Wigan Athletic 3-1 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 24 November 2012
Result
Wigan Athletic 3-1 Reading
Premier League · Saturday 24 November 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Wigan Athletic 3-1 Reading: match report
Wigan Athletic defeated Reading 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 November 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.
Sean Morrison opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Jordi Gómez (58'), Jordi Gómez (68') and Jordi Gómez (90+2'). Reading scored through Sean Morrison (35') and an own goal by Ali Al-Habsi (79').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Reading received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 16th on 11 points from 12 and Reading 17th on 9 points from 11. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Reading 19th with 30.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-4-3 and Reading in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 1 draw and 2 for Reading.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read L-L-W-W-L and Reading's W-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · James McCarthy
- 35'Goal · Sean Morrison
- 44'Yellow card · David Jones
- 44'Yellow card · David Jones
- 58'Goal · Jordi Gómez
- 68'Goal · Jordi Gómez
- 79'Own goal · Ali Al-Habsi
- 90+2'Goal · Jordi Gómez
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-3)
Shaun Maloney, Jordi Gómez, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Iván Ramis, Jean Beausejour, Ali Al-Habsi, Ronnie Stam, James McCarthy, Arouna Koné, David Jones, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Adam Le Fondre, Mikele Leigertwood, Jobi McAnuff, Chris Gunter, Sean Morrison, Adam Federici, Kaspars Gorkss, Hal Robson-Kanu, Jason Roberts, Nicky Shorey, Jay Tabb