Shrewsbury Town 1-5 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Saturday 2 April 2016

Result

Shrewsbury Town 1-5 Wigan Athletic

League One · Saturday 2 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Shrewsbury Town 1-5 Wigan Athletic: match report

Shrewsbury Town lost to Wigan Athletic 1-5 in the League One on Saturday 2 April 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Sullay Kaikai opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Shrewsbury Town's goal came from Sullay Kaikai (28'). Wigan Athletic scored through Conor McAleny (33'), Yanic Wildschut (57'), Jason Pearce (61'), Will Grigg (66', penalty) and Will Grigg (90+3').

Discipline: Shrewsbury Town received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Wigan Athletic received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Shrewsbury Town were 17th on 46 points from 38 and Wigan Athletic 2nd on 74 points from 39. Shrewsbury Town went on to finish that season 20th with 50 points, and Wigan Athletic 1st with 87.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Shrewsbury Town wins, 0 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Sullay KaikaiShrewsbury Town · 1-0
  • 33'Goal · Conor McAlenyWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 57'Goal · Yanic WildschutWigan Athletic · 1-2
  • 61'Goal · Jason PearceWigan Athletic · 1-3
  • 66'Red card · Zak WhitbreadShrewsbury Town
  • 66'Penalty goal · Will GriggWigan Athletic · 1-4
  • 90+3'Goal · Will GriggWigan Athletic · 1-5

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Shrewsbury Town 0, draws 0, Wigan Athletic 1.

Team news

Shrewsbury Town line-up

Mark Halstead, Zak Whitbread, Jermaine Grandison, Junior Brown, Jack Grimmer, Ian Blackstone, Richard Wellens, Sullay Kaikai, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, K. Vassell, Shaun Whalley

Wigan Athletic line-up

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Donervon Daniels, Jason Pearce, Reece Wabara, David Perkins, Max Power, Sam Morsy, Stephen Warnock, Will Grigg, Conor McAleny, Y. Wildschut