Wigan Athletic tops Shrewsbury Town 2-0 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

WIGAN. Wigan Athletic overcomes Shrewsbury Town with a 2-0 win with a goal from S. Humphrys (35') and a goal from C. Lang (66').

Luke Meyer

October 29, 2023

WIGAN. Wigan Athletic tops Shrewsbury Town with a 2-0 win with a goal from S. Humphrys (35′) and a goal from C. Lang (66′). Wigan Athletic capitalized on its better ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the The DW Stadium stadium in Wigan on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Middleton with the help of Ollie Williams and Declan Ford. The 4th official was . The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 12.01 degrees Celsius or 53.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.

Match Statistics

Wigan Athletic

2 - 0

Shrewsbury Town

58 Ball Possession 42

Shots

20 Total 6
7 On Target 0
7 Off Target 2
6 Shots blocked 4

133 Attack 89
47 Dangerous attack 35
94 Ball safe 91

0 Penalties 0
3 Corners 1

Fouls

9 Total 9
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Wigan Athletic was in firm control of the ball 58% while Shrewsbury Town was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Wigan Athletic was more pushing with 47 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Wigan Athletic won the match.

Wigan Athletic shot 20 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Shrewsbury Town shot 6 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Wigan Athletic received 1 yellow card (Josh Stones). Regarding the opposition, Shrewsbury Town received 1 yellow card (Jason Sraha).

Also, Shrewsbury Town didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Cheyenne Dunkley (Shrewsbury Town) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (4′).

Match Timeline

Chey Dunkley- Red

15'

Jason Sraha- Yellow

21'

Nohan Kenneh- sub ->Elliott Bennett

Stephen Humphrys(goal)Jordan Jones

35'

46'

Joe Anderson- sub ->Jason Sraha

Callum McManaman- sub ->Martial Godo

64'

Tunmise Sobowale- sub ->Taylor Perry

65'

Josh Magennis- sub ->Stephen Humphrys

65'

66'

Tom Pearce- sub ->Steven Sessegnon

70'

Josh Stones- sub ->Jordan Jones

77'

78'

Josh Stones- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Wigan Athletic will have 14 points like Northampton Town and Carlisle United to hold in the 19th place. On the opposite side, Shrewsbury Town will stay with 17 points like Exeter City to sit in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Wigan Athletic will host Bolton Wanderers on the 6th of January with a 12-7 head to head record in favor of Wigan Athletic (11 draws).

Shrewsbury Town will play away agasint Lincoln City on the 6th of January with a 8-6 head to head record in favor of Shrewsbury Town (8 draws).

Wigan Athletic – Formation

Wigan Athletic

S. Tickle 1.England

7.0

L. Morrison 4.Scotland

7.3

Charlie Hughes 6.England

7.3

Sean Clare 7.England

7.9

Steven Sessegnon 5.England

7.3

70'

Jordan Jones 14.Northern Ireland

7.8

77'

Liam Shaw 16.England

7.3

65'

B. Adeeko 26.England

7.5

T. Aasgaard 10.Norway

7.5

Stephen Humphrys 11.England

7.9

65'

35'

Martial Godo 17.England

6.8

64'

Substitutes

Ben Amos 12.England

Kell Watts 2.England

Tom Pearce 3.England

7.0

70'

Callum McManaman 20.England

7.5

64'

Callum Lang 19.England

7.3

65'

66'

Josh Stones 25.England

6.3

77'

90'

Josh Magennis 28.Northern Ireland

6.6

65'

Wigan Athletic started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Shaun Maloney decided to play with the following team: Sam Tickle (7.0), Sean Clare (7.9), Charlie Hughes (7.3), Liam Morrison (7.3), Steven Sessegnon (7.3), Babajide Adeeko (7.5), Liam Shaw (7.3), Jordan Jones (7.8), Stephen Humphrys (7.9), Thelo Aasgaard (7.5) and Martial Godo (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Kelland Watts, Tom Pearce (7.0), Ben Amos, Callum Lang (7.3), Callum McManaman (7.5), Josh Stones (6.3) and Josh Magennis (6.6).

Wigan Athletic could not rely on the presence of Tom Pearce (injured).

Substitutions

Wigan Athletic made 5 changes: Jordan Jones for Josh Stones (77′), Liam Shaw for Callum Lang (65′), Martial Godo for Callum McManaman (64′), Stephen Humphrys for Josh Magennis (65′) and Steven Sessegnon for Tom Pearce (70′).

Best player: Sean Clare

The player that probably impressed the most for Wigan Athletic was Sean Clare even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 101 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Shrewsbury Town – Formation

Shrewsbury Town

Marko Marosi 1.Slovakia

7.7

Mal Benning 3.England

6.4

Jason Sraha 6.England

6.4

46'

15'

Carl Winchester 7.Northern Ireland

7.0

Chey Dunkley 22.England

3.1

Tom Flanagan 33.Northern Ireland

7.3

Taylor Perry 14.England

7.1

64'

Elliott Bennett 17.England

6.4

21'

Tom Bayliss 20.England

6.7

Ryan Bowman 9.England

6.4

78'

Daniel Udoh 11.Nigeria

6.4

Substitutes

Harry Burgoyne 13.England

Joe Anderson 4.England

7.0

46'

Tunmise Sobowale 15.Republic of Ireland

6.8

64'

Aaron Pierre 16.Grenada

Nohan Kenneh 42.Liberia

6.8

21'

Max Mata 27.New Zealand

6.8

78'

Shrewsbury Town started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Matthew Taylor played with: Marko Maroši (7.7), Carl Winchester (7.0), Tom Flanagan (7.3), Cheyenne Dunkley (3.1), Jason Sraha (6.4), Malvind Benning (6.4), Taylor Perry (7.1), Elliott Bennett (6.4), Tom Bayliss (6.7), Daniel Udoh (6.4) and Ryan Bowman (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Joseph Anderson (7.0), Harry Burgoyne, Tunmise Sobowale (6.8), Aaron Pierre, Max Mata (6.8), Harvey Kirby-Moore and N. Kenneh (6.8).

Shrewsbury Town could not rely on the presence of Joseph Anderson (injured).

Substitutions

Shrewsbury Town made 4 changes: Elliott Bennett for N. Kenneh (21′), Taylor Perry for Tunmise Sobowale (64′), Jason Sraha for Joseph Anderson (46′) and Ryan Bowman for Max Mata (78′).