Wigan Athletic 0-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 4 October 2008

Result

Wigan Athletic 0-1 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Saturday 4 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Wigan Athletic · Middlesbrough · Premier League predictions

Wigan Athletic 0-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Wigan Athletic lost to Middlesbrough 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 October 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Jérémie Aliadière of Middlesbrough in the 89th minute.

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 10th on 8 points from 6 and Middlesbrough 16th on 6 points from 6. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Middlesbrough 19th with 32.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 2 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Yellow card · Amr ZakiWigan Athletic
  • 39'Yellow card · Lee CattermoleWigan Athletic
  • 56'Yellow card · Paul ScharnerWigan Athletic
  • 89'Goal · Jérémie AliadièreMiddlesbrough · 0-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Wigan Athletic 2, draws 2, Middlesbrough 2.

Team news

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

Antonio Valencia, Titus Bramble, Mario Melchiot, Lee Cattermole, Wilson Palacios, Paul Scharner, Emile Heskey, Amr Zaky, Narcisse-Olivier Kapo Obou, Chris Kirkland, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Schwarzer, Emanuel Pogatetz, Luke Young, David Wheater, Stewart Downing, George Boateng, Julio Arca, Fábio Rochemback, Sanli Tuncay, Afonso Alves