Wigan Athletic 1-0 Northampton Town: result and report
League One · Tuesday 19 September 2017
Result
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Northampton Town
League One · Tuesday 19 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Northampton Town: match report
Wigan Athletic won against Northampton Town 1-0 in the League One on Tuesday 19 September 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Michael Jacobs of Wigan Athletic in the 56th minute.
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 5th on 16 points from 7 and Northampton Town 17th on 7 points from 7. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 1st with 98 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 47.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Northampton Town in a 4-1-4-1.
Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read W-W-L-D-W and Northampton Town's D-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 44'Yellow card · Samy Morsy
- 56'Goal · Michael Jacobs
- 58'Yellow card · Michael Jacobs
- 78'Yellow card · Dean Bowditch
- 78'Yellow card · Dean Bowditch
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-3-2-1)
Jamie Jones, Nathan Byrne, Chey Dunkley, Reece James, Dan Burn, Sam Morsy, Lee Evans, Gavin Massey, Michael Jacobs, Gary Roberts, Will Grigg
Northampton Town line-up (4-1-4-1)
Matt Ingram, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Leon Barnett, Ash Taylor, Regan Poole, R. Hanley, Yaser Kasim, Matt Grimes, Marc Richards, Daniel Powell