Wigan Athletic 1-2 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 April 2006
Result
Wigan Athletic 1-2 Portsmouth
Premier League · Saturday 29 April 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Wigan Athletic 1-2 Portsmouth: match report
Wigan Athletic were beaten by Portsmouth 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 April 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Henri Camara opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from Henri Camara (34'). Portsmouth scored through Benjamin Mwaruwari (63') and Matthew Taylor (71', penalty).
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 9th on 51 points from 36 and Portsmouth 17th on 35 points from 36. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 10th with 51 points, and Portsmouth 17th with 38.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 0 draws and 0 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read L-W-L-D-D and Portsmouth's W-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 34'Goal · Henri Camara
- 57'Yellow card · L. Baines
- 63'Goal · Benjamin Mwaruwari
- 70'Red card · Gary Teale
- 71'Penalty goal · Matthew Taylor
- 72'Yellow card · Stephane Henchoz
- 84'Yellow card · Lee McCulloch
- 90'Yellow card · Richard Hughes
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up
Mike Pollitt, Pascal Chimbonda, Matt Jackson, Leighton Baines, David Thompson, Henri Camara, Jason Roberts, Stephane Henchoz, Lee McCulloch, Graham Kavanagh, Gary Teale
Portsmouth expected line-up
Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Richard Hughes, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Lomana Lualua, Steve Stone, Teddy Sheringham