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
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.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Michael Jacobs
- 35'Goal · Jay Fulton
- 40'Goal · Chey Dunkley
- 81'Yellow card · Max Power
Head-to-head
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