Northampton Town 0-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report
League One · Tuesday 9 February 2021
Result
Northampton Town 0-1 Wigan Athletic
League One · Tuesday 9 February 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Northampton Town 0-1 Wigan Athletic: match report
Northampton Town were beaten by Wigan Athletic 0-1 in the League One on Tuesday 9 February 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Callum Lang of Wigan Athletic in the 81st minute.
Discipline: Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 22nd on 24 points from 25 and Wigan Athletic 23rd on 21 points from 25. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 45 points, and Wigan Athletic 20th with 48.
Northampton Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Thelo Aasgaard of Wigan Athletic (7.8), ahead of Tendayi Darikwa (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 0 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read D-L-D-L-D and Wigan Athletic's L-L-L-D-D.
Key events
- 34'Yellow card · Jack Sowerby
- 35'Yellow card · Leam Richardson
- 41'Yellow card · C. Bolger
- 64'Yellow card · Curtis Tilt
- 65'Yellow card · Peter Kioso
- 81'Goal · Callum Lang
- 83'Yellow card · Will Keane
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
J. Mitchell, Lloyd Jones, Cian Bolger, Fraser Horsfall, Peter Kioso, Shaun McWilliams, Jack Sowerby, Joseph Mills, Sam Hoskins, Danny Rose, Ryan Edmondson
Wigan Athletic line-up (5-4-1)
Jamie Jones, Tendayi Darikwa, Scott Wootton, Curtis Tilt, George Johnston, Luke Robinson, Will Keane, F. Ojo, Chris Merrie, Thelo Aasgaard, Callum Lang