Preston North End 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 February 2023

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Wigan Athletic

Championship · Saturday 25 February 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Preston North End 2-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Preston North End beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 25 February 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Preston North End's goals came from Daniel Johnson (53', penalty) and Thomas Cannon (57'). Wigan Athletic scored through an own goal by Greg Cunningham (27').

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

Going into the game Preston North End were 14th on 42 points from 32 and Wigan Athletic 24th on 31 points from 32. Preston North End went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Wigan Athletic 23rd with 45.

Preston North End lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alan Browne of Preston North End (7.8), level with Daniel Johnson (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Preston North End wins, 2 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Own goal · Greg CunninghamWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 53'Penalty goal · Daniel JohnsonPreston North End · 1-1
  • 57'Goal · Thomas CannonPreston North End · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Thomas CannonPreston North End
  • 86'Yellow card · Danel SinaniWigan Athletic
  • 87'Yellow card · Robbie BradyPreston North End
  • 90+5'Second yellow · Robbie BradyPreston North End
  • 90+9'Yellow card · Brad PottsPreston North End

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Preston North End 4, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 1.

Team news

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

Freddie Woodman, Bambo Diaby, Liam Lindsay, G. Cunningham, Brad Potts, Ryan Ledson, Daniel Johnson, Álvaro Carreras, Alan Browne, Troy Parrott, Tom Cannon

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

Ben Amos, Charlie Hughes, Jack Whatmough, Ryan Nyambe, Tendayi Darikwa, Max Power, Christ Tiéhi, James McClean, Will Keane, Callum Lang, Ashley Fletcher