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
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.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Sam Mantom
- 10'Yellow card · Milan Lalkovic
- 14'Yellow card · David Perkins
- 39'Goal · Conor McAleny
- 44'Yellow card · Adam Chambers
- 65'Yellow card · Matt Preston
- 68'Goal · Sam Mantom
- 90+1'Goal · Yanic Wildschut
- 90+4'Yellow card · Jason Dimitriou
Head-to-head
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