Wigan Athletic 0-1 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2012
Result
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2012, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Arsenal: match report
Wigan Athletic lost to Arsenal 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 December 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Mikel Arteta of Arsenal in the 60th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 17th on 16 points from 17 and Arsenal 5th on 27 points from 17. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Arsenal 4th with 73.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 2 draws and 6 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read D-D-L-L-W and Arsenal's W-W-L-D-D.
Key events
- 41'Yellow card · Jack Wilshere
- 60'Penalty goal · Mikel Arteta
- 86'Yellow card · Shaun Maloney
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-1-2)
Ali Al-Habsi, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, James McArthur, Jean Beausejour, Shaun Maloney, Ronnie Stam, James McCarthy, Arouna Koné, Franco Di Santo, David Jones, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Per Mertesacker, Thomas Vermaelen, Kieran Gibbs, Mikel Arteta, J. Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Santi Cazorla, Lukas Podolski, Theo Walcott