Wigan Athletic 4-0 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 28 April 2012

Result

Wigan Athletic 4-0 Newcastle United

Premier League · Saturday 28 April 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 4-0

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Wigan Athletic 4-0 Newcastle United: match report

Wigan Athletic defeated Newcastle United 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 April 2012. The half-time score was 4-0.

Victor Moses opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Victor Moses (13'), Victor Moses (15'), Shaun Maloney (36') and Franco Di Santo (45+2'). Newcastle United did not score.

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 17th on 34 points from 35 and Newcastle United 4th on 62 points from 34. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Newcastle United 5th with 65.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-4-3 and Newcastle United in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Wigan Athletic wins, 2 draws and 5 for Newcastle United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Victor MosesWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Victor MosesWigan Athletic · 2-0
  • 19'Yellow card · A. AlcárazWigan Athletic
  • 36'Goal · Shaun MaloneyWigan Athletic · 3-0
  • 38'Yellow card · James McCarthyWigan Athletic
  • 38'Yellow card · Danny SimpsonNewcastle United
  • 45+2'Goal · Franco Di SantoWigan Athletic · 4-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wigan Athletic 3, draws 2, Newcastle United 5.

Team news

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Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-3)

Ali Al-Habsi, Antolín Alcaraz, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, James McCarthy, Victor Moses, James McArthur, Jean Beausejour, Franco Di Santo, G. Caldwell, Shaun Maloney, Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez

Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)

Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Yohan Cabaye, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Papiss Demba Cissé, Demba Ba, Fabricio Coloccini, José Faria, Hatem Ben Arfa