Northampton Town 1-3 Wigan Athletic: result and report
League One · Monday 6 April 2026
Result
Northampton Town 1-3 Wigan Athletic
League One · Monday 6 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Northampton Town 1-3 Wigan Athletic: match report
Northampton Town lost to Wigan Athletic 1-3 in the League One on Monday 6 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-2.
Callum Wright opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Northampton Town's goal came from Jake Evans (80'). Wigan Athletic scored through Callum Wright (15'), an own goal by Jon Guthrie (45') and Will Aimson (88').
Discipline: Northampton Town received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 23rd on 35 points from 40 and Wigan Athletic 20th on 46 points from 40. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 24th with 35 points, and Wigan Athletic 16th with 56.
Northampton Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matthew Smith of Wigan Athletic (7.5), ahead of Will Aimson (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Northampton Town wins, 2 draws and 3 for Wigan Athletic.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · James Carragher
- 14'Yellow card · Callum Wright
- 15'Goal · Callum Wright
- 45'Own goal · Jon Guthrie
- 80'Goal · Jake Evans
- 88'Goal · Will Aimson
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up (4-4-2)
Lee Burge, Jack Burroughs, Elliott Moore, Jon Guthrie, Kyle McAdam, Cameron McGeehan, Terry Taylor, Dean Campbell, Michael Jacobs, Jake Benjamin Evans, Sam Hoskins
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-2-1)
Sam Tickle, Will Aimson, James Carragher, Jason Kerr, Raphael Borges Rodrigues, Jensen Weir, Matthew Smith, Fraser Murray, Dara Costelloe, Callum Wright, Joe Taylor