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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 29 (setup 4, season 35)
Wigan Athletic
v.
Grimsby Town
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Kristoffer NORDFELDT1Ethan HORVATH
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
19
Overall form:
Home form:
Callum CONNOLLY2Luke HENDRIE
Jack COLBACK38Pascal STRUIJK
Leonardo DA SILVA LOPES84Bruno ZUCULINI
Curtis TILT75Steve COOK
Jason KERR6Cameron HUMPHREYS
Nick POWELL776Otis KHAN
Gavin MASSEY787Nathan TELLA
Ched EVANS9Joe PIGOTT
Ashley FLETCHER610Harry CLIFTON
Joe GELHARDT11Ryan TAYLOR
Manager
Max POWER12John McATEE
Matija SARKIC136Jordan MAGUIRE-DREW
Tendayi DARIKWA14Anthony GLENNON
Dwight GAYLE15Louis BOYD
Joe BENNETT16Danny AMOS

Wigan Athletic 3 Grimsby Town 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 24,808, Stadium: DW Stadium, Referee: Kevin FRIEND 7½)
29 Connolly, 35 Evans, 37 EvansScorers
Substitutions80 Pigott <=> Maguire-Drew
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners2
8Fouls6
5Offsides11
6Shots on4
10Shots off5
16Total shots9
3Shots saved4
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Bruno ZUCULINI
4POWELL made space on the left and touched the ball to DA SILVA LOPES who clipped the ball wide.
8TELLA headed inches wide.
12DA SILVA LOPES floated the ball to CONNOLLY who touched it wide.
15A corner bobbled toward COOK who turned an effort over the bar.
17A fine ball from KHAN on the right was collected by COOK who sliced his effort wide.
20DA SILVA LOPES worked the ball to FLETCHER, GELHARDT collected his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
21The Grimsby Town 'keeper dived to his left to block an accurate drive from Wigan Athletic's DA SILVA LOPES.
25A header by PIGOTT at the near post was easily collected by NORDFELDT.
27CONNOLLY rifled a simple chance past the lefthand post.
29GOAL!! A wonderful dummy from EVANS allowed FLETCHER to lay an exceptional ball off to CONNOLLY who rammed the ball home. (1-0 Wigan Athletic)
35GOAL!! After a neat build-up EVANS drove the ball past HORVATH. (2-0 Wigan Athletic)
37GOAL!! Some patient work by POWELL on the right, left EVANS yards clear, and he stepped inside the Grimsby Town 'keeper and fired the ball into the net. (3-0 Wigan Athletic)
42COLBACK shot wide.
45+1MASSEY booted the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
 
47A free-kick from GELHARDT floated just beyond the near post.
50A penalty box scramble resulted in MASSEY tapping the ball wide.
51A refined pass from FLETCHER, was knocked goalbound by EVANS only for HORVATH to palm clear.
59STRUIJK stormed through the Wigan Athletic defence but shot straight at NORDFELDT.
63A pin-point pass was collected by TELLA and his deadly effort floated narrowly wide.
68GELHARDT flicked a deadly shot inches over from thirty yards out.
74TELLA's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
81COLBACK scuffed a simple chance.
82TAYLOR beat two Wigan Athletic players and drove a shot just beyond the near post.
83Uncertainty in the Grimsby Town defence enabled COLBACK to crack an effort just beyond the near post.
87CLIFTON fired the ball through a ruck of players but the Wigan Athletic 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.