Wigan Athletic 3-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 13 May 2012

Result

Wigan Athletic 3-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Sunday 13 May 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Wigan Athletic 3-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Wigan Athletic defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 13 May 2012. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Matt Jarvis opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Franco Di Santo (12'), Emmerson Boyce (14') and Emmerson Boyce (79'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Matt Jarvis (9') and Steven Fletcher (86').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 15th on 40 points from 37 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 20th on 25 points from 37. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 20th with 25.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 5-3-2 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 2 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Matt JarvisWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 12'Goal · Franco Di SantoWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 14'Goal · Emmerson BoyceWigan Athletic · 2-1
  • 19'Yellow card · Richard StearmanWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 45'Yellow card · PiscuWigan Athletic
  • 64'Yellow card · Christophe BerraWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 79'Goal · Emmerson BoyceWigan Athletic · 3-1
  • 86'Goal · Steven FletcherWolverhampton Wanderers · 3-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Wigan Athletic 3, draws 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.

Team news

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  • Wayne HennesseyWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)

Wigan Athletic line-up (5-3-2)

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)

Dorus De Vries, Richard Stearman, Ronald Zubar, Dave Edwards, Karl Henry, Noel Hunt, Matt Jarvis, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Kevin Doyle, Stephen Ward, Christophe Berra