Wigan Athletic 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: result and report

League One · Wednesday 8 December 2021

Result

Wigan Athletic 2-1 Shrewsbury Town

League One · Wednesday 8 December 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Wigan Athletic 2-1 Shrewsbury Town: match report

Wigan Athletic defeated Shrewsbury Town 2-1 in the League One on Wednesday 8 December 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

Tendayi Darikwa opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Wigan Athletic's goals came from Tendayi Darikwa (2') and Thelo Aasgaard (90+2'). Shrewsbury Town scored through Ryan Bowman (39').

Discipline: Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card; Shrewsbury Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Wigan Athletic were 4th on 38 points from 18 and Shrewsbury Town 19th on 19 points from 19. Wigan Athletic went on to finish that season 1st with 92 points, and Shrewsbury Town 18th with 50.

Wigan Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Shrewsbury Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to James McClean of Wigan Athletic (7.8), ahead of Tom Naylor (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Wigan Athletic wins, 2 draws and 1 for Shrewsbury Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Tendayi DarikwaWigan Athletic · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · Ryan BowmanShrewsbury Town · 1-1
  • 89'Yellow card · J. DanielsShrewsbury Town
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Sam CosgroveShrewsbury Town
  • 90+2'Goal · Thelo AasgaardWigan Athletic · 2-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Stephen HumphrysWigan Athletic

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Wigan Athletic 3, draws 2, Shrewsbury Town 1.

Team news

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

Ben Amos, Tendayi Darikwa, Jack Whatmough, Curtis Tilt, Joe Bennett, Tom Naylor, Jordan Cousins, Gavin Massey, Will Keane, James McClean, Callum Lang

Shrewsbury Town line-up (3-4-1-2)

Marko Marosi, Matthew Pennington, Luke Leahy, George Nurse, Joshua Daniels, Elliott Bennett, Josh Vela, Nathanael Ogbeta, Daniel Udoh, R. Bowman, Tom Bloxham