Arsenal 1-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Monday 16 April 2012

Result

Arsenal 1-2 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Monday 16 April 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Arsenal 1-2 Wigan Athletic: match report

Arsenal were beaten by Wigan Athletic 1-2 in the Premier League on Monday 16 April 2012. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Franco Di Santo opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Thomas Vermaelen (21'). Wigan Athletic scored through Franco Di Santo (7') and Jordi Gómez (8').

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 64 points from 33 and Wigan Athletic 17th on 31 points from 33. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Wigan Athletic 15th with 43.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Franco Di SantoWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 8'Goal · Jordi GómezWigan Athletic · 0-2
  • 21'Goal · Thomas VermaelenArsenal · 1-2
  • 34'Yellow card · Bacary SagnaArsenal
  • 60'Yellow card · Gary CaldwellWigan Athletic
  • 72'Yellow card · A. SongArsenal
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Ali Al-HabsiWigan Athletic
  • 90+4'Yellow card · James McArthurWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 7, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 1.

Team news

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Arsenal expected line-up (4-3-3)

Wojciech Szczesny, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, Kieran Gibbs, Alex Song, Aaron Ramsey, Tomáš Rosický, Theo Walcott, Robin van Persie, Gervinho, Thomas Vermaelen

Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-3)

Ali Al-Habsi, Antolín Alcaraz, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, James McCarthy, Victor Moses, Jordi Gómez, James McArthur, Jean Beausejour, Franco Di Santo, G. Caldwell, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez