Preston North End 1-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Championship · Friday 23 September 2016

Result

Preston North End 1-0 Wigan Athletic

Championship · Friday 23 September 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Preston North End · Wigan Athletic · Championship predictions

Preston North End 1-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Preston North End won against Wigan Athletic 1-0 in the Championship on Friday 23 September 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Jordan Hugill of Preston North End in the 7th minute.

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Preston North End were 19th on 7 points from 8 and Wigan Athletic 23rd on 5 points from 8. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Wigan Athletic 23rd with 42.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nathan Byrne of Wigan Athletic (7.8), level with Stephen Warnock (7.8).

Going into the match Preston North End's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Wigan Athletic's D-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Jordan HugillPreston North End · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Greg CunninghamPreston North End
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Dan BurnWigan Athletic
  • 67'Yellow card · David PerkinsWigan Athletic
  • 67'Yellow card · David PerkinsWigan Athletic
  • 75'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End

Team news

Preston North End line-up (4-4-2)

Chris Maxwell, Alex Baptiste, Tom Clarke, Bailey Wright, G. Cunningham, Aiden McGeady, Paul Gallagher, Alan Browne, Callum Robinson, Simon Makienok, Jordan Hugill

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

Ádám Bogdán, Nathan Byrne, Jake Buxton, Dan Burn, Stephen Warnock, Shaun MacDonald, Michael Jacobs, Max Power, Jordi Gómez, Y. Wildschut, Will Grigg