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Commentary
GRANT's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Hartlepool United upright.
CULLEN's shot was well held by the Wigan Athletic 'keeper.
11¹Uncertainty in the Hartlepool United defence enabled KINGSLEY to fire an effort over the bar.
12¹SHANKLAND nutmegged COOK but blasted the ball into the arms of the Hartlepool United 'keeper.
15¹CLARK dived to his right to save an accurate drive from Hartlepool United's EVANS.
20¹CULLEN headed over.
25¹An inswinging corner was forced into the arms of DOOHAN by GRANT.
31¹A corner found CLARKSON who flicked an effort wide.
38¹GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled GRANT to waltz through the Hartlepool United defence and score. (1-0 Wigan Athletic)
A cross from SPITTAL left SHANKLAND in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
DOOHAN managed to claw away a wicked shot.
A shot from SHANKLAND was smothered by DOOHAN.
A poor shot from McGRATH trickled agonisingly wide.
A good ball from McGRATH on the right was collected by SPITTAL who scuffed his shot wide.
13²KINGSLEY nodded the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
14²A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing Wigan Athletic 'keeper.
14²A shot from MILLER seemed a certain goal but DOOHAN managed to palm the ball away.
23²McGRATH ran onto a great ball from GRANT but toe-poked his effort wide.
25²CLARK saved a lovely strike from WRIGHT.
29²GOAL!! A neat one-two left SPITTAL clear and he made no mistake by skillfully floating the ball past the oncoming Hartlepool United 'keeper. (2-0 Wigan Athletic)
42²A wonderful save prevented EVANS from scoring a great goal.
47²A penalty box scramble resulted in SHANKLAND driving a low shot over.

 
Hartlepool United
 
League position: 20
Home league form: LWXL
Overall league form: LLLLWLXX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Ross DOOHAN1Zander CLARK(c)
Jamie STERRY2Lewis MILLER
Nathanael OGBETA3Stephen KINGSLEY
Eli KING4Leighton CLARKSON
Nectarios TRIANTIS5Craig HALKETT
Ben NELSON6Robbie DEAS
(c)Jordan COOK7Blair SPITTAL
Kieron EVANS8Jorge GRANT
(p)Mark CULLEN9David WATSON(p)
(f)Callum WRIGHT10Jamie McGRATH(f)
Kyle EDWARDS11Lawrence SHANKLAND
ManagerScott SMILLIE
Neill BYRNE  12  Graeme SHINNIE
Brandon AUSTIN  13  Dimitar MITOV
David FERGUSON  14  Ryan DUNCAN
Jack RUDONI  15  Kevin NISBET
George FRANCOMB  16  Kenneth VARGAS
 
Wigan Athletic
 
League position: 1
Away league form: WWWW
Overall league form: WWWWWWWW
Formation: 4-5-1

Statistics
Hartlepool United 0 Wigan Athletic 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 7,751, Stadium: Victoria Ground, Referee: Dean Whitestone 7½)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Grant 38¹, Spittal 29²
  
  
  
316
150
519
69
210
819
67
40%60%
Man of the match: Blair Spittal