Stoke City 0-3 Wigan Athletic: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 22 August 2018
Result
Stoke City 0-3 Wigan Athletic
Championship · Wednesday 22 August 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Stoke City 0-3 Wigan Athletic: match report
Stoke City were beaten by Wigan Athletic 0-3 in the Championship on Wednesday 22 August 2018. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Will Grigg opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Stoke City did not score. Wigan Athletic scored through Will Grigg (27'), Gavin Massey (32') and Will Grigg (57', penalty).
Discipline: Stoke City received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Stoke City were 21st on 2 points from 3 and Wigan Athletic 15th on 4 points from 3. Stoke City went on to finish that season 17th with 55 points, and Wigan Athletic 18th with 52.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nick Powell of Wigan Athletic (8.3), level with Will Grigg (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Stoke City win, 6 draws and 3 for Wigan Athletic.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Will Grigg
- 32'Goal · Gavin Massey
- 45+1'Yellow card · James McClean
- 56'Yellow card · Joe Allen
- 57'Penalty goal · Will Grigg
- 66'Yellow card · N. Powell
- 66'Yellow card · Ashley Williams
- 71'Yellow card · Peter Crouch
- 73'Yellow card · Reece James
- 78'Second yellow · Ashley Williams
Head-to-head
Team news
Stoke City line-up (4-4-2)
Jack Butland, Tom Edwards, Ryan Shawcross, Ashley Williams, Erik Pieters, Tom Ince, Darren Fletcher, Joe Allen, James McClean, Daniel Schütz, Benik Afobe
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Christian Walton, Reece James, Chey Dunkley, Cédric Kipré, Antonee Robinson, Lee Evans, Sam Morsy, Gavin Massey, Nick Powell, Michael Jacobs, Will Grigg