Wigan Athletic 2-0 Walsall: result and report
League One · Saturday 30 September 2017
Result
Wigan Athletic 2-0 Walsall
League One · Saturday 30 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Wigan Athletic 2-0 Walsall: match report
Wigan Athletic won against Walsall 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 30 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Will Grigg opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Will Grigg (30') and Will Grigg (54', penalty). Walsall did not score.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Walsall received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 2nd on 22 points from 10 and Walsall 13th on 13 points from 10. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 1st with 98 points, and Walsall 19th with 52.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Walsall in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 1 draw and 0 for Walsall.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Walsall's D-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Samy Morsy
- 30'Goal · Will Grigg
- 52'Yellow card · James Wilson
- 54'Penalty goal · Will Grigg
- 75'Yellow card · Max Power
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-3-2-1)
Jamie Jones, Nathan Byrne, Callum Elder, Chey Dunkley, Dan Burn, Sam Morsy, Lee Evans, Gavin Massey, Michael Jacobs, Nick Powell, Will Grigg
Walsall line-up (4-1-4-1)
Mark Gillespie, Jon Guthrie, Nicky Devlin, James Wilson, Joe Edwards, Luke Leahy, Adam Chambers, Erhun Oztumer, Kieron Morris, Zeli Ismail, Tyler Roberts