Burnley 1-3 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 24 October 2009
Result
Burnley 1-3 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Saturday 24 October 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Burnley 1-3 Wigan Athletic: match report
Burnley were beaten by Wigan Athletic 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 October 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Steven Fletcher opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Burnley's goal came from Steven Fletcher (4'). Wigan Athletic scored through Hugo Rodallega (11'), Hugo Rodallega (51') and Emmerson Boyce (76').
Discipline: Burnley received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Burnley were 10th on 12 points from 9 and Wigan Athletic 14th on 10 points from 9. Burnley went on to finish that season 18th with 30 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 36.
Going into the match Burnley's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Wigan Athletic's D-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Steven Fletcher
- 11'Goal · Hugo Rodallega
- 51'Goal · Hugo Rodallega
- 61'Yellow card · Clarke Carlisle
- 76'Goal · Emmerson Boyce
- 90'Yellow card · Graham Alexander
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-5-1)
Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Hendry Thomas Suazo, Paul Scharner, Charles N'Zogbia, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, Chris Kirkland, Jason Scotland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez