Wigan Athletic 2-3 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2006

Result

Wigan Athletic 2-3 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2006, 17:15 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Wigan Athletic 2-3 Chelsea: match report

Wigan Athletic were beaten by Chelsea 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 December 2006. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Frank Lampard opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Emile Heskey (45') and Emile Heskey (75'). Chelsea scored through Frank Lampard (13'), S. Kalou (31') and Arjen Robben (90+3').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 13th on 22 points from 18 and Chelsea 2nd on 42 points from 18. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 17th with 38 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 2 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · S. KalouChelsea · 0-2
  • 44'Yellow card · Arjen RobbenChelsea
  • 45'Goal · Emile HeskeyWigan Athletic · 1-2
  • 46'Yellow card · Khalid BoulahrouzChelsea
  • 66'Yellow card · Frank LampardChelsea
  • 75'Goal · Emile HeskeyWigan Athletic · 2-2
  • 87'Yellow card · John Mikel ObiChelsea
  • 90+3'Goal · Arjen RobbenChelsea · 2-3
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Kevin KilbaneWigan Athletic
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Arjan de ZeeuwWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Wigan Athletic 0, draws 0, Chelsea 2.

Team news

Wigan Athletic line-up

Fitz Hall, Arjan de Zeeuw, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Leighton Baines, Kevin Kilbane, Andreas Johansson, Denny Landzaat, Josip Skoko, Emile Heskey, Chris Kirkland, Svetoslav Todorov

Chelsea expected line-up

Damien Duff, William Gallas, John Terry, Paulo Ferreira, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Arjen Robben, Petr Čech, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Joe Cole, Claude Makélélé