Wigan Athletic 2-0 Peterborough United: result and report

League One · Saturday 16 August 2025

Result

Wigan Athletic 2-0 Peterborough United

League One · Saturday 16 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Wigan Athletic 2-0 Peterborough United: match report

Wigan Athletic won against Peterborough United 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 16 August 2025. The half-time score was 2-0.

Christian Saydee opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Christian Saydee (5') and Jason Kerr (28'). Peterborough United did not score.

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

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 12th on 3 points from 2 and Peterborough United 21st on 0 points from 2. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Peterborough United 18th with 53.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Peterborough United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jason Kerr of Wigan Athletic (8.6), ahead of Fraser Murray (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 1 for Peterborough United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Christian SaydeeWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Jason KerrWigan Athletic · 2-0
  • 57'Yellow card · B. IhionvienPeterborough United
  • 58'Yellow card · Ryan TrevittWigan Athletic
  • 90+2'Yellow card · C. HayesPeterborough United

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Wigan Athletic 3, draws 0, Peterborough United 1.

Team news

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

Sam Tickle, Will Aimson, Jason Kerr, Morgan Fox, Tyrese Francois, Fraser Murray, Ryan Trevitt, Callum Wright, Joseph Hungbo, Christian Saydee, Dara Costelloe

Peterborough United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Vicente Reyes, Carl Johnston, David Okagbue, O. Wallin, Harley Mills, Archie Collins, Brandon Khela, Cian Hayes, Donay O'Brien-Brady, Abraham Odoh, Bradley Ihionvien