Wigan Athletic 0-3 Reading: result and report
Championship · Saturday 5 November 2016
Result
Wigan Athletic 0-3 Reading
Championship · Saturday 5 November 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Wigan Athletic 0-3 Reading: match report
Wigan Athletic were beaten by Reading 0-3 in the Championship on Saturday 5 November 2016. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Garath McCleary opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Wigan Athletic did not score. Reading scored through Garath McCleary (1'), Garath McCleary (5') and Yann Kermorgant (63', penalty).
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 22nd on 14 points from 15 and Reading 4th on 25 points from 15. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 42 points, and Reading 3rd with 90.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Garath McCleary of Reading (8.3), ahead of George Evans (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Wigan Athletic wins, 2 draws and 2 for Reading.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Garath McCleary
- 5'Goal · Garath McCleary
- 33'Yellow card · P. McShane
- 45+1'Yellow card · S. MacDonald
- 62'Yellow card · Max Power
- 63'Penalty goal · Yann Kermorgant
- 69'Yellow card · David Perkins
- 75'Yellow card · Tyler Blackett
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-1-4-1)
Ádám Bogdán, Reece Burke, Jake Buxton, Dan Burn, Stephen Warnock, Shaun MacDonald, David Perkins, Max Power, Jordi Gómez, Michael Jacobs, Adam Le Fondre
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ali Al-Habsi, Chris Gunter, Paul McShane, Liam Moore, Tyler Blackett, George Evans, Danny Williams, Garath McCleary, John Swift, Callum Harriott, Yann Kermorgant