Wigan Athletic 3-1 Gillingham: result and report
League One · Thursday 7 January 2016
Result
Wigan Athletic 3-1 Gillingham
League One · Thursday 7 January 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Wigan Athletic 3-1 Gillingham: match report
Wigan Athletic defeated Gillingham 3-1 in the League One on Thursday 7 January 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.
Dominic Samuel opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Will Grigg (64'), Max Power (67') and Craig Morgan (90+6'). Gillingham scored through Dominic Samuel (24') and R. Donnelly (53').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Gillingham received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 6th on 41 points from 24 and Gillingham 2nd on 50 points from 25. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Gillingham 9th with 69.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 3-4-3 and Gillingham in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 1 for Gillingham.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read D-W-W-L-D and Gillingham's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Dominic Samuel
- 53'Goal · R. Donnelly
- 60'Yellow card · Michael Jacobs
- 64'Goal · Will Grigg
- 67'Goal · Max Power
- 90+1'Yellow card · Max Power
- 90+3'Yellow card · Jermaine McGlashan
- 90+3'Yellow card · Jermaine McGlashan
- 90+6'Goal · Craig Morgan
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (3-4-3)
Jussi Jaaskelainen, Reece James, Andy Kellett, Donervon Daniels, Craig Morgan, Leon Barnett, Jason Pearce, David Perkins, Max Power, Michael Jacobs, Will Grigg
Gillingham line-up (4-3-1-2)
Stuart Nelson, John Egan, Max Ehmer, Aaron Morris, Ryan Jackson, Bradley Garmston, Jake Hessenthaler, Bradley Dack, Josh Wright, Dominic Samuel, Rory Donnelly