Wigan Athletic 0-2 Newcastle United: result and report
Championship · Wednesday 14 December 2016
Result
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Newcastle United
Championship · Wednesday 14 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Wigan Athletic 0-2 Newcastle United: match report
Wigan Athletic were beaten by Newcastle United 0-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 14 December 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Mohamed Diamé opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Wigan Athletic did not score. Newcastle United scored through Mohamed Diamé (26') and Christian Atsu (78').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 23rd on 18 points from 20 and Newcastle United 2nd on 44 points from 20. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 42 points, and Newcastle United 1st with 95.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Isaac Hayden of Newcastle United (7.8), level with Christian Atsu (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Wigan Athletic wins, 3 draws and 4 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Mohamed Diamé
- 32'Yellow card · Isaac Hayden
- 78'Goal · Christian Atsu
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-1-4-1)
Jussi Jaaskelainen, Luke Garbutt, Craig Morgan, Jake Buxton, Stephen Warnock, Shaun MacDonald, Y. Wildschut, Max Power, David Perkins, Michael Jacobs, Will Grigg
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Karl Darlow, Vurnon Anita, Jamaal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Paul Dummett, Matt Ritchie, Jonjo Shelvey, Isaac Hayden, Yoan Gouffran, Mohamed Diamé, Dwight Gayle