Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2010

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Wigan Athletic

Premier League · Sunday 26 December 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Wigan Athletic: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers were beaten by Wigan Athletic 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 December 2010. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Hugo Rodallega opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goal came from Steven Fletcher (87'). Wigan Athletic scored through Hugo Rodallega (9') and Tom Cleverley (20').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 20th on 15 points from 17 and Wigan Athletic 19th on 16 points from 17. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 42.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers win, 0 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Hugo RodallegaWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 20'Goal · Tom CleverleyWigan Athletic · 0-2
  • 38'Yellow card · Ben WatsonWigan Athletic
  • 45'Yellow card · A. AlcárazWigan Athletic
  • 65'Yellow card · Ronald ZubarWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 73'Yellow card · Tom CleverleyWigan Athletic
  • 87'Goal · Steven FletcherWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-4-1-1)

Wayne Hennessey, George Elokobi, Richard Stearman, Ronald Zubar, Kevin Foley, Dave Edwards, Noel Hunt, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Stephen Ward, Christophe Berra, Nenad Milijaš

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

Ali Al-Habsi, Lohoré Gohouri, Antolín Alcaraz, Ronnie Stam, Charles N'Zogbia, James McArthur, Mohamed Diamé, Hugo Rodallega, G. Caldwell, Ben Watson, Tom Cleverley