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Commentary
6¹GOAL!! A long ball from McGRATH had the Northampton Town defence back-pedalling and SHANKLAND made the most of the opportunity with a good goal. (1-0 Wigan Athletic)
12¹GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled WATSON to dribble through the Northampton Town defence and score. (2-0 Wigan Athletic)
18¹GOAL!! A long ball from WATSON down the middle bobbled toward the lurking SHANKLAND who blasted a right foot shot into the net. (3-0 Wigan Athletic)
22¹SHANKLAND fluffed a simple chance.
23¹A good ball from WATSON on the left found WILSON who scuffed his shot over.
25¹HALKETT beat a number of Northampton Town players and slammed a great chance just beyond the near post.
27¹A shot from MILLER seemed a certain goal but MITCHELL managed to fist the ball clear.
31¹A weak shot from GRANT bounced agonisingly wide.
33¹GOAL!! An inswinging corner nodded out by HORSFALL was knocked into the net by GRANT. (4-0 Wigan Athletic)
34¹A great save prevented WILSON from scoring a great goal.
39¹GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from GRANT rattled the post and in the ensuing meleé the ball was hoofed into the net by CLARKSON. (5-0 Wigan Athletic)
47¹WATSON made space on the right and knocked the ball to KINGSLEY who clipped the ball wide.
3²A header from DEAS was booted off the line by RACIC.
6²A corner found SHANKLAND who forced an effort over the bar.
7²WILSON headed inches wide.
10²A free-kick from SHANKLAND went just beyond the far post.
21²The motionless 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from SHEEHAN fell just over.
22²SHANKLAND's shot was well held by MITCHELL.
29²McGRATH shot wide.
35²A penalty box meleé resulted in JONES knocking a low shot over.
36²RANDALL was put clear by SOWERBY and he beat CLARK but drilled his shot over.
39²SHANKLAND fired a left foot shot just beyond the near post from just outside the area.
43²WATSON's shot was well saved by the Wigan Athletic 'keeper.
44²McGRATH ran onto a delightful ball from WATSON but fired his shot wide of the righthand post.

 
Wigan Athletic
 
League position: 1
Home league form: WWXW
Overall league form: WWWWWWOX
Formation: 4-5-1
Line-ups
(c)Zander CLARK7½17 Jonathan MITCHELL
Lewis MILLER8½26 Jack HUNT
Stephen KINGSLEY8 36 Alan SHEEHAN(c)
Leighton CLARKSON8½46½Jack SOWERBY
Craig HALKETT8½57 Luka RACIC
Robbie DEAS6½65 Fraser HORSFALL
Blair SPITTAL8½75½Shaun McWILLIAMS
Jorge GRANT8 85½Joel RANDALL
(p)David WATSON7½96 James WILSON(p)
(f)Jamie McGRATH7½106 Ryan WATSON(f)
Lawrence SHANKLAND8½117 Benny ASHLEY-SEAL
Scott SMILLIEManager
Graeme SHINNIE  12  Josh EMMANUEL
Dimitar MITOV  13  Steve ARNOLD
Ryan DUNCAN  145½Lloyd JONES
Kevin NISBET  15  Omari PATRICK
Kenneth VARGAS  166 Cian BOLGER
 
Northampton Town
 
League position: 23
Away league form: LLLW
Overall league form: LLWLLLLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Wigan Athletic 5 Northampton Town 0
(Half-time: 5-0, Attendance: 32,511, Stadium: DW Stadium, Referee: Dave Foster 6)

Shankland 6¹, Watson 12¹, Shankland 18¹, Grant 33¹, Clarkson 39¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
 Ashley-SealóJones 32², RacicóBolger 32²
  
  
85
25
115
82
104
186
32
62%38%
Man of the match: Blair Spittal