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.
Key events
- 8'Goal · A. Reid
- 13'Penalty goal · Shaun Maloney
- 23'Yellow card · Nicolás Frutos
- 29'Yellow card · Eric Lichaj
- 34'Goal · Jordi Gómez
- 87'Yellow card · Jean Beausejour
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