Preston North End 4-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Championship · Saturday 6 October 2018

Result

Preston North End 4-0 Wigan Athletic

Championship · Saturday 6 October 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Preston North End 4-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Preston North End defeated Wigan Athletic 4-0 in the Championship on Saturday 6 October 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Tom Barkhuizen opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Tom Barkhuizen (17'), Callum Robinson (51'), Paul Gallagher (85', penalty) and Callum Robinson (90+6'). Wigan Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Preston North End received 3 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 24th on 6 points from 11 and Wigan Athletic 9th on 17 points from 11. Preston North End went on to finish that season 15th with 61 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 52.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Clarke of Preston North End (8.1), ahead of Daniel Johnson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Preston North End win, 1 draw and 0 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Tom BarkhuizenPreston North End · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 40'Yellow card · Callum RobinsonPreston North End
  • 41'Yellow card · Alan BrownePreston North End
  • 41'Yellow card · Josh WindassWigan Athletic
  • 51'Goal · Callum RobinsonPreston North End · 2-0
  • 56'Red card · Darron GibsonWigan Athletic
  • 68'Yellow card · Will GriggWigan Athletic
  • 85'Penalty goal · Paul GallagherPreston North End · 3-0
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Dan BurnWigan Athletic
  • 90+6'Goal · Callum RobinsonPreston North End · 4-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Preston North End 1, draws 1, Wigan Athletic 0.

Team news

Preston North End line-up (4-2-3-1)

Chris Maxwell, Darnell Fisher, Tom Clarke, Jordan Storey, Andrew Hughes, Ben Pearson, Daniel Johnson, Tom Barkhuizen, Alan Browne, Callum Robinson, Lukas Nmecha

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

Christian Walton, Reece James, Chey Dunkley, Cédric Kipré, Antonee Robinson, Darron Gibson, Sam Morsy, Michael Jacobs, Nick Powell, Josh Windass, Will Grigg