Oxford United 2-3 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Saturday 18 December 2021

Result

Oxford United 2-3 Wigan Athletic

League One · Saturday 18 December 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Oxford United 2-3 Wigan Athletic: match report

Oxford United were beaten by Wigan Athletic 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 18 December 2021. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Will Keane opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Oxford United's goals came from Ryan Williams (33') and Matty Taylor (59'). Wigan Athletic scored through Will Keane (8'), Max Power (32') and James McClean (86').

Discipline: Oxford United received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Oxford United were 5th on 39 points from 21 and Wigan Athletic 2nd on 42 points from 20. Oxford United went on to finish that season 8th with 76 points, and Wigan Athletic 1st with 92.

Oxford United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Max Power of Wigan Athletic (8.6), ahead of Mark Sykes (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Oxford United wins, 0 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Will KeaneWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Tendayi DarikwaWigan Athletic
  • 32'Goal · Max PowerWigan Athletic · 0-2
  • 33'Goal · Ryan WilliamsOxford United · 1-2
  • 36'Yellow card · Max PowerWigan Athletic
  • 36'Yellow card · Matty TaylorOxford United
  • 44'Yellow card · Tom NaylorWigan Athletic
  • 59'Goal · Matty TaylorOxford United · 2-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Jack WhatmoughWigan Athletic
  • 86'Goal · James McCleanWigan Athletic · 2-3
  • 90'Yellow card · James McCleanWigan Athletic
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Marcus McGuaneOxford United

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Oxford United 2, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

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Oxford United line-up (4-3-3)

Simon Eastwood, A. Forde, Elliott Moore, Sam Long, Steve Seddon, Billy Bodin, Marcus McGuane, Mark Sykes, Gavin Whyte, M. Taylor, Ryan Williams

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

Ben Amos, Tendayi Darikwa, Jack Whatmough, Curtis Tilt, Joe Bennett, Max Power, Tom Naylor, Gavin Massey, Callum Lang, James McClean, Will Keane