Northampton Town 0-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Monday 1 January 2018

Result

Northampton Town 0-1 Wigan Athletic

League One · Monday 1 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Northampton Town 0-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Northampton Town were beaten by Wigan Athletic 0-1 in the League One on Monday 1 January 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from N. Powell of Wigan Athletic in the 5th minute.

Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 22nd on 23 points from 25 and Wigan Athletic 1st on 53 points from 24. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Wigan Athletic 1st with 98.

Northampton Town lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Northampton Town wins, 0 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.

Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read L-L-D-W-L and Wigan Athletic's D-D-W-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · N. PowellWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 25'Yellow card · Matt CrooksNorthampton Town
  • 69'Yellow card · Michael JacobsWigan Athletic
  • 76'Yellow card · Matt GrimesNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Northampton Town 0, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 1.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up (4-4-1-1)

Matt Ingram, Brendan Moloney, Ash Taylor, George Smith, Regan Poole, Sam Foley, Shaun McWilliams, Matt Crooks, Matt Grimes, Daniel Powell, Christopher Long

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

Christian Walton, Nathan Byrne, Chey Dunkley, Reece James, Dan Burn, Sam Morsy, Lee Evans, Gavin Massey, Michael Jacobs, Nick Powell, Will Grigg