Wigan Athletic 2-3 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 19 November 2005
Result
Wigan Athletic 2-3 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 19 November 2005, 12:45 UTC · half-time 2-3
Wigan Athletic 2-3 Arsenal: match report
Wigan Athletic were beaten by Arsenal 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 November 2005. It was 2-3 at half-time.
Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Henri Camara (28') and Jimmy Bullard (45'). Arsenal scored through Robin van Persie (11'), Thierry Henry (21') and Thierry Henry (41').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 2nd on 25 points from 11 and Arsenal 5th on 20 points from 11. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 10th with 51 points, and Arsenal 4th with 67.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Arsenal's W-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Kolo Touré
- 6'Yellow card · Arjan de Zeeuw
- 11'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 21'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 28'Goal · Henri Camara
- 30'Yellow card · Jason Roberts
- 33'Yellow card · G. Kavanagh
- 41'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 45'Goal · Jimmy Bullard
- 50'Yellow card · Pascal Cygan
- 80'Yellow card · Mathieu Flamini
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up
John Filan, Pascal Chimbonda, Arjan de Zeeuw, Leighton Baines, Damien Francis, Jimmy Bullard, Henri Camara, Jason Roberts, Stephane Henchoz, Lee McCulloch, Graham Kavanagh
Arsenal line-up
Jens Lehmann, Laurén, Pascal Cygan, Kolo Touré, Robert Pirès, Cesc Fàbregas, Gilberto Silva, Robin van Persie, Fredrik Ljungberg, Thierry Henry, Sulzeer Campbell