Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Championship · Saturday 19 January 2019

Result

Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Wigan Athletic

Championship · Saturday 19 January 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Sheffield Wednesday won against Wigan Athletic 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 19 January 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Steven Fletcher of Sheffield Wednesday in the 62nd minute.

Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 16th on 32 points from 27 and Wigan Athletic 19th on 29 points from 27. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 12th with 64 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 52.

Sheffield Wednesday lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Barry Bannan of Sheffield Wednesday (8.3), ahead of Steven Fletcher (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sheffield Wednesday wins, 0 draws and 3 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Yellow card · Lee EvansWigan Athletic
  • 62'Goal · Steven FletcherSheffield Wednesday · 1-0
  • 73'Yellow card · C. KipréWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Sheffield Wednesday 4, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 3.

Team news

Sheffield Wednesday line-up (4-1-4-1)

Keiren Westwood, Liam Palmer, Tom Lees, Michael Hector, Morgan Fox, Sam Hutchinson, Marco Matias, Adam Reach, Barry Bannan, George Boyd, Steven Fletcher

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

Jamie Jones, Reece James, Chey Dunkley, Cédric Kipré, Kal Naismith, Anthony Pilkington, Lee Evans, Sam Morsy, Gary Roberts, Josh Windass, Joe Garner