Wigan Athletic beats Gillingham 3-2 with 2 goals from W. Keane. HIGHLIGHTS

WIGAN. Wigan Athletic prevailed over Gillingham 3-2 thanks to W. Keane who scored in the 8th and 77th minute.

January 23, 2022

WIGAN. Wigan Athletic overcome Gillingham 3-2 thanks to W. Keane who scored in the 8th and 77th minute. Wigan Athletic was truly better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

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 Carl Boyeson assisted by Steven Plane and Lee Freeman. The 4th official was Anthony Backhouse. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.8 degrees Celsius or 44.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.

Match Statistics

Wigan Athletic

3 - 2

Gillingham

! 61 Ball Possession 39

Shots

15 Total 7
10 On Target 2
5 Off Target 5
0 Shots blocked 0

111 Attack 103
50 Dangerous attack 26
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 1

Fouls

10 Total 10
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

2 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Wigan Athletic had a strong ball possession 61% while Gillingham was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Wigan Athletic was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Wigan Athletic won the match.

Wigan Athletic shot 15 times, 10 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Gillingham shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards (T. Darikwa and T. Darikwa). Talking about the opposition, Gillingham received 1 yellow card (R. McKenzie).

Match Timeline

Stephen Humphrys(goal)G. Edwards

21'

31'

Robbie McKenzie- Yellow

Charlie Kelman- sub ->M. Carayol

46'

53'

Jason Kerr- sub ->G. Edwards

67'

70'

77'

78'

86'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Wigan Athletic will have 54 points like Sunderland to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Gillingham will stay with 18 points to hold in the 24th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Wigan Athletic will play away against Cheltenham Town on the 29th of January with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Wigan Athletic (0 draws).

Gillingham will host Oxford United on the 29th of January with a 7-5 head to head in favor of Oxford United (6 draws).

Wigan Athletic – Formation

Wigan Athletic

Ben Amos 12.England

6.1

Tendayi Darikwa 27.Zimbabwe

6.2

90'

Jack Whatmough 5.England

6.6

Max Power 8.England

6.4

Kell Watts 2.England

6.7

James McClean 23.Republic of Ireland

7.7

Graeme Shinnie 18.Scotland

6.8

90'

Tom Naylor 4.England

7.2

Gwion Edwards 7.Wales

8.5

67'

Will Keane 10.England

7.8

8', 77'

Stephen Humphrys 39.England

7.3

86'

21'

Substitutes

Jamie Jones 1.England

Jason Kerr 15.Scotland

7.1

67'

Tom Pearce 3.England

T. Aasgaard 30.Norway

Gavin Massey 11.England

86'

Tom Bayliss 20.England

Chris Sze 43.England

Wigan Athletic started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Leam Richardson decided to play with the following team: Ben Amos (6.1), Max Power (6.4), Jack Whatmough (6.6), Kelland Watts (6.7), Tendayi Darikwa (6.2), Tom Naylor (7.2), Graeme Shinnie (6.8), Gwion Edwards (8.5), Will Keane (7.8), James McClean (7.7) and Stephen Humphrys (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: T. Aasgaard, Gavin Massey, T. Bayliss, C. Sze, Jason Kerr (7.1), James Jones and T. Pearce.

Wigan Athletic could not rely on the presence of T. Darikwa (injured).

Substitutions

Wigan Athletic made only 1 change substituting G. Edwards for J. Kerr (67′).

Best player: Gwion Edwards

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

His rating is (8.5) with 21 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 17. He performed 7 crosses.

Gillingham – Formation

Gillingham

Pontus Dahlberg 1.Sweden

6.8

Ryan Jackson 2.England

6.3

Robbie McKenzie 14.England

6.1

31'

Jack Tucker 6.England

6.5

Max Ehmer 5.Germany

7.2

Stuart O'Keefe 4.England

7.2

70'

Mustapha Carayol 24.Gambia

6.3

46'

Oliver Lee 10.England

6.3

Danny Lloyd 17.England

6.3

46'

Kyle Dempsey 8.England

6.1

Vadaine Oliver 19.England

7.3

Substitutes

Aaron Chapman 12.England

David Tutonda 3.DR Congo

Rhys Bennett 18.England

Ben Reeves 11.Northern Ireland

7.3

46'

53'

Gerald Sithole 22.England

John Akinde 15.England

6.6

78'

Charlie Kelman 33.England

6.7

46'

Gillingham started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Steve Lovell played with: Pontus Dahlberg (6.8), Ryan Jackson (6.3), Jack Tucker (6.5), Max Ehmer (7.2), Robbie McKenzie (6.1), Oliver Lee (6.3), Danny Lloyd (6.3), Stuart O’Keefe (7.2), Kyle Dempsey (6.1), Mustapha Carayol (6.3) and Vadaine Oliver (7.3).

They had on the bench: Ben Reeves (7.3), G. Sithole, John Akinde (6.6), A. Chapman, Charlie Kelman (6.7), D. Tutonda and R. Bennett.

Gillingham could not rely on the presence of J. Akinde (injured) and J. Akinde (injured).

Substitutions

Gillingham made 4 changes: M. Carayol for C. Kelman (46′), D. Lloyd-McGoldrick for B. Reeves (46′), B. Reeves for J. Akinde (78′) and B. Reeves for J. Akinde (78′).