Wigan Athletic 2-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Wigan Athletic 2-1 Newcastle United

Premier League · Friday 26 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Wigan Athletic beat Newcastle United 2-1 in the Premier League on Friday 26 December 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ryan Taylor opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Ryan Taylor (27') and Amr Zaki (71'). Newcastle United scored through Danny Guthrie (86').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 11th on 22 points from 17 and Newcastle United 12th on 22 points from 18. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Newcastle United 18th with 34.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Wigan Athletic wins, 1 draw and 3 for Newcastle United.

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