Wigan Athletic 2-2 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 29 December 2010
Result
Wigan Athletic 2-2 Arsenal
Premier League · Wednesday 29 December 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Wigan Athletic 2-2 Arsenal: match report
Wigan Athletic drew with Arsenal 2-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 29 December 2010. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Ben Watson opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Ben Watson (18', penalty) and an own goal by Sebastien Squillaci (81'). Arsenal scored through Andrey Arshavin (39') and Nicklas Bendtner (44').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Arsenal received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 18th on 19 points from 18 and Arsenal 3rd on 35 points from 18. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 16th with 42 points, and Arsenal 4th with 68.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 1 draw and 8 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read W-D-D-L-L and Arsenal's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 18'Penalty goal · Ben Watson
- 39'Goal · Andrey Arshavin
- 44'Goal · Nicklas Bendtner
- 74'Yellow card · Gary Caldwell
- 78'Red card · Charles N'Zogbia
- 81'Own goal · Sebastien Squillaci
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Lohoré Gohouri, Antolín Alcaraz, Ronnie Stam, Hendry Thomas Suazo, Charles N'Zogbia, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, G. Caldwell, Ben Watson, Tom Cleverley
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
Lukasz Fabianski, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Sébastien Squillaci, Emmanuel Eboué, Abou Diaby, Tomáš Rosický, Denílson, Andrey Arshavin, Marouane Chamakh, Nicklas Bendtner