Wigan Athletic 0-4 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 3 December 2011

Result

Wigan Athletic 0-4 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 3 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Wigan Athletic 0-4 Arsenal: match report

Wigan Athletic were beaten by Arsenal 0-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 December 2011. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Mikel Arteta opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Wigan Athletic did not score. Arsenal scored through Mikel Arteta (28'), Thomas Vermaelen (29'), Gervinho (61') and Robin van Persie (78').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 19th on 9 points from 13 and Arsenal 7th on 23 points from 13. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 70.

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 1 Wigan Athletic win, 2 draws and 7 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Mikel ArtetaArsenal · 0-1
  • 29'Goal · Thomas VermaelenArsenal · 0-2
  • 52'Yellow card · Gary CaldwellWigan Athletic
  • 57'Yellow card · A. SongArsenal
  • 61'Goal · GervinhoArsenal · 0-3
  • 73'Yellow card · Lohoré GohouriWigan Athletic
  • 78'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 0-4
  • 85'Yellow card · Francis CoquelinArsenal
  • 88'Yellow card · Mohamed DiaméWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wigan Athletic 1, draws 2, Arsenal 7.

Team news

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

Ali Al-Habsi, Lohoré Gohouri, Ronnie Stam, James McCarthy, Victor Moses, Jordi Gómez, Mohamed Diamé, Conor Sammon, G. Caldwell, David Jones, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez

Arsenal expected line-up (4-3-3)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Alex Song, Aaron Ramsey, Samir Nasri, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen, J. Wilshere