Watford 1-0 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Championship · Saturday 28 September 2013

Result

Watford 1-0 Wigan Athletic

Championship · Saturday 28 September 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Watford 1-0 Wigan Athletic: match report

Watford beat Wigan Athletic 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 28 September 2013. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Cristian Battocchio of Watford in the 83rd minute.

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 6th on 15 points from 8 and Wigan Athletic 11th on 11 points from 7. Watford went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Wigan Athletic 5th with 74.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 62'Yellow card · Iriney SantosWatford
  • 63'Yellow card · Ben WatsonWigan Athletic
  • 83'Goal · Cristian BattocchioWatford · 1-0
  • 83'Yellow card · Cristian BattocchioWatford

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Watford 0, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 0.

Team news

Watford expected line-up

Almunia, Marco Cassetti, Lloyd Doyley, Joel Ekstrand, Daniel Pudil, Almen Abdi, Ikechi Anya, Nathaniel Chalobah, Jonathan Hogg, Troy Deeney, Matej Vydra

Wigan Athletic expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Scott Carson, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Stephen Crainey, James Perch, Leon Barnett, James McCarthy, Jean Beausejour, Chris McCann, James McArthur, Shaun Maloney