Wigan Athletic 1-0 Oxford United: result and report

League One · Tuesday 17 April 2018

Result

Wigan Athletic 1-0 Oxford United

League One · Tuesday 17 April 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Wigan Athletic 1-0 Oxford United: match report

Wigan Athletic defeated Oxford United 1-0 in the League One on Tuesday 17 April 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Will Grigg of Wigan Athletic in the 87th minute.

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received no yellow cards; Oxford United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 1st on 87 points from 41 and Oxford United 17th on 50 points from 42. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 1st with 98 points, and Oxford United 16th with 56.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Oxford United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 0 draws and 0 for Oxford United.

Going into the match Wigan Athletic's last five read D-W-W-L-W and Oxford United's W-L-D-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Todd KaneOxford United
  • 75'Yellow card · C. CarrollOxford United
  • 80'Yellow card · Cameron BrannaganOxford United
  • 87'Goal · Will GriggWigan Athletic · 1-0

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Wigan Athletic 1, draws 0, Oxford United 0.

Team news

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

Christian Walton, Callum Elder, Chey Dunkley, Dan Burn, Sam Morsy, Max Power, Michael Jacobs, Gary Roberts, Jay Fulton, James Vaughan, Ryan Colclough

Oxford United line-up (4-4-2)

Simon Eastwood, Curtis Nelson, Rob Dickie, Ricardinho, Cameron Brannagan, Josh Ruffels, Todd Kane, Alex Mowatt, Canice Carroll, Isaac Buckley-Ricketts, Gino van Kessel