Wigan Athletic 0-1 Huddersfield Town: result and report

Championship · Monday 2 January 2017

Result

Wigan Athletic 0-1 Huddersfield Town

Championship · Monday 2 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Wigan Athletic · Huddersfield Town · Championship predictions

Wigan Athletic 0-1 Huddersfield Town: match report

Wigan Athletic lost to Huddersfield Town 0-1 in the Championship on Monday 2 January 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from N. Wells of Huddersfield Town in the 80th minute.

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Huddersfield Town received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 23rd on 19 points from 24 and Huddersfield Town 7th on 39 points from 24. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 42 points, and Huddersfield Town 5th with 80.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Huddersfield Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordi Gómez of Wigan Athletic (7.5), level with Nick Powell (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 1 draw and 2 for Huddersfield Town.

Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read D-L-L-L-L and Huddersfield Town's D-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Philip BillingHuddersfield Town
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Aaron MooyHuddersfield Town
  • 55'Yellow card · Tareiq Holmes-DennisHuddersfield Town
  • 68'Yellow card · Michael JacobsWigan Athletic
  • 77'Yellow card · Jon Gorenc StankovicHuddersfield Town
  • 80'Goal · N. WellsHuddersfield Town · 0-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Wigan Athletic 2, draws 1, Huddersfield Town 2.

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Max Power, Dan Burn, Jake Buxton, Stephen Warnock, Shaun MacDonald, Jordi Gómez, Michael Jacobs, Will Grigg, Nick Powell, Y. Wildschut

Huddersfield Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Danny Ward, Martin Cranie, Mark Hudson, Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Tareiq Holmes-Dennis, Philip Billing, Aaron Mooy, Elias Kachunga, Jack Payne, Harry Bunn, Nahki Wells