Nottingham Forest 3-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Championship · Saturday 26 January 2019

Result

Nottingham Forest 3-1 Wigan Athletic

Championship · Saturday 26 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Nottingham Forest 3-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Nottingham Forest beat Wigan Athletic 3-1 in the Championship on Saturday 26 January 2019. The half-time score was 1-1.

Joe Lolley opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Nottingham Forest's goals came from Joe Lolley (19'), Matty Cash (48') and A. Guédioura (80'). Wigan Athletic scored through Josh Windass (33').

Discipline: Nottingham Forest received 4 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nottingham Forest were 12th on 39 points from 28 and Wigan Athletic 20th on 29 points from 28. Nottingham Forest went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 52.

Nottingham Forest lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Lolley of Nottingham Forest (8.3), ahead of Costel Pantilimon (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Nottingham Forest wins, 3 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Joe LolleyNottingham Forest · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · Ben WatsonNottingham Forest
  • 30'Yellow card · Matty CashNottingham Forest
  • 33'Goal · Josh WindassWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Y. BenalouaneNottingham Forest
  • 48'Goal · Matty CashNottingham Forest · 2-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Samy MorsyWigan Athletic
  • 70'Yellow card · Nathan ByrneWigan Athletic
  • 80'Goal · A. GuédiouraNottingham Forest · 3-1
  • 84'Missed penalty · Joe GarnerWigan Athletic
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Jack ColbackNottingham Forest

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Nottingham Forest 2, draws 3, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

Nottingham Forest line-up (4-3-3)

Costel Pantilimon, Saidy Janko, Yohan Benalouane, Jack Robinson, Ben Osborn, Adlène Guédioura, Ben Watson, Jack Colback, Matty Cash, Daryl Murphy, Joe Lolley

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

Jamie Jones, Reece James, Chey Dunkley, Cédric Kipré, Kal Naismith, Nathan Byrne, Darron Gibson, Sam Morsy, Michael Jacobs, Josh Windass, James Vaughan