Portsmouth 1-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 1 November 2008
Result
Portsmouth 1-2 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Saturday 1 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Portsmouth 1-2 Wigan Athletic: match report
Portsmouth lost to Wigan Athletic 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 November 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
Amr Zaki opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Niko Kranjčar (82'). Wigan Athletic scored through Amr Zaki (45') and Emile Heskey (90').
Discipline: Portsmouth received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 8th on 14 points from 10 and Wigan Athletic 18th on 8 points from 10. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Wigan Athletic 11th with 45.
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 4 Portsmouth wins, 0 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-D-D-W-W and Wigan Athletic's L-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Lee Cattermole
- 35'Yellow card · Titus Bramble
- 45'Goal · Amr Zaki
- 49'Yellow card · Maynor Figueroa
- 82'Goal · Niko Kranjčar
- 90'Goal · Emile Heskey
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)
Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Armand Traore, Lassana Diarra, Papa Diop, Sean Davis, Nadir Belhadj, Peter Crouch, David James, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-4-2)
Antonio Valencia, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Lee Cattermole, Wilson Palacios, Jason Koumas, Emile Heskey, Amr Zaky, Chris Kirkland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez