Watford 1-1 Wigan Athletic: result and report

Championship · Saturday 18 March 2023

Result

Watford 1-1 Wigan Athletic

Championship · Saturday 18 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Watford 1-1 Wigan Athletic: match report

Watford drew with Wigan Athletic 1-1 in the Championship on Saturday 18 March 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Keinan Davis opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Watford's goal came from Keinan Davis (45'). Wigan Athletic scored through James McClean (51').

Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 10th on 54 points from 37 and Wigan Athletic 24th on 33 points from 37. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 63 points, and Wigan Athletic 23rd with 45.

Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Wigan Athletic in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ismaël Koné of Watford (7.8), level with João Pedro (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Watford wins, 2 draws and 1 for Wigan Athletic.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Max PowerWigan Athletic
  • 29'Yellow card · O. RekikWigan Athletic
  • 30'Yellow card · Chris WilderWatford
  • 45'Goal · Keinan DavisWatford · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Danel SinaniWigan Athletic
  • 51'Goal · James McCleanWigan Athletic · 1-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Tendayi DarikwaWigan Athletic
  • 89'Yellow card · Keinan DavisWatford
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Imrân LouzaWatford

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Watford 4, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 1.

Team news

Watford line-up (3-5-2)

Daniel Bachmann, Ryan Porteous, Craig Cathcart, Wesley Hoedt, Jeremy Ngakia, Imrân Louza, Leandro Bacuna, Ismaël Koné, Ken Sema, João Pedro, Keinan Davis

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

Ben Amos, Charlie Hughes, Steven Caulker, Ryan Nyambe, Tendayi Darikwa, Max Power, Tom Naylor, James McClean, Christ Tiéhi, Danel Sinani, Will Keane