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
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.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Lukas Podolski
- 45'Goal · Shaun Maloney
- 53'Yellow card · Antolín Alcaraz
- 57'Yellow card · Shaun Maloney
- 63'Goal · Theo Walcott
- 68'Goal · Lukas Podolski
- 71'Goal · Aaron Ramsey
Head-to-head
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