Burnley 3-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Championship · Saturday 11 March 2023

Result

Burnley 3-0 Wigan Athletic

Championship · Saturday 11 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Burnley 3-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Burnley won against Wigan Athletic 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 11 March 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Nathan Tella opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Burnley's goals came from Nathan Tella (14'), Nathan Tella (47') and Lyle Foster (76'). Wigan Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Burnley received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Burnley were 1st on 77 points from 35 and Wigan Athletic 24th on 32 points from 35. Burnley went on to finish that season 1st with 101 points, and Wigan Athletic 23rd with 45.

Burnley lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nathan Tella of Burnley (8.5), ahead of Arijanet Murić (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Burnley wins, 1 draw and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · O. RekikWigan Athletic
  • 14'Goal · Nathan TellaBurnley · 1-0
  • 28'Second yellow · O. RekikWigan Athletic
  • 45'Yellow card · Callum LangWigan Athletic
  • 47'Goal · Nathan TellaBurnley · 2-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Tendayi DarikwaWigan Athletic
  • 76'Goal · Lyle FosterBurnley · 3-0
  • 79'Yellow card · James McCleanWigan Athletic
  • 79'Yellow card · C. RobertsBurnley

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Burnley 2, draws 1, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

Burnley line-up (4-2-3-1)

Arijanet Murić, Connor Roberts, Hjalmar Ekdal, Jordan Beyer, Ian Maatsen, Johann Berg Guðmunds­son, Josh Cullen, Vitinho, Nathan Tella, Anass Zaroury, Ashley Barnes

Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-2-1)

Ben Amos, Tendayi Darikwa, Charlie Hughes, Omar Rekik, Ryan Nyambe, Tom Naylor, Max Power, Tom Pearce, Josh Magennis, Callum Lang, Ashley Fletcher