Wigan Athletic 0-2 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2007
Result
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Portsmouth
Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Portsmouth: match report
Wigan Athletic were beaten by Portsmouth 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 October 2007. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Benjamin Mwaruwari opened the scoring in the 81st minute. Wigan Athletic did not score. Portsmouth scored through Benjamin Mwaruwari (81') and Glen Johnson (86').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 14th on 8 points from 9 and Portsmouth 5th on 15 points from 9. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 14th with 40 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 57.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Portsmouth's W-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 39'Yellow card · Sulzeer Campbell
- 53'Yellow card · Julius Aghahowa
- 59'Yellow card · Sean Davis
- 71'Yellow card · Sulley Muntari
- 81'Goal · Benjamin Mwaruwari
- 86'Goal · Glen Johnson
- 88'Yellow card · Titus Bramble
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-1-1)
Andreas Granqvist, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Antoine Sibierski, Kevin Kilbane, Jason Koumas, Denny Landzaat, Paul Scharner, Marcus Bent, Chris Kirkland, Michael Brown
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-1-1)
Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Papa Diop, Sulley Muntari, Niko Kranjčar, Sean Davis, John Utaka, Benjamin Mwaruwari, David James, Hermann Hreidarsson, Sulzeer Campbell