Newcastle United 3-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Newcastle United 3-1 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 15 April 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Newcastle United defeated Wigan Athletic 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 April 2006. The half-time score was 2-1.

Jimmy Bullard opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from A. Shearer (28', penalty), Titus Bramble (36') and A. Shearer (66'). Wigan Athletic scored through Jimmy Bullard (5').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 10th on 45 points from 33 and Wigan Athletic 8th on 48 points from 33. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Wigan Athletic 10th with 51.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Newcastle United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.

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