Wigan Athletic 2-0 Fleetwood Town: result and report
League One · Tuesday 1 March 2022
Result
Wigan Athletic 2-0 Fleetwood Town
League One · Tuesday 1 March 2022, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Wigan Athletic 2-0 Fleetwood Town: match report
Wigan Athletic defeated Fleetwood Town 2-0 in the League One on Tuesday 1 March 2022. The half-time score was 2-0.
Will Keane opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Will Keane (37', penalty) and James McClean (42'). Fleetwood Town did not score.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Fleetwood Town received no yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 2nd on 66 points from 32 and Fleetwood Town 19th on 33 points from 32. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 1st with 92 points, and Fleetwood Town 20th with 40.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fleetwood Town in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James McClean of Wigan Athletic (8.2), ahead of Ben Amos (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Wigan Athletic wins, 2 draws and 1 for Fleetwood Town.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Graeme Shinnie
- 37'Penalty goal · Will Keane
- 42'Goal · James McClean
- 66'Yellow card · Tendayi Darikwa
- 81'Yellow card · Max Power
- 90+7'Red card · Joe Garner
- 90+7'Red card · James McClean
Head-to-head
Team news
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Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ben Amos, Max Power, Jack Whatmough, Kell Watts, Tendayi Darikwa, Tom Naylor, Graeme Shinnie, Callum Lang, Will Keane, James McClean, Stephen Humphrys
Fleetwood Town line-up (4-1-4-1)
Alex Cairns, Callum Johnson, Tom Clarke, Zak Jules, Danny Andrew, Callum Camps, Shayden Morris, Carl Johnston, Harrison Biggins, Daniel Butterworth, Ellis Harrison