Portsmouth 2-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 March 2008

Result

Portsmouth 2-0 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 29 March 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth 2-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Portsmouth defeated Wigan Athletic 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 March 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Jermain Defoe (33') and Jermain Defoe (90+5'). Wigan Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 6th on 50 points from 31 and Wigan Athletic 14th on 31 points from 31. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Wigan Athletic 14th with 40.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Portsmouth wins, 0 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Jermain DefoePortsmouth · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Jermain DefoePortsmouth
  • 47'Yellow card · Paul ScharnerWigan Athletic
  • 56'Yellow card · Josip SkokoWigan Athletic
  • 62'Missed penalty · Ryan TaylorWigan Athletic
  • 90+5'Goal · Jermain DefoePortsmouth · 2-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Portsmouth 3, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Niko Kranjčar, Sean Davis, Pedro Mendes, Milan Baros, John Utaka, David James, Hermann Hreidarsson, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell

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

Ryan Taylor, Antonio Valencia, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Mario Melchiot, Erik Hagen, Kevin Kilbane, Paul Scharner, Josip Skoko, Emile Heskey, Marcus Bent, Chris Kirkland