Wigan Athletic 5-2 Bolton Wanderers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 16 March 2019

Result

Wigan Athletic 5-2 Bolton Wanderers

Championship · Saturday 16 March 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Wigan Athletic · Bolton Wanderers · Championship predictions

Wigan Athletic 5-2 Bolton Wanderers: match report

Wigan Athletic defeated Bolton Wanderers 5-2 in the Championship on Saturday 16 March 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

Joe Garner opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Joe Garner (4'), Gavin Massey (51'), N. Powell (55'), Michael Jacobs (69') and Leon Clarke (81'). Bolton Wanderers scored through Gary O'Neil (62') and Sammy Ameobi (80').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received no yellow cards; Bolton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 21st on 36 points from 37 and Bolton Wanderers 23rd on 29 points from 37. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Bolton Wanderers 23rd with 32.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bolton Wanderers in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nick Powell of Wigan Athletic (8.3), ahead of Joe Garner (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 5 draws and 3 for Bolton Wanderers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Jason LoweBolton Wanderers
  • 4'Goal · Joe GarnerWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 51'Goal · Gavin MasseyWigan Athletic · 2-0
  • 55'Goal · N. PowellWigan Athletic · 3-0
  • 62'Goal · Gary O'NeilBolton Wanderers · 3-1
  • 69'Goal · Michael JacobsWigan Athletic · 4-1
  • 80'Goal · Sammy AmeobiBolton Wanderers · 4-2
  • 81'Goal · Leon ClarkeWigan Athletic · 5-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wigan Athletic 2, draws 5, Bolton Wanderers 3.

Team news

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

Christian Walton, Nathan Byrne, Chey Dunkley, Cédric Kipré, Antonee Robinson, Reece James, Sam Morsy, Gavin Massey, Nick Powell, Michael Jacobs, Joe Garner

Bolton Wanderers line-up (4-4-1-1)

Remi Matthews, Jason Lowe, Jack Hobbs, Mark Beevers, Andrew Taylor, Gary O'Neil, Joe Williams, Callum Connolly, Will Buckley, Clayton Donaldson, Josh Magennis