Portsmouth 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Monday 2 April 2018

Result

Portsmouth 2-1 Wigan Athletic

League One · Monday 2 April 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth 2-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Portsmouth defeated Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the League One on Monday 2 April 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

Juan Carlos León opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Juan Carlos León (40', penalty) and Jamal Lowe (55'). Wigan Athletic scored through Will Grigg (89').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 9th on 58 points from 39 and Wigan Athletic 3rd on 80 points from 37. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 66 points, and Wigan Athletic 1st with 98.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Portsmouth wins, 2 draws and 3 for Wigan Athletic.

Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read W-W-W-L-L and Wigan Athletic's W-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Callum ElderWigan Athletic
  • 25'Yellow card · Nathan ThompsonPortsmouth
  • 40'Penalty goal · Juan Carlos LeónPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Jamal LowePortsmouth · 2-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Samy MorsyWigan Athletic
  • 71'Yellow card · Anton WalkesPortsmouth
  • 81'Yellow card · Kal NaismithPortsmouth
  • 89'Goal · Will GriggWigan Athletic · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Christian WaltonWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 5, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 3.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Luke McGee, Anton Walkes, Matt Clarke, Jack Whatmough, Nathan Thompson, Kal Naismith, Brandon Haunstrup, Gareth Evans, Ben Close, Brett Pitman, Jamal Lowe

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Christian Walton, Nathan Byrne, Callum Elder, Chey Dunkley, Dan Burn, Sam Morsy, Max Power, Gavin Massey, Michael Jacobs, Nick Powell, James Vaughan