Oxford United 2-3 Wigan Athletic: result and report
League One · Saturday 18 December 2021
Result
Oxford United 2-3 Wigan Athletic
League One · Saturday 18 December 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Oxford United 2-3 Wigan Athletic: match report
Oxford United were beaten by Wigan Athletic 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 18 December 2021. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Will Keane opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Oxford United's goals came from Ryan Williams (33') and Matty Taylor (59'). Wigan Athletic scored through Will Keane (8'), Max Power (32') and James McClean (86').
Discipline: Oxford United received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Oxford United were 5th on 39 points from 21 and Wigan Athletic 2nd on 42 points from 20. Oxford United went on to finish that season 8th with 76 points, and Wigan Athletic 1st with 92.
Oxford United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Max Power of Wigan Athletic (8.6), ahead of Mark Sykes (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Oxford United wins, 0 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Will Keane
- 30'Yellow card · Tendayi Darikwa
- 32'Goal · Max Power
- 33'Goal · Ryan Williams
- 36'Yellow card · Max Power
- 36'Yellow card · Matty Taylor
- 44'Yellow card · Tom Naylor
- 59'Goal · Matty Taylor
- 72'Yellow card · Jack Whatmough
- 86'Goal · James McClean
- 90'Yellow card · James McClean
- 90+1'Yellow card · Marcus McGuane
Head-to-head
Team news
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Oxford United line-up (4-3-3)
Simon Eastwood, A. Forde, Elliott Moore, Sam Long, Steve Seddon, Billy Bodin, Marcus McGuane, Mark Sykes, Gavin Whyte, M. Taylor, Ryan Williams
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ben Amos, Tendayi Darikwa, Jack Whatmough, Curtis Tilt, Joe Bennett, Max Power, Tom Naylor, Gavin Massey, Callum Lang, James McClean, Will Keane