Wigan Athletic 2-3 Ipswich Town: result and report

Championship · Saturday 17 December 2016

Result

Wigan Athletic 2-3 Ipswich Town

Championship · Saturday 17 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Wigan Athletic 2-3 Ipswich Town: match report

Wigan Athletic were beaten by Ipswich Town 2-3 in the Championship on Saturday 17 December 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Juan Carlos León opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Yanic Wildschut (35') and Yanic Wildschut (62'). Ipswich Town scored through Juan Carlos León (7', penalty), Juan Carlos León (68') and David McGoldrick (88').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Ipswich Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 23rd on 18 points from 21 and Ipswich Town 17th on 25 points from 21. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 42 points, and Ipswich Town 16th with 55.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Ipswich Town in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Y. Wildschut of Wigan Athletic (8.6), ahead of David McGoldrick (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 2 draws and 0 for Ipswich Town.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Penalty goal · Juan Carlos LeónIpswich Town · 0-1
  • 13'Yellow card · Juan Carlos LeónIpswich Town
  • 15'Yellow card · Andre DozzellIpswich Town
  • 35'Goal · Yanic WildschutWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 44'Yellow card · A. KellettWigan Athletic
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Dan BurnWigan Athletic
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Jussi JaaskelainenWigan Athletic
  • 62'Goal · Yanic WildschutWigan Athletic · 2-1
  • 68'Goal · Juan Carlos LeónIpswich Town · 2-2
  • 88'Goal · David McGoldrickIpswich Town · 2-3
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Tom LawrenceIpswich Town

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Wigan Athletic 2, draws 2, Ipswich Town 0.

Team news

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

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Stephen Warnock, Jake Buxton, Dan Burn, Andy Kellett, Michael Jacobs, David Perkins, Max Power, Y. Wildschut, Jordi Gómez, Will Grigg

Ipswich Town line-up (4-4-1-1)

Bartosz Białkowski, Luke Chambers, Adam Webster, Christophe Berra, Jonas Knudsen, Freddie Sears, Cole Skuse, Jonathan Williams, Andre Dozzell, Tom Lawrence, Brett Pitman