Walsall 0-3 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Wednesday 21 March 2018

Result

Walsall 0-3 Wigan Athletic

League One · Wednesday 21 March 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Walsall 0-3 Wigan Athletic: match report

Walsall were beaten by Wigan Athletic 0-3 in the League One on Wednesday 21 March 2018. It was 0-3 at half-time.

Michael Jacobs opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Walsall did not score. Wigan Athletic scored through Michael Jacobs (31'), Jay Fulton (35') and Chey Dunkley (40').

Discipline: Walsall received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Walsall were 17th on 44 points from 37 and Wigan Athletic 3rd on 71 points from 34. Walsall went on to finish that season 19th with 52 points, and Wigan Athletic 1st with 98.

Walsall lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Walsall wins, 1 draw and 2 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Michael JacobsWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 35'Goal · Jay FultonWigan Athletic · 0-2
  • 40'Goal · Chey DunkleyWigan Athletic · 0-3
  • 81'Yellow card · Max PowerWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Walsall 0, draws 1, Wigan Athletic 2.

Team news

Walsall line-up (4-2-3-1)

Liam Roberts, Jon Guthrie, Nicky Devlin, Jack Fitzwater, Maziar Kouhyar, Luke Leahy, George Dobson, Adam Chambers, Erhun Oztumer, Kieron Morris, Amadou Bakayoko

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Christian Walton, Nathan Byrne, Callum Elder, Chey Dunkley, Dan Burn, Max Power, Michael Jacobs, Nick Powell, Jay Fulton, James Vaughan, Ryan Colclough