Walsall 1-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Saturday 20 February 2016

Result

Walsall 1-2 Wigan Athletic

League One · Saturday 20 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Walsall 1-2 Wigan Athletic: match report

Walsall were beaten by Wigan Athletic 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 20 February 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Conor McAleny opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Walsall's goal came from Sam Mantom (68'). Wigan Athletic scored through Conor McAleny (39') and Yanic Wildschut (90+1').

Discipline: Walsall received 5 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Walsall were 3rd on 57 points from 30 and Wigan Athletic 4th on 56 points from 31. Walsall went on to finish that season 4th with 82 points, and Wigan Athletic 1st with 87.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Sam MantomWalsall
  • 10'Yellow card · Milan LalkovicWalsall
  • 14'Yellow card · David PerkinsWigan Athletic
  • 39'Goal · Conor McAlenyWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Adam ChambersWalsall
  • 65'Yellow card · Matt PrestonWalsall
  • 68'Goal · Sam MantomWalsall · 1-1
  • 90+1'Goal · Yanic WildschutWigan Athletic · 1-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Jason DimitriouWalsall

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Walsall 0, draws 1, Wigan Athletic 0.

Team news

Walsall line-up

Neil Etheridge, Andy Taylor, Paul Michael Downing, A. Forde, Matt Preston, Jason Demetriou, Adam Chambers, Sam Mantom, R. Sawyers, Tom Bradshaw, Milan Lalkovic

Wigan Athletic line-up

Jussi Jaaskelainen, Donervon Daniels, Craig Morgan, Jason Pearce, David Perkins, Max Power, Chris McCann, Sam Morsy, Will Grigg, Conor McAleny, Ryan Colclough