Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 January 2010

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 16 January 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Wigan Athletic: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers lost to Wigan Athletic 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 January 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.

James McCarthy opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers did not score. Wigan Athletic scored through James McCarthy (60') and Charles N'Zogbia (73').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 15th on 19 points from 20 and Wigan Athletic 16th on 19 points from 19. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 15th with 38 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 36.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers win, 0 draws and 0 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Richard StearmanWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 14'Yellow card · Hendry Thomas SuazoWigan Athletic
  • 44'Missed penalty · Hugo RodallegaWigan Athletic
  • 44'Second yellow · Richard StearmanWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 60'Goal · James McCarthyWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 67'Second yellow · Hendry Thomas SuazoWigan Athletic
  • 70'Yellow card · Karl HenryWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 73'Goal · Charles N'ZogbiaWigan Athletic · 0-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Charles N'ZogbiaWigan Athletic
  • 87'Yellow card · Stephen WardWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 88'Yellow card · Kevin DoyleWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 90'Yellow card · Jordi GómezWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 0.

Team news

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)

Marcus Hahnemann, Richard Stearman, Jody Craddock, Michael Mancienne, Kevin Foley, Karl Henry, Matt Jarvis, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Kevin Doyle, Stephen Ward, Nenad Milijaš

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)

Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Hendry Thomas Suazo, Paul Scharner, Charles N'Zogbia, James McCarthy, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, Chris Kirkland, G. Caldwell, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez