Wigan Athletic 2-1 Nottingham Forest: result and report

Championship · Saturday 31 August 2013

Result

Wigan Athletic 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Championship · Saturday 31 August 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Wigan Athletic 2-1 Nottingham Forest: match report

Wigan Athletic defeated Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 31 August 2013. The half-time score was 2-1.

A. Reid opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Shaun Maloney (13', penalty) and Jordi Gómez (34'). Nottingham Forest scored through A. Reid (8').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Nottingham Forest received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 12th on 5 points from 4 and Nottingham Forest 2nd on 10 points from 4. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 5th with 74 points, and Nottingham Forest 11th with 65.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · A. ReidNottingham Forest · 0-1
  • 13'Penalty goal · Shaun MaloneyWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 23'Yellow card · Nicolás FrutosNottingham Forest
  • 29'Yellow card · Eric LichajNottingham Forest
  • 34'Goal · Jordi GómezWigan Athletic · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Jean BeausejourWigan Athletic

Team news

Wigan Athletic line-up

Scott Carson, Thomas Rogne, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Jean Beausejour, Leon Barnett, James McCarthy, Ben Watson, Shaun Maloney, Jordi Gómez, Róger Espinoza, Marc-Antoine Fortune

Nottingham Forest line-up

Karl Darlow, Eric Lichaj, Greg Halford, Kelvin Wilson, Jack Hobbs, Adlène Guédioura, Chris Cohen, Henri Lansbury, Andy Reid, Radoslaw Majewski, Jamie Mackie