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Wigan 1-0 Newcastle United - December 26, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Journée 19

JJB Stadium - Wigan - England

December 26, 2007

20 304

Wigan

1 - 0

Newcastle United

(free kick) Ryan Taylor

63'

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63' - Goal Ryan Taylor63

66' - Substitution Geremiis substituted by Obafemi Martins

70' - Substitution Antoine Sibierskiis substituted by Julius Aghahowa70

74' - Substitution Ryan Tayloris substituted by Salomon Olembé74

78' - Substitution Damien Duffis substituted by José Enrique

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Wigan

1 - 0

Newcastle United

Wigan Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Wigan

1 Kirkland

Chris Kirkland

England

B.date02/05/1981

Age26 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

19 Bramble

Titus Bramble

England

B.date21/07/1981

Age26 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

18 Scharner

Paul Scharner

Austria

B.date11/03/1980

Age27 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Taylor6374

Ryan Taylor

England

B.date19/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

8 Kilbane

Kevin Kilbane

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/02/1977

Age30 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

25 Melchiot

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age31 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Sibierski70

Antoine Sibierski

France

B.date05/08/1974

Age33 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

Landzaat

Denny Landzaat

Netherlands

B.date06/05/1976

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

11 Brown

Michael Brown

England

B.date25/01/1977

Age30 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Valencia

Luis Antonio Valencia

Ecuador

B.date04/08/1985

Age22 years

H1m81

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

23 Bent

Marcus Bent

England

B.date19/05/1978

Age29 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Chris Kirkland		26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Titus Bramble		26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Paul Scharner		27	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Ryan Taylor	6374	23	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	Kevin Kilbane		30	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Mario Melchiot		31	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Antoine Sibierski	70	33	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Denny Landzaat		31	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Michael Brown		30	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Luis Antonio Valencia		22	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Marcus Bent		29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age31 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

25 Faye

Abdoulaye Faye

Senegal

B.date26/02/1978

Age29 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

27 Taylor

Steven Taylor

England

B.date23/01/1986

Age21 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

20 Geremi66

Geremi

Cameroon

B.date20/12/1978

Age29 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

21 Beye

Habib Beye

Senegal

B.date19/10/1977

Age30 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

11 Duff78

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age28 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

17 Smith

Alan Smith

England

B.date28/10/1980

Age27 years

H1m80

positionBox-to-box midfielder

14 N'Zogbia

Charles N'Zogbia

France

B.date28/05/1986

Age21 years

H1m70

positionLeft Midfielder

5 Emre

Belözoglu Emre

Turkey

B.date07/09/1980

Age27 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

16 Milner

James Milner

England

B.date04/01/1986

Age21 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

36 Viduka

Mark Viduka

Australia

B.date09/10/1975

Age32 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		31	426	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Abdoulaye Faye		29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Steven Taylor		21	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Geremi	66	29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Habib Beye		30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Damien Duff	78	28	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alan Smith		27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Charles N'Zogbia		21	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Belözoglu Emre		27	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	James Milner		21	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	F	Mark Viduka		32	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
20	D		Salomon Olembé	74	27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Julius Aghahowa	70	25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
3	D		José Enrique	78	21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F		Obafemi Martins	66	23	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mario Melchiot

Emmerson Boyce

OUT

Antoine Sibierski

Julius Aghahowa

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Abdoulaye Faye

Cláudio Caçapa

OUT

Damien Duff

Joey Barton

OUT

Belözoglu Emre

Nicky Butt

OUT

Steven Taylor

David Rozehnal

OUT

Geremi

Obafemi Martins

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Bruce vs Newcastle United

3 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2007

Bruce vs Allardyce

7 victories

3 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Sam Allardyce

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Allardyce vs Wigan

2 victories

3 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2007

Allardyce vs Bruce

5 victories

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2007

Referee

Michael Dean

14 victories	3 draws	8 losses	Wigan25 matches	General total	Newcastle United56 matches	20 victories	14 draws	22 losses
2 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Wigan4 matches	Season total	Newcastle United5 matches	1 victory	3 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on May 14, 2013					Latest figure on February 26, 2022

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Key figures

Mario Melchiot played his game number 200 in Premier League

Denny Landzaat played his game number 50 in his professional career with Wigan

Wigan keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw vs Newcastle United in Premier League running (since 15/10/2005). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 11 key stats

General ranking

-1	15	Bolton Wanderers	17 pts	19 rd
-1	16	Middlesbrough	17 pts	19 rd
+2	17	Wigan	16 pts	19 rd
-1	18	Fulham	14 pts	19 rd
-1	19	Sunderland	14 pts	19 rd

General ranking

+2	9	West Ham	26 pts	18 rd
	10	Blackburn	26 pts	18 rd
-2	11	Newcastle United	26 pts	19 rd
	12	Reading	22 pts	19 rd
	13	Tottenham	21 pts	19 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DWigan 1-1 Fulham15/09/2007

LWigan 0-1 Liverpool29/09/2007

LWigan 0-2 Portsmouth20/10/2007

LWigan 0-2 Chelsea03/11/2007

DWigan 1-1 Manchester City01/12/2007

VWigan 5-3 Blackburn15/12/2007

Overall

LTottenham 4-0 Wigan11/11/2007

LArsenal 2-0 Wigan24/11/2007

DWigan 1-1 Manchester City01/12/2007

LBolton Wanderers 4-1 Wigan09/12/2007

VWigan 5-3 Blackburn15/12/2007

DFulham 1-1 Wigan22/12/2007

Current form

Away

LArsenal 2-0 Newcastle United25/09/2007

LManchester City 3-1 Newcastle United29/09/2007

LReading 2-1 Newcastle United27/10/2007

DSunderland 1-1 Newcastle United10/11/2007

LBlackburn 3-1 Newcastle United01/12/2007

VFulham 0-1 Newcastle United15/12/2007

Overall

LNewcastle United 0-3 Liverpool24/11/2007

LBlackburn 3-1 Newcastle United01/12/2007

DNewcastle United 1-1 Arsenal05/12/2007

VNewcastle United 2-1 Birmingham City08/12/2007

VFulham 0-1 Newcastle United15/12/2007

DNewcastle United 2-2 Derby County23/12/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	7	16

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	5	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

19	General ranking (Competition total)	9
14	General ranking (Home / Away)	10
331	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	112
17	FBDB index ranking (National)	14

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
3	Victories (Competition total)	7
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
11	Losses (Competition total)	6
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

18	Goals scored (Competition total)	26
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
34	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.44
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
1.89	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.56
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.63

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-3 (2 times)

Bookings

31	Yellow cards (Competition total)	31
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
2	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Marcus Bent	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Obafemi Martins
Marcus Bent	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Obafemi Martins
Antoine Sibierski	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Joey Barton
Antoine Sibierski	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Joey Barton
Marcus Bent	4 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Mark Viduka

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

5 gf

3 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

4 gf

8 ga

Total

8 matches

3 v

1 d

4 l

9 gf

11 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

8 gf

4 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

3 gf

5 ga

Total

8 matches

4 v

1 d

3 l

11 gf

9 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	February 25, 2007
Home	1 - 0	February 25, 2007

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	April 15, 2006
Away	3 - 2	January 13, 1954

Latest head to head

September 01, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Wigan

February 25, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Wigan

1 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

August 19, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Newcastle United

2 - 1

Wigan

April 15, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Newcastle United

3 - 1

Wigan

November 30, 2005 - League Cup 2005/2006

Wigan

1 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Jason Roberts	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Jimmy Bullard	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Ryan Taylor	1 goal	2007 - 2007
David Connolly	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Lee McCulloch	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/10/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Wigan

Alan Shearer	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Titus Bramble	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Shola Ameobi	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Scott Parker	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Michael Owen	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/10/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Leighton Baines	5 matches	2005 - 2007
Lee McCulloch	5 matches	2005 - 2007
Henri Camara	4 matches	2005 - 2007
Emmerson Boyce	3 matches	2006 - 2007
John Filan	3 matches	2005 - 2007
Graham Kavanagh	3 matches	2005 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/10/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wigan

Charles N'Zogbia	6 matches	2005 - 2007
Shay Given	5 matches	2005 - 2007
Steven Taylor	4 matches	2005 - 2007
Nolberto Solano	4 matches	2005 - 2007
Scott Parker	4 matches	2005 - 2007
Shola Ameobi	4 matches	2005 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/10/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Titus Bramble

18 matches

157 matches

2002 - 2007

Antoine Sibierski

13 matches

39 matches

2006 - 2007

Michael O'Neill

9 matches

54 matches

1987 - 1999

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/11/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Titus Bramble

18 matches

157 matches

2002 - 2007

Michael O'Neill

9 matches

54 matches

1987 - 1999

Antoine Sibierski

13 matches

39 matches

2006 - 2007

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/11/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 26, 2007

Birmingham City

3 0

Middlesbrough

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Chelsea

4 4

Aston Villa

Video availableLine-ups available

Derby County

1 2

Liverpool

Video availableLine-ups available

Everton

2 0

Bolton Wanderers

Video availableLine-ups available

Portsmouth

0 0

Arsenal

Video availableLine-ups available

Sunderland

0 4

Man United

Video availableLine-ups available

Tottenham

5 1

Fulham

Video availableLine-ups available

West Ham

1 1

Reading

Video availableLine-ups available

December 27, 2007

Manchester City

2 2

Blackburn

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Manchester United	45	19	14	3	2	36	9	+27
-12	Arsenal	44	19	13	5	1	36	15	+21
3	Chelsea	38	19	11	5	3	29	14	+15
+14	Liverpool	36	18	10	6	2	33	12	+21
-15	Manchester City	34	18	10	4	4	25	20	+5
6	Everton	33	19	10	3	6	34	18	+16
7	Portsmouth	31	19	8	7	4	29	19	+10
8	Aston Villa	30	19	8	6	5	33	25	+8
+29	West Ham	26	18	7	5	6	23	16	+7
10	Blackburn	26	18	7	5	6	23	25	-2
-211	Newcastle United	26	19	7	5	7	26	29	-3
12	Reading	22	19	6	4	9	25	36	-11
13	Tottenham	21	19	5	6	8	35	32	+3
+214	Birmingham City	18	19	5	3	11	21	30	-9
-115	Bolton Wanderers	17	19	4	5	10	21	29	-8
-116	Middlesbrough	17	19	4	5	10	17	33	-16
+217	Wigan	16	19	4	4	11	19	34	-15
-118	Fulham	14	19	2	8	9	20	34	-14
-119	Sunderland	14	19	3	5	11	17	38	-21
20	Derby County	7	19	1	4	14	9	43	-34

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Wigan 1-0 Newcastle United - December 26, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

Wigan

1 - 0

Newcastle United

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

Bruce vs Newcastle United

Bruce vs Allardyce

Manager

Allardyce vs Wigan

Allardyce vs Bruce

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 Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Wigan

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

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