Crouch (9'), Jermain Defoe (51'), Jermain Defoe (54'), Jermain Defoe (58'), Aaron Lennon (64'), Jermain Defoe (69'), Jermain Defoe (87'), Daniel Bentley (88') and Niko Kranjčar (90'). Wigan Athletic scored through Paul Scharner (57').

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

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 5th on 22 points from 12 and Wigan Athletic 15th on 14 points from 12. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 70 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 36.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-3-2-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 4 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Peter CrouchTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Niko KranjčarTottenham Hotspur
  • 51'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 54'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 3-0
  • 57'Goal · Paul ScharnerWigan Athletic · 3-1
  • 58'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 4-1
  • 64'Goal · Aaron LennonTottenham Hotspur · 5-1
  • 69'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 6-1
  • 87'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 7-1
  • 88'Goal · Daniel BentleyTottenham Hotspur · 8-1
  • 90'Goal · Niko KranjčarTottenham Hotspur · 9-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 3, draws 4, Wigan Athletic 1.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Heurelho Gomes, Michael Dawson, Vedran Ćorluka, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Tom Huddlestone, Wilson Palacios, Niko Kranjčar, Peter Crouch, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe, Jonathan Woodgate

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

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