Wigan Athletic 0-1 Middlesbrough: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 4 October 2008
Result
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Middlesbrough
Premier League · Saturday 4 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Wigan Athletic 0-1 Middlesbrough: match report
Wigan Athletic lost to Middlesbrough 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 October 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Jérémie Aliadière of Middlesbrough in the 89th minute.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 10th on 8 points from 6 and Middlesbrough 16th on 6 points from 6. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Middlesbrough 19th with 32.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 2 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read W-D-D-W-L and Middlesbrough's L-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 37'Yellow card · Amr Zaki
- 39'Yellow card · Lee Cattermole
- 56'Yellow card · Paul Scharner
- 89'Goal · Jérémie Aliadière
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)
Antonio Valencia, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Lee Cattermole, Wilson Palacios, Paul Scharner, Emile Heskey, Amr Zaky, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Chris Kirkland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez
Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)
Mark Schwarzer, Emanuel Pogatetz, Luke Young, David Wheater, Stewart Downing, George Boateng, Julio Arca, Fábio Rochemback, Sanli Tuncay, Afonso Alves