Wigan Athletic 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 28 January 2020

Result

Wigan Athletic 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday

Championship · Tuesday 28 January 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Wigan Athletic 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday: match report

Wigan Athletic won against Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 28 January 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Jacob Murphy opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Kieffer Moore (56') and Jamal Lowe (90'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Jacob Murphy (32').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 23rd on 23 points from 28 and Sheffield Wednesday 10th on 42 points from 28. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 17th with 56.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Morsy of Wigan Athletic (8.4), ahead of Barry Bannan (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 6 for Sheffield Wednesday.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · Jacob MurphySheffield Wednesday · 0-1
  • 56'Goal · Kieffer MooreWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 90'Goal · Jamal LoweWigan Athletic · 2-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Wigan Athletic 3, draws 0, Sheffield Wednesday 6.

Team news

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

Txiki Acaz, Nathan Byrne, Cédric Kipré, Kal Naismith, Antonee Robinson, Sam Morsy, Lee Evans, Kieran Dowell, Joe Gelhardt, Jamal Lowe, Kieffer Moore

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-2)

Cameron Dawson, Moses Odubajo, Dominic Iorfa, Julian Börner, Morgan Fox, Jacob Murphy, Joey Pelupessy, Barry Bannan, Kadeem Harris, Sam Winnall, Atdhe Nuhiu