Wigan Athletic 2-3 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2006
Result
Wigan Athletic 2-3 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2006, 17:15 UTC · half-time 1-2
Wigan Athletic 2-3 Chelsea: match report
Wigan Athletic were beaten by Chelsea 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 December 2006. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Frank Lampard opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Emile Heskey (45') and Emile Heskey (75'). Chelsea scored through Frank Lampard (13'), S. Kalou (31') and Arjen Robben (90+3').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 13th on 22 points from 18 and Chelsea 2nd on 42 points from 18. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 17th with 38 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 83.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 2 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read L-L-D-W-L and Chelsea's W-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 31'Goal · S. Kalou
- 44'Yellow card · Arjen Robben
- 45'Goal · Emile Heskey
- 46'Yellow card · Khalid Boulahrouz
- 66'Yellow card · Frank Lampard
- 75'Goal · Emile Heskey
- 87'Yellow card · John Mikel Obi
- 90+3'Goal · Arjen Robben
- 90+6'Yellow card · Kevin Kilbane
- 90+6'Yellow card · Arjan de Zeeuw
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up
Fitz Hall, Arjan de Zeeuw, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Leighton Baines, Kevin Kilbane, Andreas Johansson, Denny Landzaat, Josip Skoko, Emile Heskey, Chris Kirkland, Svetoslav Todorov
Chelsea expected line-up
John Terry, William Gallas, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Didier Drogba, Joe Cole, Claude Makélélé, Petr Čech, Damien Duff, Eiður Guðjohnsen