Wigan Athletic 2-3 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 31 October 2020

Result

Wigan Athletic 2-3 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 31 October 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Wigan Athletic 2-3 Northampton Town: match report

Wigan Athletic were beaten by Northampton Town 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 31 October 2020. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Danny Rose opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Joe Garner (63', penalty) and Tom James (75'). Northampton Town scored through Danny Rose (13'), Sam Hoskins (21') and C. Chukwuemeka (66').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 19th on 7 points from 9 and Northampton Town 20th on 7 points from 9. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 20th with 48 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 45.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Northampton Town in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Hoskins of Northampton Town (8.6), ahead of Danny Rose (8.0).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Danny RoseNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 13'Yellow card · Oliver CrankshawWigan Athletic
  • 21'Goal · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town · 0-2
  • 40'Yellow card · Joe GarnerWigan Athletic
  • 63'Penalty goal · Joe GarnerWigan Athletic · 1-2
  • 66'Goal · C. ChukwuemekaNorthampton Town · 1-3
  • 75'Goal · Tom JamesWigan Athletic · 2-3
  • 77'Yellow card · Tom PearceWigan Athletic
  • 81'Yellow card · Jack SowerbyNorthampton Town
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Jonathan MitchellNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Wigan Athletic 2, draws 0, Northampton Town 0.

Team news

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

Jamie Jones, Ollie Crankshaw, Tom James, Adam Long, Tom Pearce, Alex Perry, Chris Merrie, Matt Palmer, Thelo Aasgaard, Dan Gardner, Joe Garner

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

J. Mitchell, Cian Bolger, Fraser Horsfall, Alan Sheehan, Michael Harriman, Jack Sowerby, Ryan Watson, Nicky Adams, Sam Hoskins, Harry Smith, Danny Rose