Wigan Athletic 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday: result and report
Championship · Saturday 4 August 2018
Result
Wigan Athletic 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Championship · Saturday 4 August 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Wigan Athletic 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday: match report
Wigan Athletic defeated Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 in the Championship on Saturday 4 August 2018. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Michael Jacobs opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Michael Jacobs (11'), Michael Jacobs (26') and N. Powell (60'). Sheffield Wednesday scored through Atdhe Nuhiu (20') and F. Forestieri (67').
Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Sheffield Wednesday received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Sheffield Wednesday 12th with 64.
Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield Wednesday in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Michael Jacobs of Wigan Athletic (9.4), ahead of Chey Dunkley (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Wigan Athletic wins, 0 draws and 4 for Sheffield Wednesday.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Michael Jacobs
- 20'Goal · Atdhe Nuhiu
- 26'Goal · Michael Jacobs
- 34'Yellow card · Liam Palmer
- 44'Yellow card · Joost van Aken
- 60'Goal · N. Powell
- 67'Goal · F. Forestieri
- 79'Yellow card · Atdhe Nuhiu
- 84'Yellow card · Chey Dunkley
- 86'Yellow card · Barry Bannan
- 90'Second yellow · Atdhe Nuhiu
Head-to-head
Team news
Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)
Christian Walton, Antonee Robinson, Reece James, Cédric Kipré, Chey Dunkley, Darron Gibson, Sam Morsy, Gavin Massey, Michael Jacobs, Nick Powell, Will Grigg
Sheffield Wednesday line-up (3-5-2)
Cameron Dawson, Joost van Aken, Tom Lees, Daniel Pudil, Liam Palmer, Joey Pelupessy, Barry Bannan, Adam Reach, Sam Hutchinson, Atdhe Nuhiu, Fernando Forestieri