Wigan Athletic 2-0 Shrewsbury Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 28 October 2023
Result
Wigan Athletic 2-0 Shrewsbury Town
League One · Saturday 28 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Wigan Athletic 2-0 Shrewsbury Town: match report
Wigan Athletic defeated Shrewsbury Town 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 28 October 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Stephen Humphrys opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Stephen Humphrys (35') and Callum Lang (66'). Shrewsbury Town did not score.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 11th on 19 points from 13 and Shrewsbury Town 16th on 17 points from 14. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 10th with 70 points, and Shrewsbury Town 19th with 48.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-4-3 and Shrewsbury Town in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sean Clare of Wigan Athletic (7.8), level with Stephen Humphrys (7.8).
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read W-W-L-L-L and Shrewsbury Town's L-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Red card · Cheyenne Dunkley
- 15'Yellow card · Jason Sraha
- 35'Goal · Stephen Humphrys
- 66'Goal · Callum Lang
- 90+4'Yellow card · Josh Stones
Team news
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Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-3)
Sam Tickle, Sean Clare, Charlie Hughes, Liam Morrison, Steven Sessegnon, Baba Adeeko, Liam Shaw, Jordan Jones, Stephen Humphrys, Thelo Aasgaard, Martial Godo
Shrewsbury Town line-up (5-3-2)
Marko Marosi, Carl Winchester, Tom Flanagan, Chey Dunkley, Jason Sraha, Mal Benning, Taylor Perry, Elliott Bennett, Tom Bayliss, Daniel Udoh, R. Bowman