Wigan Athletic 3-0 Oldham Athletic: result and report

League One · Friday 30 March 2018

Result

Wigan Athletic 3-0 Oldham Athletic

League One · Friday 30 March 2018, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Wigan Athletic 3-0 Oldham Athletic: match report

Wigan Athletic beat Oldham Athletic 3-0 in the League One on Friday 30 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Will Grigg opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Will Grigg (40'), James Vaughan (49') and N. Powell (66'). Oldham Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received no yellow cards; Oldham Athletic received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 3rd on 77 points from 36 and Oldham Athletic 21st on 40 points from 36. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 1st with 98 points, and Oldham Athletic 21st with 50.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Oldham Athletic in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 2 draws and 0 for Oldham Athletic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Ben PringleOldham Athletic
  • 30'Yellow card · Dan GardnerOldham Athletic
  • 40'Goal · Will GriggWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · James VaughanWigan Athletic · 2-0
  • 66'Goal · N. PowellWigan Athletic · 3-0
  • 83'Yellow card · E. DoyleOldham Athletic

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Wigan Athletic 1, draws 2, Oldham Athletic 0.

Team news

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

Christian Walton, Nathan Byrne, Callum Elder, Chey Dunkley, Dan Burn, Sam Morsy, Max Power, Michael Jacobs, Nick Powell, Will Grigg, Ryan Colclough

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

Johny Placide, Wilfried Moimbé, Brian Wilson, Rob Hunt, Kean Bryan, Dan Gardner, Ben Pringle, Fane Ousmane, Jack Byrne, Craig Davies, Eoin Doyle