Derby County 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 5 March 2019

Result

Derby County 2-1 Wigan Athletic

Championship · Tuesday 5 March 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Derby County 2-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Derby County beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 5 March 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Gavin Massey opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Derby County's goals came from Mason Bennett (62') and Scott Malone (78'). Wigan Athletic scored through Gavin Massey (25').

Discipline: Derby County received 4 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Derby County were 7th on 51 points from 34 and Wigan Athletic 19th on 36 points from 34. Derby County went on to finish that season 6th with 77 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 52.

Derby County lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jayden Bogle of Derby County (7.8), level with Scott Malone (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Derby County wins, 1 draw and 4 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Gavin MasseyWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Samy MorsyWigan Athletic
  • 41'Yellow card · Bradley JohnsonDerby County
  • 59'Yellow card · Mason BennettDerby County
  • 62'Goal · Mason BennettDerby County · 1-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Harry WilsonDerby County
  • 71'Yellow card · Fikayo TomoriDerby County
  • 78'Goal · Scott MaloneDerby County · 2-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Derby County 4, draws 1, Wigan Athletic 4.

Team news

Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)

Scott Carson, Jayden Bogle, Richard Keogh, Fikayo Tomori, Scott Malone, Bradley Johnson, Tom Huddlestone, Martyn Waghorn, Harry Wilson, Florian Jozefzoon, Jack Marriott

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

Jamie Jones, Nathan Byrne, Chey Dunkley, Cédric Kipré, Danny Fox, Reece James, Gavin Massey, Lee Evans, Sam Morsy, Michael Jacobs, Leon Clarke