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West Ham 2-1 Wigan - August 16, 2008 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 1

Boleyn Ground - London - England

August 16, 2008

32 758

2 - 1

Wigan

(right foot) Dean Ashton

47'

Amr Zaki (left foot) Assist by Emile Heskey

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3' - Goal Dean Ashton3

9' - Goal Dean Ashton9

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47' - Goal Amr Zaki

72' - Substitution Scott Parkeris substituted by Hayden Mullins72

73' - Substitution Dean Ashtonis substituted by Freddie Sears73

82' - Substitution Paul Scharneris substituted by Jason Koumas photo Daniël De Ridder

82' - Substitution Mario Melchiotis substituted by Daniël De Ridder

85' - Substitution Lee Cattermoleis substituted by Antoine Sibierski

86' - Substitution Julien Faubertis substituted by Luis Boa Morte86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

West Ham

2 - 1

Wigan

West Ham Wigan

Team line-ups

West Ham

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Cole

Carlton Cole

England

B.date12/10/1983

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Ashton3973

Dean Ashton

England

B.date24/11/1983

Age24 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Etherington

Matthew Etherington

England

B.date14/08/1981

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

Parker72

Scott Parker

England

B.date13/10/1980

Age27 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Noble

Mark Noble

England

B.date08/05/1987

Age21 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Faubert86

Julien Faubert

France

B.date01/08/1983

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Neill

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age30 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Davenport

Calum Davenport

England

B.date01/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m93

positionRight central defender

Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Behrami

Valon Behrami

Switzerland

B.date19/04/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Green

Robert Green

England

B.date18/01/1980

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Robert Green		28	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Upson		29	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Calum Davenport		25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lucas Neill		30	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julien Faubert	86	25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Scott Parker	72	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matthew Etherington		27	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Noble		21	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Valon Behrami		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dean Ashton	3973	24	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carlton Cole		24	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Wigan

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Zaki47

Amr Zaki

Egypt

B.date01/04/1983

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Heskey

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age30 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Kapo

Olivier Kapo

France

B.date27/09/1980

Age27 years

H1m84

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Cattermole85

Lee Cattermole

England

B.date21/03/1988

Age20 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Palacios

Wilson Palacios

Honduras

B.date29/07/1984

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

Valencia

Luis Antonio Valencia

Ecuador

B.date04/08/1985

Age23 years

H1m81

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Figueroa

Maynor Figueroa

Honduras

B.date02/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

Scharner82

Paul Scharner

Austria

B.date11/03/1980

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Boyce

Emmerson Boyce

Barbados

B.date24/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Melchiot82

Mario Melchiot

Netherlands

B.date04/11/1976

Age31 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Kirkland

Chris Kirkland

England

B.date02/05/1981

Age27 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Chris Kirkland		27	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Scharner	82	28	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Melchiot	82	31	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emmerson Boyce		28	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Maynor Figueroa		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lee Cattermole	85	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wilson Palacios		24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Antonio Valencia		23	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Olivier Kapo		27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emile Heskey		30	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Amr Zaki	47	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Hayden Mullins	72	29	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Boa Morte	86	31	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Freddie Sears	73	18	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Antoine Sibierski	85	34	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Daniël De Ridder	82	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jason Koumas	82	28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Matthew Etherington

Luis Boa Morte

OUT

Carlton Cole

Bobby Zamora

OUT

Julien Faubert

Nolberto Solano

OUT

Matthew Upson

Anton Ferdinand

OUT

Calum Davenport

James Tomkins

OUT

Valon Behrami

George McCartney

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Amr Zaki

Marcus Bent

OUT

Lee Cattermole

Michael Brown

OUT

Olivier Kapo

Jason Koumas

OUT

Mario Melchiot

Titus Bramble

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Curbishley

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Curbishley vs Wigan

3 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 16, 2008

Curbishley vs Bruce

7 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on August 16, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

Success rate in this team:

34 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Bruce vs West Ham

2 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on August 16, 2008

Bruce vs Curbishley

3 victories

3 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on August 16, 2008

Referee

Steve Bennett

7 victories	4 draws	11 losses	West Ham22 matches	General total	Wigan20 matches	3 victories	5 draws	12 losses
2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	West Ham3 matches	Season total	Wigan5 matches	1 victory	0 draw	4 losses
Latest figure on February 06, 2010					Latest figure on March 16, 2010

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Key figures

West Ham keeps its 4 matches with at least 2 goals scored at home running (since 19/04/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 23/01/2006-18/03/2006 time period (7 matches).

Mario Melchiot played his game number 10 vs West Ham in Premier League

End of streak for West Ham after 3 consecutive matches without a win (since 26/04/2008).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LWest Ham 0-4 Chelsea01/03/2008

VWest Ham 2-1 Blackburn15/03/2008

LWest Ham 0-1 Portsmouth08/04/2008

VWest Ham 2-1 Derby County19/04/2008

DWest Ham 2-2 Newcastle United26/04/2008

DWest Ham 2-2 Aston Villa11/05/2008

Overall

LWest Ham 0-1 Portsmouth08/04/2008

LBolton Wanderers 1-0 West Ham12/04/2008

VWest Ham 2-1 Derby County19/04/2008

DWest Ham 2-2 Newcastle United26/04/2008

LManchester United 4-1 West Ham03/05/2008

DWest Ham 2-2 Aston Villa11/05/2008

Current form

Away

LSunderland 2-0 Wigan09/02/2008

DManchester City 0-0 Wigan01/03/2008

LBlackburn 3-1 Wigan22/03/2008

LPortsmouth 2-0 Wigan29/03/2008

DChelsea 1-1 Wigan14/04/2008

VAston Villa 0-2 Wigan03/05/2008

Overall

VWigan 2-0 Birmingham City05/04/2008

DChelsea 1-1 Wigan14/04/2008

DWigan 1-1 Tottenham19/04/2008

DWigan 0-0 Reading26/04/2008

VAston Villa 0-2 Wigan03/05/2008

LWigan 0-2 Manchester United11/05/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Winless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	3	4
Conceding streak	7	12

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

149	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	227
12	FBDB index ranking (National)	16

Results

No statistics here yet

Goals

No statistics here yet

Betting aid

No statistics here yet

Bookings

No statistics here yet

Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

7 gf

8 ga

Away

6 matches

4 v

1 d

1 l

10 gf

5 ga

Total

12 matches

6 v

2 d

4 l

17 gf

13 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

1 v

1 d

4 l

5 gf

10 ga

Away

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

8 gf

7 ga

Total

12 matches

4 v

2 d

6 l

13 gf

17 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 29, 2003
Home	4 - 0	November 29, 2003

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	December 06, 2006
Away	2 - 0	December 06, 2006

Latest head to head

February 02, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Wigan

1 - 0

West Ham

August 25, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

West Ham

1 - 1

Wigan

April 28, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Wigan

0 - 3

West Ham

December 06, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

West Ham

0 - 2

Wigan

March 25, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Wigan

1 - 2

West Ham

Best historical scorers against Wigan

Marlon Harewood	5 goals	2003 - 2007
Luis Boa Morte	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Hayden Mullins	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Bobby Zamora	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Teddy Sheringham	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Nigel Reo-Coker	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/11/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Ham

Jason Roberts	3 goals	2004 - 2005
Nathan Ellington	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Paul Scharner	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Neil Roberts	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Kevin Kilbane	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Henri Camara	1 goal	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/11/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Wigan

Hayden Mullins	11 matches	2003 - 2008
Anton Ferdinand	9 matches	2003 - 2008
Marlon Harewood	9 matches	2003 - 2007
Matthew Etherington	8 matches	2004 - 2008
Nigel Reo-Coker	7 matches	2004 - 2007
Bobby Zamora	6 matches	2004 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/11/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Leighton Baines	9 matches	2003 - 2007
Lee McCulloch	8 matches	2003 - 2007
John Filan	7 matches	2003 - 2007
Jimmy Bullard	7 matches	2003 - 2006
Gary Teale	6 matches	2004 - 2006
Matthew Jackson	5 matches	2003 - 2007