Colchester United 3-3 Wigan Athletic: result and report
League One · Saturday 12 March 2016
Result
Colchester United 3-3 Wigan Athletic
League One · Saturday 12 March 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Colchester United 3-3 Wigan Athletic: match report
Colchester United drew with Wigan Athletic 3-3 in the League One on Saturday 12 March 2016. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Yanic Wildschut opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Alex Gilbey (40'), Elliot Lee (50') and George Moncur (60', penalty). Wigan Athletic scored through Yanic Wildschut (36'), Ryan Colclough (44') and Will Grigg (90').
Discipline: Colchester United received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Colchester United were 24th on 27 points from 35 and Wigan Athletic 2nd on 64 points from 35. Colchester United went on to finish that season 23rd with 40 points, and Wigan Athletic 1st with 87.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Colchester United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Colchester United's last five read L-W-D-L-D and Wigan Athletic's D-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 36'Goal · Yanic Wildschut
- 40'Goal · Alex Gilbey
- 44'Goal · Ryan Colclough
- 50'Goal · Elliot Lee
- 60'Penalty goal · George Moncur
- 69'Yellow card · Leo Chambers
- 77'Yellow card · Joe Edwards
- 90'Goal · Will Grigg
Head-to-head
Team news
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Colchester United line-up
Elliot Parish, Tom Eastman, Leo Chambers, Owen Garvan, Matthew Briggs, Joe Edwards, Alex Gilbey, George Moncur, Elliot Lee, Olufemi Akinwande, Macauley Bonne
Wigan Athletic line-up
Jussi Jaaskelainen, Donervon Daniels, Craig Morgan, Stephen Warnock, Reece Wabara, David Perkins, Max Power, Sam Morsy, Will Grigg, Ryan Colclough, Y. Wildschut