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Commentary
A header by BURNS at the near post was comfortably collected by the Newcastle United 'keeper.
A twenty-five yard shot from ESPOSITO caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
POPE did well to hold onto a fierce strike from ROBINSON.
12¹A delightful save prevented SANÉ from scoring an exceptional goal.
14¹A good effort from SANÉ scraped the outside of the righthand post.
22¹GOAL!! A twenty-five yard free-kick was skillfully slammed into the net by SANÉ. (1-0 Newcastle United)
24¹A penalty box meleé resulted in SAKAMOTO cracking a low shot wide.
28¹EDWARDS made space on the right and knocked the ball to PYE who rasped the ball over.
30¹A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming 'keeper.
38¹A strike from HWANG held no problem for the Newcastle United 'keeper.
39¹Uncertainty in the Wigan Athletic defence enabled TRIPPIER to volley the ball just wide.
46¹BOTMAN kicked the ball wide from just inside the area.
10²An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of the 'keeper by MADDISON.
11²CAMPBELL played the ball to SAKAMOTO who fired it just beyond the far post.
13²A weak shot from SAKAMOTO rolled agonisingly wide.
16²The Newcastle United 'keeper was able to palm clear a weak header from SAKAMOTO.
17²PYE beat two Newcastle United players and thundered a great chance over.
19²SAKAMOTO snapped at an easy chance.
21²GOAL!! A long goal-kick from SCHÄR caught the Wigan Athletic defence napping and SANÉ nipped in to easily score. (2-0 Newcastle United)
24²RABIOT ran onto a great ball from MADDISON but toe-poked his shot wide.
29²SAKAMOTO's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
30²MADDISON fired a left foot shot wide from just outside the area.
37²A free-kick from SANÉ floated inches over.
39²CAMPBELL shot over.
44²The hapless Newcastle United 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from JOHNSON dropped just over.

 
Wigan Athletic
 
League position: 13
Home league form: XWXW
Overall league form: LXWLWXLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Federico RAVAGLIA1Nick POPE
Wes BURNS2Kieran TRIPPIER
Antonee ROBINSON3Joe JOHNSON
Leonardo DA SILVA LOPES4James MADDISON
(c)Mike VAN DER HOORN5Fabian SCHÄR
Ethan PYE6Sven BOTMAN(c)
Gwion EDWARDS7Ilkay GÜNDOGAN
Tatsuhiro SAKAMOTO8Leroy SANÉ
(p)Tyrese CAMPBELL9Pio ESPOSITO(p)
(f)Graeme SHINNIE10Adrien RABIOT(f)
HWANG Ui-jo11JAVI MANQUILLO
Manager
Tendayi DARIKWA  12  Thomas MÜLLER
Sam TICKLE  13  Mattie POLLOCK
Tahith CHONG14  Ferland MENDY
Tom PEARCE15  Ryan ONÉ
Luke BRENNAN  16  Kelland WATTS
 
Newcastle United
 
League position: 13
Away league form: WLXW
Overall league form: WXLWXLLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Newcastle United go through to the next round
Statistics
Wigan Athletic 0 Newcastle United 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 24,945, Stadium: DW Stadium, Referee: Tony Bates 7½)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Sané 22¹, Sané 21²
da Silva LopesóChong 18², van der HoornóPearce 39² 
  
  
20
25
42
56
86
1312
33
53%47%
Man of the match: Tahith Chong