Wigan Athletic 3-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 September 2009
Result
Wigan Athletic 3-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 26 September 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Wigan Athletic 3-1 Chelsea: match report
Wigan Athletic defeated Chelsea 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 September 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Titus Bramble opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Titus Bramble (16'), Hugo Rodallega (53', penalty) and Paul Scharner (90'). Chelsea scored through Didier Drogba (47').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 15th on 6 points from 6 and Chelsea 1st on 18 points from 6. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Chelsea 1st with 86.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea 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 7 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read L-W-L-L-L and Chelsea's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Titus Bramble
- 27'Yellow card · Hendry Thomas Suazo
- 47'Goal · Didier Drogba
- 51'Red card · Petr Čech
- 53'Penalty goal · Hugo Rodallega
- 70'Yellow card · Ricardo Carvalho
- 87'Yellow card · Michael Essien
- 90'Goal · Paul Scharner
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)
Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Hendry Thomas Suazo, Paul Scharner, Charles N'Zogbia, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, Chris Kirkland, Jason Scotland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, John Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole, Juliano Haus Belletti, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba