Wigan Athletic 2-0 Exeter City: result and report
League One · Saturday 21 March 2026
Result
Wigan Athletic 2-0 Exeter City
League One · Saturday 21 March 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Wigan Athletic 2-0 Exeter City: match report
Wigan Athletic defeated Exeter City 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 21 March 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Joe Taylor opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Joe Taylor (5') and Fraser Murray (85'). Exeter City did not score.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Exeter City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 20th on 42 points from 37 and Exeter City 19th on 42 points from 38. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Exeter City 21st with 49.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Exeter City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fraser Murray of Wigan Athletic (8.0), ahead of Llyton Chapman (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 3 draws and 1 for Exeter City.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Joe Taylor
- 29'Yellow card · J. Yfeko
- 69'Yellow card · J. McMillan
- 85'Goal · Fraser Murray
- 90+1'Yellow card · Danny Andrew
- 90+1'Yellow card · Raphael Borges Rodrigues
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-2-1)
Sam Tickle, Will Aimson, Jason Kerr, Llyton Chapman, Raphael Borges Rodrigues, Owen Moxon, Jensen Weir, Fraser Murray, Harrison Bettoni, Caylan Vickers, Joe Taylor
Exeter City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Joe Whitworth, Pierce Sweeney, Luca Woodhouse, J. Yfeko, Ilmari Niskanen, Jack Aitchison, Ethan Brierley, J. McMillan, Reece Cole, Timur Tuterov, Jayden Wareham