Wigan Athletic 3-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 16 September 2017
Result
Wigan Athletic 3-0 Bristol Rovers
League One · Saturday 16 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Wigan Athletic 3-0 Bristol Rovers: match report
Wigan Athletic beat Bristol Rovers 3-0 in the League One on Saturday 16 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
N. Powell opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from N. Powell (30'), Will Grigg (49') and Gavin Massey (90+5'). Bristol Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Bristol Rovers received no yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 6th on 13 points from 6 and Bristol Rovers 12th on 9 points from 7. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 1st with 98 points, and Bristol Rovers 13th with 59.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read W-L-D-W-W and Bristol Rovers's L-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 30'Goal · N. Powell
- 30'Red card · Ryan Sweeney
- 49'Goal · Will Grigg
- 67'Yellow card · Samy Morsy
- 72'Yellow card · Michael Jacobs
- 81'Missed penalty · Ellis Harrison
- 90+5'Goal · Gavin Massey
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-3-2-1)
Jamie Jones, Nathan Byrne, Alex Bruce, Reece James, Dan Burn, Sam Morsy, Lee Evans, Gavin Massey, Michael Jacobs, Nick Powell, Will Grigg
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Sam Slocombe, Daniel Leadbitter, Tom Lockyer, Ryan Sweeney, Marc Bola, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Ellis Harrison, Billy Bodin, Rory Gaffney