Arsenal 4-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 7 May 2006
Result
Arsenal 4-2 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Sunday 7 May 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-2
Arsenal 4-2 Wigan Athletic: match report
Arsenal defeated Wigan Athletic 4-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 7 May 2006. It was 2-2 at half-time.
Robert Pirès opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robert Pirès (8'), Thierry Henry (35'), Thierry Henry (56') and Thierry Henry (76', penalty). Wigan Athletic scored through Paul Scharner (10') and David Thompson (33').
Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 64 points from 37 and Wigan Athletic 10th on 51 points from 37. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Wigan Athletic 10th with 51.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 0 draws and 0 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-D-W-D and Wigan Athletic's L-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Robert Pirès
- 10'Goal · Paul Scharner
- 16'Yellow card · Matt Jackson
- 32'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
- 33'Goal · David Thompson
- 35'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 56'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 76'Red card · Andreas Johansson
- 76'Penalty goal · Thierry Henry
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up
Jens Lehmann, Ashley Cole, Emmanuel Eboué, Kolo Touré, Robert Pirès, José Antonio Reyes, Alexander Hleb, Cesc Fàbregas, Gilberto Silva, Thierry Henry, Sulzeer Campbell
Wigan Athletic line-up
Mike Pollitt, Pascal Chimbonda, Matt Jackson, Reto Ziegler, Leighton Baines, Paul Scharner, David Thompson, Henri Camara, Jason Roberts, Lee McCulloch, Graham Kavanagh