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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Lee CattermoleWigan Athletic
  • 35'Yellow card · Titus BrambleWigan Athletic
  • 45'Goal · Amr ZakiWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Maynor FigueroaWigan Athletic
  • 82'Goal · Niko KranjčarPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 90'Goal · Emile HeskeyWigan Athletic · 1-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Portsmouth 4, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 2.

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