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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 36 (setup 6, season 21)
Preston North End
v.
Wigan Athletic
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Alessandro PLIZZARI61Hugo KETO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Wout FAES2Tendayi DARIKWA
Milos KERKEZ737Lloyd KELLY
Orel MANGALA46Kieran DOWELL
Ben DAVIES5Cédric KIPRÉ
Dan-Axel ZAGADOU766Kal NAISMITH
Alan BROWNE7Graeme SHINNIE
Daniel JOHNSON686Tahith CHONG
Emil RIIS Jakobsen9ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa de Oliveira
Óscar MELENDO Jiménez106Jamal LOWE
Finlay CROSS-ADAIR611Joël PIROE
Manager
ROMÁRIO Manuel Silva BARÓ12Joe WILLIAMS
Fodé BALLO-TOURE13Joe GELHARDT
Ben PEARSON14Thelo AASGAARD
Ryan LEDSON15Josh MAGENNIS
Matthew Olawale OLOSUNDE16Luke BRENNAN

Preston North End 4 Wigan Athletic 2
(Half-time: 3-2, Attendance: 23,342, Stadium: Deepdale, Referee: Tony BATES 5, TV: highlights)
16 Johnson, 23 Davies, 39 Melendo, 60 MelendoScorers21 Roberto Firmino, 25 Darikwa
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings15 Chong, 76 Roberto Firmino
3Corners4
1Fouls10
3Offsides3
6Shots on2
16Shots off9
22Total shots11
2Shots saved0
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Tendayi DARIKWA
3A weak strike from MELENDO rolled agonisingly wide.
9ROBERTO FIRMINO headed over.
15CHONG booked for a high foul on CROSS-ADAIR.
16GOAL!! A deep corner left the 'keeper struggling and JOHNSON side-footed the ball into the net. (1-0 Preston North End)
21GOAL!! A short clearance fell to NAISMITH who mishit a shot goalward, luckily ROBERTO FIRMINO was on hand to fire the ball into the top corner. (1-1)
23GOAL!! A deep cross by RIIS was met by DAVIES who rushed in to score. (2-1 Preston North End)
25GOAL!! An imaginative SHINNIE played a delightful ball down the left to DARIKWA who seemingly in an offside position went on to comfortably score. (2-2)
27RIIS drilled a right foot shot over the bar from long range.
28A cross from MANGALA left ZAGADOU in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
36A pin-point pass fell to KELLY and his looping shot raced narrowly wide.
39GOAL!! Unlucky RIIS hit the upright before MELENDO stabbed the ball into the net as DOWELL failed to clear. (3-2 Preston North End)
41ROBERTO FIRMINO hoofed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
43A corner fell to JOHNSON who fired the ball over the bar.
 
54MELENDO made space on the left and dragged the ball to BROWNE who touched the ball wide.
56ROBERTO FIRMINO shot wide.
60GOAL!! A RIIS run down the middle resulted in a lovely cross for MELENDO to fire in. (4-2 Preston North End)
64RIIS was put clear by MANGALA and he stepped inside the Wigan Athletic 'keeper but drilled his shot over.
66LOWE beat MANGALA and drove the ball to KELLY who blasted his shot wide.
71A good ball from KERKEZ on the left bobbled toward DAVIES who sliced his shot inches wide.
74A mix up in the Wigan Athletic defence enabled KERKEZ to fire the ball wide.
76The referee books ROBERTO FIRMINO for an off-the-ball incident against MANGALA.
83The motionless Wigan Athletic 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from SHINNIE dropped just over.