Wigan Athletic 2-0 Burton Albion: result and report
League One · Saturday 30 October 2021
Result
Wigan Athletic 2-0 Burton Albion
League One · Saturday 30 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Wigan Athletic 2-0 Burton Albion: match report
Wigan Athletic defeated Burton Albion 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 30 October 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.
James McClean opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from James McClean (9') and Curtis Tilt (51'). Burton Albion did not score.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 3rd on 28 points from 14 and Burton Albion 8th on 22 points from 15. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 1st with 92 points, and Burton Albion 16th with 53.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-5-2 and Burton Albion in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to James McClean of Wigan Athletic (8.4), ahead of Curtis Tilt (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 3 draws and 1 for Burton Albion.
Key events
- 9'Goal · James McClean
- 15'Red card · Jonny Smith
- 33'Yellow card · Michael Bostwick
- 36'Yellow card · Tendayi Darikwa
- 39'Yellow card · Tom Bayliss
- 51'Goal · Curtis Tilt
- 57'Yellow card · Tom Hamer
Head-to-head
Team news
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Wigan Athletic line-up (3-5-2)
Ben Amos, Jason Kerr, Jack Whatmough, Curtis Tilt, Tendayi Darikwa, Will Keane, Tom Bayliss, Max Power, James McClean, Stephen Humphrys, Charlie Wyke
Burton Albion line-up (3-5-2)
Ben Garratt, Michael Bostwick, Conor Shaughnessy, Deji Oshilaja, Tom Hamer, Joe Powell, Michael Mancienne, Thomas O'Connor, Jonny Smith, Lucas Akins, Daniel Jebbison