Peterborough United 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Saturday 27 February 2021

Result

Peterborough United 2-1 Wigan Athletic

League One · Saturday 27 February 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Peterborough United 2-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Peterborough United defeated Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 27 February 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

Thelo Aasgaard opened the scoring in the 72nd minute. Peterborough United's goals came from Jonson Clarke-Harris (82') and Jonson Clarke-Harris (85', penalty). Wigan Athletic scored through Thelo Aasgaard (72').

Discipline: Peterborough United received 3 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Peterborough United were 1st on 58 points from 29 and Wigan Athletic 22nd on 27 points from 30. Peterborough United went on to finish that season 2nd with 87 points, and Wigan Athletic 20th with 48.

Peterborough 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 Jonson Clarke-Harris of Peterborough United (8.6), ahead of Dan Butler (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Peterborough United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Mark BeeversPeterborough United
  • 49'Yellow card · Luke RobinsonWigan Athletic
  • 72'Goal · Thelo AasgaardWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 82'Goal · Jonson Clarke-HarrisPeterborough United · 1-1
  • 85'Penalty goal · Jonson Clarke-HarrisPeterborough United · 2-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Jonson Clarke-HarrisPeterborough United
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Siriki DembéléPeterborough United

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Peterborough United 2, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 1.

Team news

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

Christy Pym, Nathan Thompson, Frankie Kent, Mark Beevers, Joe Ward, Jack Taylor, Reece Brown, Dan Butler, Sammie Szmodics, Siriki Dembélé, Jonson Clarke-Harris

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

Jamie Jones, Tendayi Darikwa, Scott Wootton, Curtis Tilt, Luke Robinson, F. Ojo, Dan Gardner, Viv Solomon-Otabor, Callum Lang, Gavin Massey, Joseph Dodoo