Huddersfield Town 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Saturday 24 October 2026

Result

Huddersfield Town 2-1 Wigan Athletic

League One · Saturday 24 October 2026, 11:30 UTC · The John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield · half-time 1-0

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Huddersfield Town 2-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Huddersfield Town won against Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 24 October 2026 at The John Smith's Stadium. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ilias Bronkhorst opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Huddersfield Town's goals came from Ilias Bronkhorst (34') and Derensili Sanches Fernandes (80'). Wigan Athletic scored through Christian Saydee (90+2').

Discipline: Huddersfield Town received 4 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Huddersfield Town were 2nd on 22 points from 11 and Wigan Athletic 24th on 7 points from 10. In the current table Huddersfield Town are 1st on 29 points and Wigan Athletic are 21st on 11 points.

Huddersfield Town lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Derensili Sanches Fernandes of Huddersfield Town (7.7), ahead of James Carragher (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Huddersfield Town wins, 2 draws and 6 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Sonny PerkinsWigan Athletic
  • 12'Yellow card · Connor BarrettWigan Athletic
  • 34'Goal · Ilias BronkhorstHuddersfield Town · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Ashley FletcherHuddersfield Town
  • 43'Yellow card · Jon MellishWigan Athletic
  • 48'Yellow card · Ibane BowatHuddersfield Town
  • 75'Yellow card · Cameron HumphreysHuddersfield Town
  • 77'Yellow card · Charlie GrayWigan Athletic
  • 80'Goal · Derensili Sanches FernandesHuddersfield Town · 2-0
  • 90+2'Goal · Christian SaydeeWigan Athletic · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Marcus HarnessHuddersfield Town

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Huddersfield Town148512812+1629WWWWD
21Wigan Athletic143291122-1111LLLWD

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Huddersfield Town 2, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 6.

Team news

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Huddersfield Town line-up (3-4-2-1)

Matty Young, Joe Low, Ibane Bowat, Seán Roughan, Ilias Bronkhorst, Archie Collins, Cameron Humphreys, Bali Mumba, Derensili Sanches Fernandes, Joe Taylor, Ashley Fletcher

Wigan Athletic line-up (5-3-2)

Joe Whitworth, Connor Barrett, Finley Burns, James Carragher, Morgan Fox, Jon Mellish, Dara Costelloe, Jensen Weir, Reggie Walsh, Sonny Perkins, Bradley Burrowes

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