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Wigan 4-3 Manchester City - December 26, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

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Premier League 2005/2006 - Round 18

JJB Stadium - Wigan - England

December 26, 2005

25 017

Wigan

4 - 3

Manchester City

Jason Roberts

12'

Lee McCulloch

23'

Jason Roberts

45'

Henri Camara

71'

Antoine Sibierski

77'

Joey Barton

88'

Andy Cole

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3' - Goal Antoine Sibierski

12' - Goal Jason Roberts12

23' - Goal Lee McCulloch23

45' - Goal Jason Roberts45

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65' - Substitution Claudio Reynais substituted by Andy Cole

66' - Substitution David Sommeilis substituted by Richard Dunne

71' - Goal Henri Camara71

73' - Substitution Graham Kavanaghis substituted by Damien Francis73

77' - Goal Joey Barton

83' - Substitution Gary Tealeis substituted by Ryan Taylor83

85' - Substitution Henri Camarais substituted by David Connolly85

88' - Goal Andy Cole

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wigan

4 - 3

Manchester City

Wigan Manchester City

Team line-ups

Wigan

12 Pollitt

Michael Pollitt

England

B.date29/02/1972

Age33 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

4 Jackson

Matthew Jackson

England

B.date19/10/1971

Age34 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

16 de Zeeuw

Arjan de Zeeuw

Netherlands

B.date16/04/1970

Age35 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

26 Baines

Leighton Baines

England

B.date11/12/1984

Age21 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

2 Chimbonda

Pascal Chimbonda

France

B.date21/02/1979

Age26 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

11 Kavanagh73

Graham Kavanagh

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/12/1973

Age32 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

10 McCulloch23

Lee McCulloch

Scotland

B.date14/05/1978

Age27 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

20 Teale83

Gary Teale

Scotland

B.date21/07/1978

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

21 Bullard

Jimmy Bullard

England

B.date23/10/1978

Age27 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

7 Camara7185

Henri Camara

Senegal

B.date10/05/1977

Age28 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Forward

30 Roberts1245

Jason Roberts

Grenada

B.date25/01/1978

Age27 years

H1m85

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Michael Pollitt		33	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Matthew Jackson		34	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Arjan de Zeeuw		35	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Leighton Baines		21	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Pascal Chimbonda		26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Graham Kavanagh	73	32	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Lee McCulloch	23	27	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Gary Teale	83	27	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Jimmy Bullard		27	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Henri Camara	7185	28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Jason Roberts	1245	27	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Manchester City

1 James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age35 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

2 Sommeil66

David Sommeil

Guadeloupe

B.date10/08/1974

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

5 Distin

Sylvain Distin

France

B.date16/12/1977

Age28 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

17 Sun

Jihai Sun

China

B.date30/09/1977

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

16 Onuoha

Nedum Onuoha

England

B.date12/11/1986

Age19 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

3 Thatcher

Ben Thatcher

Wales

B.date30/11/1975

Age30 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

6 Reyna65

Claudio Reyna

United States

B.date20/07/1973

Age32 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

24 Barton77

Joey Barton

England

B.date02/09/1982

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

10 Sibierski3

Antoine Sibierski

France

B.date05/08/1974

Age31 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

28 Sinclair

Trevor Sinclair

England

B.date02/03/1973

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

11 Vassell

Darius Vassell

England

B.date13/06/1980

Age25 years

H1m75

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David James		35	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	David Sommeil	66	31	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Sylvain Distin		28	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Jihai Sun		28	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Nedum Onuoha		19	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ben Thatcher		30	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Claudio Reyna	65	32	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Joey Barton	77	23	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Antoine Sibierski	3	31	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Trevor Sinclair		32	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Darius Vassell		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
19	D	Ryan Taylor	83	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Damien Francis	73	26	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	David Connolly	85	28	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
22	D		Richard Dunne	66	26	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F		Andy Cole	8865	34	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Teale

Alan Mahon

OUT

Pascal Chimbonda

Ryan Taylor

OUT

Jimmy Bullard

Damien Francis

OUT

Henri Camara

Andreas Johansson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Paul Jewell

224

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Jewell vs Manchester City

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2005

Jewell vs Pearce

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2005

Manager

Age

Match num

Stuart Pearce

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Pearce vs Wigan

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2005

Pearce vs Jewell

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2005

Referee

Dermot Gallagher

2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Wigan3 matches	General total	Manchester City18 matches	2 victories	6 draws	10 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Wigan2 matches	Season total	Manchester City4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on November 11, 2006					Latest figure on August 23, 2006

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Key figures

It's the first time Jason Roberts scores at least 2 goals during the same game in Premier League

End of streak for Wigan after 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Manchester City (since 17/10/1998). It's a record streak. The first of history

Wigan keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal scored at home in Premier League running (since 27/08/2005). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 21 key stats

General ranking

	4	Tottenham	34 pts	18 rd
	5	Bolton Wanderers	31 pts	17 rd
	6	Wigan	31 pts	18 rd
+1	7	Arsenal	29 pts	17 rd
-1	8	Manchester City	27 pts	18 rd

General ranking

	6	Wigan	31 pts	18 rd
+1	7	Arsenal	29 pts	17 rd
-1	8	Manchester City	27 pts	18 rd
	9	West Ham	26 pts	18 rd
	10	Newcastle United	25 pts	18 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWigan 1-0 Fulham29/10/2005

LWigan 2-3 Arsenal19/11/2005

LWigan 1-2 Tottenham26/11/2005

VWigan 1-0 Newcastle United30/11/2005

VWigan 3-0 Charlton17/12/2005

VWigan 2-0 Bolton Wanderers20/12/2005

Overall

VWigan 1-0 Newcastle United30/11/2005

LLiverpool 3-0 Wigan03/12/2005

LChelsea 1-0 Wigan10/12/2005

LManchester United 4-0 Wigan14/12/2005

VWigan 3-0 Charlton17/12/2005

VWigan 2-0 Bolton Wanderers20/12/2005

Current form

Away

DDoncaster Rovers 1-1 Manchester City21/09/2005

LNewcastle United 1-0 Manchester City24/09/2005

LArsenal 1-0 Manchester City22/10/2005

LFulham 2-1 Manchester City05/11/2005

VCharlton 2-5 Manchester City04/12/2005

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Manchester City10/12/2005

Overall

LFulham 2-1 Manchester City05/11/2005

DManchester City 0-0 Blackburn19/11/2005

LManchester City 0-1 Liverpool26/11/2005

VCharlton 2-5 Manchester City04/12/2005

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Manchester City10/12/2005

VManchester City 4-1 Birmingham City17/12/2005

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	2
Unbeaten streak	3	2
Drawless streak	10	16
Scoring streak	12	2
Invincibility streak	3	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	5	4
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	10	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

6	General ranking (Competition total)	7
8	General ranking (Home / Away)	9
187	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	126
14	FBDB index ranking (National)	11

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
9	Victories (Competition total)	8
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
7	Losses (Competition total)	6
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

19	Goals scored (Competition total)	24
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	17
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
1.12	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.41
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.38
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.38

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 times)

Bookings

19	Yellow cards (Competition total)	35
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Henri Camara	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Andy Cole
Henri Camara	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Andy Cole
Jason Roberts	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Joey Barton
Jason Roberts	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Pascal Chimbonda	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Andy Cole
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Andy Cole
Henri Camara	3 goals during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 3 matches	Andy Cole

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

1 v

2 d

1 l

3 gf

3 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

0 gf

5 ga

Total

8 matches

1 v

2 d

5 l

3 gf

8 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

0 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

2 d

1 l

3 gf

3 ga

Total

8 matches

5 v

2 d

1 l

8 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	November 05, 2002
Home	1 - 0	November 05, 2002

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	October 27, 1982
Away	1 - 0	October 17, 1998

Latest head to head

November 05, 2002 - League Cup 2002/2003

Wigan

1 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

May 19, 1999 - Barrages Championship 1999

Manchester City

1 - 0

Wigan

May 15, 1999 - Barrages Championship 1999

Wigan

1 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

April 03, 1999 - Second Division 1998/1999

Manchester City

1 - 0

Wigan

October 17, 1998 - Second Division 1998/1999

Wigan

0 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Neil Roberts

1 goal

2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wigan

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Nicky Eaden	1 match	2002 - 2002
Stephen McMillan	1 match	2002 - 2002
Tony Dinning	1 match	2002 - 2002
Peter Kennedy	1 match	2002 - 2002
Andy Liddell	1 match	2002 - 2002
Paul Mitchell	1 match	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wigan

Carlo Nash	1 match	2002 - 2002
Steve Howey	1 match	2002 - 2002
Sylvain Distin	1 match	2002 - 2002
Richard Dunne	1 match	2002 - 2002
Marc-Vivien Foé	1 match	2002 - 2002
Niclas Jensen	1 match	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Kevin Langley

8 matches

9 matches

1987 - 1994

Ged Brannan

1 match

14 matches

1997 - 2001

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/03/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Ged Brannan

1 match

14 matches

1997 - 2001

Kevin Langley

8 matches

9 matches

1987 - 1994

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/03/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 26, 2005

Charlton

0 1

Arsenal

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Chelsea	49	18	16	1	1	40	9	+31
2	Manchester United	40	18	12	4	2	34	14	+20
3	Liverpool	34	16	10	4	2	22	8	+14
4	Tottenham	34	18	9	7	2	27	16	+11
5	Bolton Wanderers	31	17	9	4	4	22	14	+8
6	Wigan	31	18	10	1	7	23	21	+2
+17	Arsenal	29	17	9	2	6	23	15	+8
-18	Manchester City	27	18	8	3	7	27	21	+6
9	West Ham	26	18	7	5	6	26	23	+3
10	Newcastle United	25	18	7	4	7	18	19	-1
+111	Blackburn	24	18	7	3	8	21	24	-3
-112	Charlton	22	17	7	1	9	21	27	-6
13	Middlesbrough	20	18	5	5	8	23	28	-5
+114	Aston Villa	20	18	5	5	8	20	26	-6
-115	Fulham	19	18	5	4	9	20	25	-5
16	Everton	17	18	5	2	11	9	27	-18
17	West Bromwich Albion	16	18	4	4	10	17	28	-11
18	Portsmouth	14	18	3	5	10	14	27	-13
19	Birmingham City	12	17	3	3	11	11	25	-14
20	Sunderland	6	18	1	3	14	14	35	-21

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Wigan 4-3 Manchester City - December 26, 2005 / Premier League 2005/2006

Wigan

4 - 3

Manchester City

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Jewell vs Manchester City

Jewell vs Pearce

Manager

Pearce vs Wigan

Pearce vs Jewell

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Wigan

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Players with most games played vs Wigan

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking