Wigan Athletic 1-2 Sheffield United: result and report
Championship · Monday 19 December 2022
Result
Wigan Athletic 1-2 Sheffield United
Championship · Monday 19 December 2022, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Wigan Athletic 1-2 Sheffield United: match report
Wigan Athletic lost to Sheffield United 1-2 in the Championship on Monday 19 December 2022. The half-time score was 0-1.
John Egan opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Wigan Athletic's goal came from Nathan Broadhead (65'). Sheffield United scored through John Egan (8') and Billy Sharp (56').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Sheffield United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 23rd on 24 points from 22 and Sheffield United 2nd on 41 points from 22. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 23rd with 45 points, and Sheffield United 2nd with 91.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield United in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Patrick McCarthy of Sheffield United (7.8), ahead of Oliver Norwood (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wigan Athletic win, 0 draws and 3 for Sheffield United.
Key events
- 8'Goal · John Egan
- 15'Yellow card · Billy Sharp
- 15'Yellow card · Curtis Tilt
- 40'Yellow card · John Egan
- 56'Goal · Billy Sharp
- 65'Goal · Nathan Broadhead
- 67'Yellow card · Ciaran Clark
Head-to-head
Team news
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Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jamie Jones, Tendayi Darikwa, Jack Whatmough, Curtis Tilt, Joe Bennett, Max Power, Tom Naylor, Callum Lang, Will Keane, James McClean, Nathan Broadhead
Sheffield United line-up (3-4-1-2)
Wes Foderingham, Anel Ahmedhodzic, John Egan, Ciaran Clark, George Baldock, Oliver Norwood, Sander Berge, Enda Stevens, James McAtee, Patrick McCarthy, Iliman Ndiaye