Newcastle United 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Championship · Saturday 1 April 2017
Result
Newcastle United 2-1 Wigan Athletic
Championship · Saturday 1 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Newcastle United 2-1 Wigan Athletic: match report
Newcastle United defeated Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 1 April 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Dwight Gayle opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Dwight Gayle (36') and Matt Ritchie (57'). Wigan Athletic scored through Michael Jacobs (50').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 1st on 79 points from 38 and Wigan Athletic 23rd on 34 points from 38. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Wigan Athletic 23rd with 42.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Ritchie of Newcastle United (8.3), ahead of Michael Jacobs (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 3 for Wigan Athletic.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Mohamed Diamé
- 29'Yellow card · Dan Burn
- 36'Goal · Dwight Gayle
- 39'Yellow card · Samy Morsy
- 50'Goal · Michael Jacobs
- 57'Goal · Matt Ritchie
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Karl Darlow, Vurnon Anita, Jamaal Lascelles, Grant Hanley, Paul Dummett, Matt Ritchie, Jonjo Shelvey, Jack Colback, Yoan Gouffran, Mohamed Diamé, Dwight Gayle
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-2-1)
Matthew Gilks, Callum Connolly, Jake Buxton, Dan Burn, Jamie Hanson, Max Power, Shaun MacDonald, Stephen Warnock, Michael Jacobs, Sam Morsy, Omar Bogle