Wigan Athletic 3-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 18 April 2010

Result

Wigan Athletic 3-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 18 April 2010, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Wigan Athletic 3-2 Arsenal: match report

Wigan Athletic defeated Arsenal 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 18 April 2010. It was 0-1 at half-time.

T. Walcott opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Ben Watson (80'), Titus Bramble (89') and Charles N'Zogbia (90'). Arsenal scored through T. Walcott (41') and Mikaël Silvestre (48').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 16th on 32 points from 34 and Arsenal 3rd on 71 points from 34. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 75.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Wigan Athletic wins, 1 draw and 8 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Mohamed DiaméWigan Athletic
  • 37'Yellow card · Samir NasriArsenal
  • 41'Goal · T. WalcottArsenal · 0-1
  • 48'Goal · Mikaël SilvestreArsenal · 0-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Titus BrambleWigan Athletic
  • 80'Goal · Ben WatsonWigan Athletic · 1-2
  • 89'Goal · Titus BrambleWigan Athletic · 2-2
  • 90'Goal · Charles N'ZogbiaWigan Athletic · 3-2

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Wigan Athletic 0, draws 1, Arsenal 8.

Team news

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

Lohoré Gohouri, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Charles N'Zogbia, James McCarthy, Mohamed Diamé, Marcelo Moreno, Hugo Rodallega, Chris Kirkland, Ben Watson, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

Lukasz Fabianski, Bacary Sagna, Mikaël Silvestre, Gaël Clichy, Abou Diaby, Tomáš Rosický, Samir Nasri, Craig Eastmond, Theo Walcott, Nicklas Bendtner, Sulzeer Campbell