Wigan Athletic 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Tuesday 26 November 2024

Result

Wigan Athletic 2-1 Northampton Town

League One · Tuesday 26 November 2024, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Wigan Athletic 2-1 Northampton Town: match report

Wigan Athletic won against Northampton Town 2-1 in the League One on Tuesday 26 November 2024. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Thelo Aasgaard opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Thelo Aasgaard (11') and Jonny Smith (18'). Northampton Town scored through Tom Eaves (56').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 17th on 17 points from 15 and Northampton Town 16th on 18 points from 16. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Northampton Town 19th with 51.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Northampton Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Thelo Aasgaard of Wigan Athletic (8.2), ahead of Dale Taylor (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 1 draw and 0 for Northampton Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Thelo AasgaardWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Jonny SmithWigan Athletic · 2-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Jon GuthrieNorthampton Town
  • 56'Goal · Tom EavesNorthampton Town · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Matthew SmithWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Wigan Athletic 1, draws 1, Northampton Town 0.

Team news

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

Sam Tickle, Toby Sibbick, Jason Kerr, Will Aimson, Steven Sessegnon, Matthew Smith, Jonny Smith, Jensen Weir, Thelo Aasgaard, Silko Thomas, Dale Taylor

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

Lee Burge, Akin Odimayo, Timothy Eyoma, Jon Guthrie, Nesta Guinness-Walker, S. Chouchane, Will Hondermarck, Mitch Pinnock, Cameron McGeehan, Tariqe Fosu-Henry, Tyler Roberts