Arsenal 4-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 14 May 2013

Result

Arsenal 4-1 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Tuesday 14 May 2013, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Arsenal 4-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Arsenal defeated Wigan Athletic 4-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 14 May 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.

Lukas Podolski opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Lukas Podolski (11'), Theo Walcott (63'), Lukas Podolski (68') and Aaron Ramsey (71'). Wigan Athletic scored through Shaun Maloney (45').

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 67 points from 36 and Wigan Athletic 18th on 35 points from 36. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 73 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 36.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Lukas PodolskiArsenal · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Shaun MaloneyWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Antolín AlcarazWigan Athletic
  • 57'Yellow card · Shaun MaloneyWigan Athletic
  • 63'Goal · Theo WalcottArsenal · 2-1
  • 68'Goal · Lukas PodolskiArsenal · 3-1
  • 71'Goal · Aaron RamseyArsenal · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 6, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, Mikel Arteta, Tomáš Rosický, Theo Walcott, Santi Cazorla, Lukas Podolski

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

Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Róger Espinoza, Callum McManaman, Shaun Maloney, James McArthur, Jordi Gómez, Joel Robles, Antolín Alcaraz, James McCarthy, Paul Scharner, Arouna Koné