Preston North End 3-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Championship · Saturday 10 August 2019

Result

Preston North End 3-0 Wigan Athletic

Championship · Saturday 10 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Preston North End · Wigan Athletic · Championship predictions

Preston North End 3-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Preston North End won against Wigan Athletic 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 10 August 2019. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Sean Maguire opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Sean Maguire (6'), Louis Moult (39') and Paul Gallagher (54'). Wigan Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Preston North End received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Preston North End went on to finish that season 9th with 66 points, and Wigan Athletic 13th with 59.

Preston North End lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Gallagher of Preston North End (8.9), ahead of Declan Rudd (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Preston North End wins, 1 draw and 1 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Sean MaguirePreston North End · 1-0
  • 9'Yellow card · Nathan ByrneWigan Athletic
  • 16'Yellow card · Lewis MacLeodWigan Athletic
  • 20'Yellow card · Ben PearsonPreston North End
  • 39'Goal · Louis MoultPreston North End · 2-0
  • 54'Goal · Paul GallagherPreston North End · 3-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Preston North End 2, draws 1, Wigan Athletic 1.

Team news

Preston North End line-up (4-1-4-1)

Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Ben Davies, Andrew Hughes, Patrick Bauer, Ben Pearson, Daniel Johnson, Paul Gallagher, Sean Maguire, Billy Bodin, L. Moult

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

Txiki Acaz, Nathan Byrne, Antonee Robinson, Danny Fox, Cédric Kipré, Lewis MacLeod, Lee Evans, Josh Windass, Michael Jacobs, Kal Naismith, Joe Garner