Wigan Athletic 2-3 Northampton Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 31 October 2020
Result
Wigan Athletic 2-3 Northampton Town
League One · Saturday 31 October 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Wigan Athletic 2-3 Northampton Town: match report
Wigan Athletic were beaten by Northampton Town 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 31 October 2020. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Danny Rose opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Joe Garner (63', penalty) and Tom James (75'). Northampton Town scored through Danny Rose (13'), Sam Hoskins (21') and C. Chukwuemeka (66').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 3 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 19th on 7 points from 9 and Northampton Town 20th on 7 points from 9. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 20th with 48 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 45.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Northampton Town in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sam Hoskins of Northampton Town (8.6), ahead of Danny Rose (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 0 for Northampton Town.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Danny Rose
- 13'Yellow card · Oliver Crankshaw
- 21'Goal · Sam Hoskins
- 40'Yellow card · Joe Garner
- 63'Penalty goal · Joe Garner
- 66'Goal · C. Chukwuemeka
- 75'Goal · Tom James
- 77'Yellow card · Tom Pearce
- 81'Yellow card · Jack Sowerby
- 90+7'Yellow card · Jonathan Mitchell
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jamie Jones, Ollie Crankshaw, Tom James, Adam Long, Tom Pearce, Alex Perry, Chris Merrie, Matt Palmer, Thelo Aasgaard, Dan Gardner, Joe Garner
Northampton Town line-up (3-1-4-2)
J. Mitchell, Cian Bolger, Fraser Horsfall, Alan Sheehan, Michael Harriman, Jack Sowerby, Ryan Watson, Nicky Adams, Sam Hoskins, Harry Smith, Danny Rose