Arsenal 4-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 19 September 2009
Result
Arsenal 4-0 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Saturday 19 September 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arsenal 4-0 Wigan Athletic: match report
Arsenal won against Wigan Athletic 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 September 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Thomas Vermaelen opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Thomas Vermaelen (25'), Thomas Vermaelen (49'), Eduardo da Silva (59') and Cesc Fàbregas (90'). Wigan Athletic did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 10th on 6 points from 4 and Wigan Athletic 12th on 6 points from 5. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 36.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 0 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-L-W-W and Wigan Athletic's W-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Emmanuel Eboué
- 25'Goal · Thomas Vermaelen
- 40'Yellow card · A. Song
- 49'Goal · Thomas Vermaelen
- 53'Yellow card · Jordi Gómez
- 59'Goal · Eduardo da Silva
- 65'Yellow card · Paul Scharner
- 90'Goal · Cesc Fàbregas
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
Vito Mannone, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Alex Song, Eduardo da Silva, Robin van Persie, Thomas Vermaelen
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Hendry Thomas Suazo, Jason Koumas, Charles N'Zogbia, Jordi Gómez, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, Chris Kirkland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez