Wigan Athletic 1-2 Oxford United: result and report

League One · Saturday 21 November 2020

Result

Wigan Athletic 1-2 Oxford United

League One · Saturday 21 November 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Wigan Athletic 1-2 Oxford United: match report

Wigan Athletic lost to Oxford United 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 21 November 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.

Matty Taylor opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from Thelo Aasgaard (88'). Oxford United scored through Matty Taylor (61') and James Henry (86').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Oxford United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 24th on 7 points from 11 and Oxford United 21st on 9 points from 10. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 20th with 48 points, and Oxford United 6th with 75.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-4-2 and Oxford United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Kelly of Oxford United (8.0), ahead of Tom Pearce (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 61'Goal · Matty TaylorOxford United · 0-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Tom JamesWigan Athletic
  • 86'Goal · James HenryOxford United · 0-2
  • 88'Goal · Thelo AasgaardWigan Athletic · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Alex GorrinOxford United
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Chris MerrieWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Wigan Athletic 2, draws 0, Oxford United 0.

Team news

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

Jamie Jones, Tom James, Emeka Obi, Curtis Tilt, Tom Pearce, Gavin Massey, Chris Merrie, Matt Palmer, Dan Gardner, Joe Garner, Kyle Joseph

Oxford United line-up (4-3-3)

Simon Eastwood, Sam Long, Elliott Moore, Rob Atkinson, Josh Ruffels, Liam Kelly, Alex Gorrin, Marcus McGuane, James Henry, M. Taylor, Jordan Obita