Wigan Athletic 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 27 September 2016
Result
Wigan Athletic 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Championship · Tuesday 27 September 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Wigan Athletic 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report
Wigan Athletic defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 27 September 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Adam Le Fondre opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Adam Le Fondre (5') and Will Grigg (88'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Prince Oniangué (34').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 4 yellow cards; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 24th on 5 points from 9 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 6th on 15 points from 9. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 42 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 14th with 58.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Stephen Warnock of Wigan Athletic (8.2), ahead of Prince Oniangué (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Wigan Athletic wins, 1 draw and 3 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Adam Le Fondre
- 34'Yellow card · Jordi Gómez
- 34'Goal · Prince Oniangué
- 41'Yellow card · Sílvio
- 44'Yellow card · Max Power
- 53'Yellow card · Romain Saïss
- 56'Yellow card · Stephen Warnock
- 71'Yellow card · Prince Oniangué
- 88'Goal · Will Grigg
- 90+2'Yellow card · N. Powell
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-1-4-1)
Ádám Bogdán, David Perkins, Jake Buxton, Dan Burn, Stephen Warnock, Shaun MacDonald, Nathan Byrne, Max Power, Jordi Gómez, Y. Wildschut, Adam Le Fondre
Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-3-3)
Carl Ikeme, Matt Doherty, Dominic Iorfa, Danny Batth, Sílvio, Dave Edwards, Romain Saïss, Prince Oniangué, Hélder Costa, Ivan Cavaleiro, João Teixeira