Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 31 January 2012

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Tuesday 31 January 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Tottenham Hotspur beat Wigan Athletic 3-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 31 January 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Gareth Bale opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Gareth Bale (29'), Luka Modric (34') and Gareth Bale (64'). Wigan Athletic scored through James McArthur (81').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 3rd on 46 points from 22 and Wigan Athletic 20th on 15 points from 22. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 69 points, and Wigan Athletic 15th with 43.

Tottenham Hotspur 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 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 4 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Luka ModricTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 64'Goal · Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur · 3-0
  • 81'Goal · James McArthurWigan Athletic · 3-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · CrusatWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 4, draws 4, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

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Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Younès Kaboul, Ledley King, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Rafael van der Vaart, Luka Modrić, Niko Kranjčar, Gareth Bale, Emmanuel Adebayor, Scott Parker, Brad Friedel

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

Ali Al-Habsi, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Ronnie Stam, James McCarthy, Victor Moses, Jordi Gómez, Jean Beausejour, Franco Di Santo, G. Caldwell, Ben Watson, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez