Wigan Athletic 1-4 Middlesbrough: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 19 October 2022

Result

Wigan Athletic 1-4 Middlesbrough

Championship · Wednesday 19 October 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Wigan Athletic · Middlesbrough · Championship predictions

Wigan Athletic 1-4 Middlesbrough: match report

Wigan Athletic were beaten by Middlesbrough 1-4 in the Championship on Wednesday 19 October 2022. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Will Keane opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from Will Keane (34'). Middlesbrough scored through I. Jones (44'), Duncan Watmore (51'), H. Hackney (57') and Chuba Akpom (69', penalty).

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

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 17th on 19 points from 14 and Middlesbrough 22nd on 13 points from 14. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 45 points, and Middlesbrough 4th with 76.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Middlesbrough in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Duncan Watmore of Middlesbrough (8.1), ahead of Ryan Giles (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Wigan Athletic wins, 6 draws and 4 for Middlesbrough.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Chuba AkpomMiddlesbrough
  • 12'Yellow card · Curtis TiltWigan Athletic
  • 34'Goal · Will KeaneWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · I. JonesMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 51'Goal · Duncan WatmoreMiddlesbrough · 1-2
  • 57'Goal · H. HackneyMiddlesbrough · 1-3
  • 69'Penalty goal · Chuba AkpomMiddlesbrough · 1-4
  • 72'Yellow card · Matt CrooksMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Wigan Athletic 0, draws 6, Middlesbrough 4.

Team news

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

Ben Amos, Tendayi Darikwa, Jack Whatmough, Curtis Tilt, Joe Bennett, Max Power, Jordan Cousins, Thelo Aasgaard, Will Keane, James McClean, Charlie Wyke

Middlesbrough line-up (3-5-2)

Zack Steffen, Tommy Smith, Dael Fry, Darragh Lenihan, Isaiah Jones, Jonathan Howson, Matt Crooks, Ryan Giles, Hayden Hackney, Duncan Watmore, Chuba Akpom