Wigan Athletic 4-3 Accrington Stanley: result and report

League One · Saturday 12 December 2020

Result

Wigan Athletic 4-3 Accrington Stanley

League One · Saturday 12 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Wigan Athletic 4-3 Accrington Stanley: match report

Wigan Athletic won against Accrington Stanley 4-3 in the League One on Saturday 12 December 2020. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Tom James opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Tom James (14'), Dan Gardner (19'), Will Keane (32', penalty) and an own goal by Mark Hughes (83'). Accrington Stanley scored through Joe Pritchard (61'), Michael Nottingham (65') and Cameron Burgess (86').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received no yellow cards; Accrington Stanley received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 24th on 11 points from 15 and Accrington Stanley 7th on 26 points from 13. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 20th with 48 points, and Accrington Stanley 11th with 67.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-5-2 and Accrington Stanley in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Cameron Burgess of Accrington Stanley (7.8), ahead of Tom James (7.7).

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Tom JamesWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · Dan GardnerWigan Athletic · 2-0
  • 32'Penalty goal · Will KeaneWigan Athletic · 3-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Seamus ConneelyAccrington Stanley
  • 61'Goal · Joe PritchardAccrington Stanley · 3-1
  • 65'Goal · Michael NottinghamAccrington Stanley · 3-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Mark HughesAccrington Stanley
  • 83'Own goal · Mark HughesWigan Athletic · 4-2
  • 86'Goal · Cameron BurgessAccrington Stanley · 4-3

Team news

Wigan Athletic line-up (3-5-2)

Jamie Jones, Darnell Johnson, Adam Long, Curtis Tilt, Tom James, Dan Gardner, Kyle Joseph, Chris Merrie, Tom Pearce, Will Keane, Alex Perry

Accrington Stanley line-up (3-5-2)

Toby Savin, Michael Nottingham, Mark Hughes, Cameron Burgess, Harvey Rodgers, Matt Butcher, Seamus Conneely, Joe Pritchard, Tariq Uwakwe, Dion Charles, Colby Bishop