Stoke City 2-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 16 May 2009
Result
Stoke City 2-0 Wigan Athletic
Premier League · Saturday 16 May 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Stoke City 2-0 Wigan Athletic: match report
Stoke City beat Wigan Athletic 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 May 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
Ricardo Fuller opened the scoring in the 69th minute. Stoke City's goals came from Ricardo Fuller (69') and James Beattie (76'). Wigan Athletic did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Stoke City were 12th on 42 points from 36 and Wigan Athletic 11th on 42 points from 36. Stoke City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Wigan Athletic 11th with 45.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Stoke City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Stoke City's last five read W-L-L-W-D and Wigan Athletic's L-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 69'Goal · Ricardo Fuller
- 76'Goal · James Beattie
Head-to-head
Team news
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Ibrahima Sonko, Salif Diao, Amdy Faye, Mamady Sidibé, Dave Kitson, Rory Delap
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-1-4-1)
Richard Kingson, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Lee Cattermole, Cho Won-Hee, Paul Scharner, Charles N'Zogbia, Hugo Rodallega, Michael Brown, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez