Wigan Athletic 3-2 Cardiff City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 3 August 2019
Result
Wigan Athletic 3-2 Cardiff City
Championship · Saturday 3 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Wigan Athletic 3-2 Cardiff City: match report
Wigan Athletic defeated Cardiff City 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 3 August 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.
J. Ralls opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Michael Jacobs (59'), Josh Windass (63') and Lee Evans (75'). Cardiff City scored through J. Ralls (20') and O. Bogle (70').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards.
Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Cardiff City 5th with 76.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Jacobs of Wigan Athletic (8.2), ahead of Lee Evans (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 1 draw and 2 for Cardiff City.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · J. Ralls
- 20'Goal · J. Ralls
- 44'Yellow card · Bobby De Cordova-Reid
- 45+1'Yellow card · Josh Murphy
- 49'Missed penalty · Josh Windass
- 59'Goal · Michael Jacobs
- 63'Goal · Josh Windass
- 66'Yellow card · Aden Flint
- 66'Yellow card · Joe Garner
- 70'Goal · O. Bogle
- 75'Goal · Lee Evans
- 90+1'Yellow card · Nathan Byrne
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Txiki Acaz, Nathan Byrne, Antonee Robinson, Danny Fox, Chey Dunkley, Lewis MacLeod, Anthony Pilkington, Lee Evans, Josh Windass, Michael Jacobs, Joe Garner
Cardiff City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Neil Etheridge, Lee Peltier, Joe Bennett, Sean Morrison, Aden Flint, Leandro Bacuna, Joe Ralls, Josh Murphy, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Gary Madine