Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Championship · Saturday 10 September 2016
Result
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Wigan Athletic
Championship · Saturday 10 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Wigan Athletic: match report
Sheffield Wednesday beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 10 September 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Will Grigg opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from Steven Fletcher (29') and F. Forestieri (62'). Wigan Athletic scored through Will Grigg (5').
Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received 1 yellow card; Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 19th on 5 points from 5 and Wigan Athletic 20th on 4 points from 5. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Wigan Athletic 23rd with 42.
Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fernando Forestieri of Sheffield Wednesday (8.4), ahead of Barry Bannan (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 0 draws and 2 for Wigan Athletic.
Key events
- 3'Yellow card · Max Power
- 5'Goal · Will Grigg
- 23'Yellow card · Luke Garbutt
- 29'Goal · Steven Fletcher
- 34'Yellow card · F. Forestieri
- 62'Goal · F. Forestieri
- 73'Yellow card · Michael Jacobs
Head-to-head
Team news
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-4-1-1)
Keiren Westwood, Liam Palmer, Tom Lees, Sam Hutchinson, Daniel Pudil, Ross Wallace, Kieran Lee, Barry Bannan, Fernando Forestieri, Almen Abdi, Steven Fletcher
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-2-1)
Ádám Bogdán, Reece Burke, Jake Buxton, Stephen Warnock, Luke Burke, Max Power, Nick Powell, Luke Garbutt, Alex Gilbey, Michael Jacobs, Will Grigg