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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 1 (setup 4, season 17)
Hereford United
v.
Wigan Athletic
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Petr BREZOVAN1Donieber Alexander Marangăo, DONI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Ben PURKISS728Ahmed ELMOHAMADY
Stefan STAM3JORGE Miguel de Oliveira RIBEIRO
Rob PURDIE748John WELSH
Michael TOWNSEND5Greg HALFORD
Will EVANS67Paul McSHANE
Joe COLBECK7Chris BILLY
Sam CLUCAS88Mark YEATES
Delroy FACEY69Jon WALTERS
Yoann ARQUIN10Shola AMEOBI
Nathan ELDER117Juan Pablo ÁNGEL Arango
Manager
Harry PELL12Ian HARTE
David CORNELL13Gerhard TREMMEL
Nathan PERKINS14Henrique HILÁRIO Meireles Alves Sampaio
Joe HEATH15Marvin EMNES
Danny WILLIAMS16Johnnie JACKSON

Hereford United 0 Wigan Athletic 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 13,659, Stadium: Edgar Street, Referee: Colin WEBSTER 6½)
Scorers10 Walters, 71 Walters
Substitutions47 Ameobi <=> Jackson
Sendings off
62 Colbeck, 75 EvansBookings
4Corners0
10Fouls3
6Offsides7
3Shots on7
4Shots off10
7Total shots17
2Shots saved5
37%Possession63%
Man of the match: Jon WALTERS
3MCSHANE beat a number of Hereford United players and fired a golden opportunity wide.
10GOAL!! An inswinging corner hoofed out by PURDIE was shot into the back of the net by WALTERS. (1-0 Wigan Athletic)
12A right foot shot from FACEY was pushed over by DONI.
14YEATES shot wide.
15A accurate pass was collected by WALTERS and his looping effort flew narrowly over.
16A poor strike from ÁNGEL bounced agonisingly wide.
20CLUCAS clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
22A header from WALTERS was nodded off the line by PURKISS.
27A cross from AMEOBI left ÁNGEL in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
31ARQUIN placed a looping shot over from close range.
35The motionless BREZOVAN stared in disbelief as a backpass from ARQUIN fell just over.
36PURDIE was put clear by CLUCAS and he dummied DONI but rammed his shot wide.
40STAM kicked the ball wide of the lefthand post from just inside the area.
 
47WALTERS galloped through the Hereford United defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
49A great save prevented STAM from scoring a good goal.
52A shot from JACKSON held no problem for the 'keeper.
53ÁNGEL flicked an easy chance past the righthand post.
60A corner found WALTERS who nodded the ball over.
62COLBECK given a yellow card by the ref for a poor foul.
71GOAL!! A Wigan Athletic counter-attack allowed BILLY to setup WALTERS with a simple goal. (2-0 Wigan Athletic)
73A lovely effort from FACEY scraped the outside of the post.
75EVANS booked for gamesmanship.
80A drive from JACKSON seemed a certain goal but BREZOVAN managed to punch the ball away.
80JORGE RIBEIRO ran onto a delightful ball from BILLY but pulled his effort wide.
84An outswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the 'keeper by WALTERS.
90Uncertainty in the Hereford United defence enabled WALTERS to volley the ball inches over.