2018–19 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

Wigan Athletic

2018–19 season
Owner	Dave Whelan(until 7 November 2018) [1] International Entertainment Corporation (from 7 November 2018) [2]
Chairman	David Sharpe (until 7 November 2018) [1] Darren Royle (from 7 November 2018) [2]
Manager	Paul Cook
Stadium	DW Stadium
Championship	18th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Nick Powell, Joe Garner (8) All: Nick Powell, Joe Garner (8)
Highest home attendance	15,655 v. Norwich City (14 April 2019)
Lowest home attendance	8,848 v. Hull City (18 September 2018)
Average home league attendance	11,661
Biggest win	3–0 at Stoke City (22 August 2018) 3–0 v. Aston Villa (12 January 2019) 5–2 v. Bolton Wanderers (16 March 2019)
Biggest defeat	0–4 v. Preston North End (6 October 2018)
Home colours Away colours

The 2018–19 season was Wigan Athletic's 87th year in existence and their first back in the Championship, after gaining promotion the previous season. Along with competing in the league, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Change in ownership

During the season International Entertainment Corporation (IEC) completed their acquisition of the club, stadium and training grounds in a £22m deal.^[3] Chairman David Sharpe stepped down following the completion of the takeover along with other board members and was replaced by Darren Royle, his father Joe Royle and Thomas Chan.^[4]

First-team squad

No.	Name	Pos.	Nat.	Place of Birth	Age	Caps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Christian Walton	GK		Wadebridge	29	67	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	22 June 2018	Loan	2019
23	Jamie Jones	GK		Kirkby	36	32	0	Stevenage	7 August 2018	Free	2019
37	Dan Lavercombe	GK		Torquay	28	0	0	Torquay United	6 January 2016	Undisclosed	2019
40	Owen Evans	GK		Newport	28	1	0	Academy	1 July 2017	Trainee	2019
Defenders
2	Nathan Byrne	RB		St Albans	32	94	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31 August 2016	Undisclosed	2019
3	Antonee Robinson	LB		Milton Keynes	27	24	0	Everton	3 August 2018	Loan	2019
6	Danny Fox	LB		Winsford	38	8	0	Nottingham Forest	29 January 2019	Undsiclosed	Undisclosed
12	Reece James	RB		London	25	44	2	Chelsea	1 July 2018	Loan	2019
21	Cédric Kipré	CB		Paris	28	40	0	Motherwell	3 August 2018	Undisclosed	2021
22	Chey Dunkley	CB		Wolverhampton	33	86	7	Oxford United	5 June 2017	Free	2022
30	Jonas Olsson	CB		Landskrona	42	5	0	Djurgården	1 February 2019	Free	2019
Midfielders
4	Darron Gibson	CM		Derry	37	19	0	Sunderland	3 August 2018	Free	2019
5	Sam Morsy	CM		Wolverhampton	33	118	6	Chesterfield	28 January 2016	Undisclosed	2021
7	Jamie Walker	LW		Edinburgh	31	9	0	Heart of Midlothian	8 January 2018	Undisclosed	2020
10	Josh Windass	AM		Kingston upon Hull	31	39	5	Rangers	9 August 2018	£2,000,000	2021
13	Anthony Pilkington	LW		Blackburn	36	10	0	Cardiff City	10 January 2019	Free	2020
14	Beni Baningime	CM		Kinshasa	26	1	0	Everton	31 January 2019	Loan	2019
16	Shaun MacDonald	DM		Swansea	36	43	1	Bournemouth	13 August 2016	Undisclosed	2019
17	Michael Jacobs	LM		Rothwell	33	156	29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27 July 2015	Undisclosed	2019
18	Gary Roberts	AM		Liverpool	41	53	3	Portsmouth	29 August 2017	Free	2019
20	Kal Naismith	RM		Glasgow	33	30	1	Portsmouth	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	2021
25	Nick Powell	AM		Crewe	31	97	29	Manchester United	12 July 2016	Undisclosed	2019
36	Lee Evans	CM		Newport	30	56	3	Sheffield United	1 January 2019	Undisclosed	2021
Forwards
11	Gavin Massey	RW		Watford	32	68	11	Leyton Orient	6 July 2017	Free	2019
15	Callum McManaman	RW		Huyton	33	133	18	Sunderland	20 July 2018	Undisclosed	2019
28	Leon Clarke	CF		Birmingham	40	13	2	Sheffield United	30 January 2019	Loan	2019
41	Joe Garner	CF		Blackburn	37	32	8	Ipswich Town	9 August 2018	Undisclosed	2020
44	Devante Cole	CF		Alderley Edge	29	6	0	Fleetwood Town	31 January 2018	Undisclosed	2020

Statistics

As of 5 May 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Christian Walton	32	0	32+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Nathan Byrne	29	1	24+4	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	USA	Antonee Robinson	24	0	24+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	IRL	Darron Gibson	18	0	11+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	MF	EGY	Sam Morsy	37	1	37+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Danny Fox	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	SCO	Jamie Walker	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
8	FW	ENG	James Vaughan	19	2	6+12	1	0+0	0	1+0	1
10	MF	ENG	Josh Windass	39	5	30+8	5	1+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW	ENG	Gavin Massey	17	5	13+4	5	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	DF	ENG	Reece James	44	2	42+1	2	0+1	0	0+0	0
13	MF	IRL	Anthony Pilkington	10	0	7+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	MF	COD	Beni Baningime	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW	ENG	Callum McManaman	24	1	1+21	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
16	MF	WAL	Shaun MacDonald	2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
17	MF	ENG	Michael Jacobs	22	4	19+3	4	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Gary Roberts	15	2	10+3	2	0+1	0	1+0	0
20	MF	SCO	Kal Naismith	30	1	20+8	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
21	DF	CIV	Cédric Kipré	40	0	37+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
22	DF	ENG	Chey Dunkley	37	0	35+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	GK	ENG	Jamie Jones	14	0	12+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
25	MF	ENG	Nick Powell	29	8	24+5	8	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	FW	ENG	Leon Clarke	13	2	7+6	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW	ENG	Charlie Jolley	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	DF	SWE	Jonas Olsson	5	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	MF	WAL	Lee Evans	33	0	29+3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
38	FW	ENG	Joe Gelhardt	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
39	MF	ENG	Jensen Weir	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
41	FW	ENG	Joe Garner	32	8	17+15	8	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	FW	ENG	Devante Cole	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
Player(s) out on loan:
19	MF	POR	Leonardo Lopes	3	0	0+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
Player(s) who left the club:
6	MF	ENG	Max Power	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	NIR	Will Grigg	18	4	10+7	4	1+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	NIR	Alex Bruce	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	MF	ENG	Callum Connolly	19	1	7+10	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
33	DF	ENG	Dan Burn	14	0	13+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Goals record

As of 5 May 2019

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	25		AM	Nick Powell	8	0	0	8
	41		CF	Joe Garner	8	0	0	8
3	10		AM	Josh Windass	5	0	0	5
	11		RW	Gavin Massey	5	0	0	5
5	9		CF	Will Grigg	4	0	0	4
	17		LW	Michael Jacobs	4	0	0	4
7	8		CF	James Vaughan	2	0	1	3
	12		RB	Reece James	3	0	0	3
	28		CF	Leon Clarke	3	0	0	3
10	18		AM	Gary Roberts	2	0	0	2
11	2		RB	Nathan Byrne	1	0	0	1
	5		CM	Sam Morsy	1	0	0	1
	15		RW	Callum McManaman	1	0	0	1
	20		RM	Kal Naismith	1	0	0	1
	26		CM	Callum Connolly	1	0	0	1
	36		RM	Lee Evans	1	0	0	1
Total					50	0	1	51

Disciplinary record

As of 5 May 2019

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
1	5		CM	Sam Morsy	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	1
2	21		CB	Cédric Kipré	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1
	22		CB	Chey Dunkley	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
	41		CF	Joe Garner	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
5	10		AM	Josh Windass	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
6	26		CM	Callum Connolly	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	36		CM	Lee Evans	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
8	2		RB	Nathan Byrne	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	12		RB	Reece James	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	20		RM	Kal Naismith	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
	25		AM	Nick Powell	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
12	1		GK	Christian Walton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	8		CF	James Vaughan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	15		RW	Callum McManaman	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	33		CB	Dan Burn	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
16	3		LB	Antonee Robinson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	4		CM	Darron Gibson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	9		CF	Will Grigg	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	11		RW	Gavin Massey	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	17		LW	Michael Jacobs	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	18		AM	Gary Roberts	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
22	6		LB	Danny Fox	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	13		LW	Anthony Pilkington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14		CB	Alex Bruce	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	30		CB	Jonas Olsson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					88	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	91	0	4

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CM		Leonardo Da Silva Lopes	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[5]
1 July 2018	GK		Bobby Jones	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	[6]
1 July 2018	RW		Kal Naismith	Portsmouth	Free transfer	[7]
20 July 2018	RW		Callum McManaman	Sunderland	Undisclosed	[8]
3 August 2018	LB		Ryan Galvin	Croydon	Undisclosed	[9]
3 August 2018	CM		Darron Gibson	Sunderland	Free transfer	[10]
3 August 2018	CB		Cédric Kipré	Motherwell	Undisclosed	[11]
3 August 2018	CF		Joe Piggott	Warrington Town	Free transfer	[9]
9 August 2018	CF		Joe Garner	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	[12]
9 August 2018	AM		Josh Windass	Rangers	£2,000,000	[13]
18 September 2018	DM		Alex Perry	Bolton Wanderers	Free transfer
18 September 2018	CB		Denzel Williams	Blackpool	Free transfer
1 January 2019	CM		Lee Evans	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	[14]
4 January 2019	LW		Ollie Crankshaw	Curzon Ashton	Undisclosed	[15]
10 January 2019	LW		Anthony Pilkington	Cardiff City	Free transfer	[16]
29 January 2019	LB		Danny Fox	Nottingham Forest	Undisclosed	[17]
1 February 2019	CB		Jonas Olsson	Djurgården	Free transfer	[18]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
1 July 2018	RB		Reece James	Chelsea	31 May 2019	[19]
1 July 2018	GK		Christian Walton	Brighton & Hove Albion	31 May 2019	[20]
3 August 2018	LB		Antonee Robinson	Everton	31 May 2019	[21]
9 August 2018	CB		Dan Burn	Brighton & Hove Albion	1 January 2019	[22]
9 August 2018	DM		Callum Connolly	Everton	31 January 2019	[23][24]
10 August 2018	CM		Lee Evans	Sheffield United	1 January 2019	[14]
30 January 2019	CF		Leon Clarke	Sheffield United	31 May 2019	[25]
31 January 2019	CM		Beni Baningime	Everton	31 May 2019	[26]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	RB		Luke Burke	AFC Fylde	Released	[27][28]
1 July 2018	CM		Jamie Cotter	Free agent	Released
1 July 2018	CB		Donervon Daniels	Blackpool	Released	[27][29]
1 July 2018	CM		Joe Downey	Free agent	Released
1 July 2018	CB		Tom Hilton	Free agent	Released
1 July 2018	CF		Noel Hunt	Waterford	Free transfer	[30]
1 July 2018	LB		Reece James	Sunderland	Released	[27][31]
1 July 2018	LB		Andy Kellett	Notts County	Released	[27][32]
1 July 2018	CF		Mwiya Malumo	Gottne IF	Released	[33]
1 July 2018	CB		Craig Morgan	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	[34]
1 July 2018	DM		David Perkins	Rochdale	Free transfer	[35]
1 July 2018	CB		Anthony Plant	Free agent	Released
1 July 2018	GK		Theo Roberts	Chester	Released	[36]
1 July 2018	CB		Sam Stubbs	Middlesbrough	Released	[27][37]
16 July 2018	CB		Terell Thomas	AFC Wimbledon	Undisclosed	[38]
23 July 2018	AM		Josh Laurent	Shrewsbury Town	Undisclosed	[39]
9 August 2018	CB		Dan Burn	Brighton & Hove Albion	£3,000,000	[22]
9 August 2018	LW		Ryan Colclough	Scunthorpe United	Undisclosed	[40]
2 January 2019	CM		Max Power	Sunderland	Undisclosed	[41]
25 January 2019	AM		Jordan Flores	Dundalk	Undisclosed	[42]
30 January 2019	CB		Alex Bruce	Kilmarnock	Free transfer
1 February 2019	CF		Will Grigg	Sunderland	Undisclosed	[43]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
3 August 2018	MF		Luke Burgess	Barrow	25 March 2019	[44]
3 August 2018	GK		Jordan Perrin	Stockport Town	3 September 2018	[45]
9 August 2018	CM		Jordan Flores	Östersund	31 December 2018	[46]
10 August 2018	CM		Max Power	Sunderland	1 January 2019	[47]
14 August 2018	CF		Callum Lang	Oldham Athletic	31 May 2019	[48][49]
30 August 2018	CF		Devante Cole	Burton Albion	16 January 2019	[50]
31 August 2018	CF		Joe Piggott	Morecambe	1 January 2019	[51]
31 August 2018	LW		Jamie Walker	Peterborough United	2 January 2019	[52]
2 October 2018	GK		Jordan Perrin	F.C. United of Manchester	30 October 2018
4 January 2019	LW		Ollie Crankshaw	Curzon Ashton	31 May 2019	[15]
29 January 2019	CF		Joe Piggott	Altrincham	31 May 2019	[53]
31 January 2019	CM		Leonardo Lopes	Gillingham	31 May 2019	[54]
31 January 2019	CF		James Vaughan	Portsmouth	31 May 2019	[55]
23 February 2019	GK		Jordan Perrin	Runcorn Linnets	31 May 2019
15 March 2019	RB		Tylor Golden	Droylsden	31 May 2019	[56]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

Wigan Athletic announced they would face Tranmere Rovers in a pre-season friendly.^[57]

Tranmere Rovers v Wigan Athletic

14 July 2018 Friendly	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Norwood 88'	Report	Grigg 2' (pen.) Walker 69'	Stadium: Prenton Park

Chesterfield v Wigan Athletic

25 July 2018 (2018-07-25) Friendly	Chesterfield	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Chesterfield
19:00 BST	Binnom-Wiliams 67'	Report	Grigg 38'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 2,777

Rangers v Wigan Athletic

29 July 2018 (2018-07-29) Friendly	Rangers	3–0	Wigan Athletic	River Clyde, Scotland
15:00 BST	Morelos 52' Katić 57' Bruce 62' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 28,779 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Championship

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Blackburn Rovers	46	16	12	18	64	69	−5	60
16	Stoke City	46	11	22	13	45	52	−7	55
17	Birmingham City	46	14	19	13	64	58	+6	52[a]
18	Wigan Athletic	46	13	13	20	51	64	−13	52
19	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	9	23	53	71	−18	51
20	Reading	46	10	17	19	49	66	−17	47
21	Millwall	46	10	14	22	48	64	−16	44

Source: Sky Sports Archived 25 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results^[59]
Notes:

1. Birmingham City were deducted 9 points for failure to comply with the EFL profitability and sustainability rules.^[58]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	13	13	20	51	64	−13	52	11	8	4	29	20	+9	2	5	16	22	44	−22

Last updated: 4 May 2019.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	W
Position	2	9	12	8	12	9	10	7	3	8	7	11	8	10	14	16	16	17	15	15	16	16	19	19	19	20	19	20	20	19	19	19	20	19	19	20	20	19	20	19	21	21	20	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2019. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2018, the Championship fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[60][61]

Wigan Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	Wigan Athletic	3–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Wigan
15:00 BST	Jacobs 11', 26' Powell 60'	Report	Nuhiu 20'  90' Forestieri 67'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 14,207 Referee: Tim Robinson

Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 2	Aston Villa	3–2	Wigan Athletic	Aston
15:00 BST	Chester 13' Dunkley 63' (o.g.) Bjarnason 90+4'	Report	Powell 41' Connolly 55'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 34,331 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Wigan Athletic v Nottingham Forest

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 3	Wigan Athletic	2–2	Nottingham Forest	Wigan
15:00 BST	Powell 2' Grigg 30' (pen.)	Report	Cash 10' Soudani 90+1'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 11,543 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Stoke City v Wigan Athletic

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) 4	Stoke City	0–3	Wigan Athletic	Stoke-on-Trent
20:00 BST	McClean  45+1' Allen  56' Williams  66'  78' Crouch  71'	Report	Grigg 27', 57' Massey 32' Powell  66' James  73'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 23,158 Referee: John Brooks

Queens Park Rangers v Wigan Athletic

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 5	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST	Hemed 35'	Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 11,564 Referee: Steve Martin

Wigan Athletic v Rotherham United

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Rotherham United	Wigan
15:00 BST	Vaughan 73'	Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,584 Referee: Scott Duncan

Brentford v Wigan Athletic

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 7	Brentford	2–0	Wigan Athletic	London
15:00 BST	Maupay 24', 63' Watkins  50' Dalsgaard  59'	Report	Windass  34' Powell  40' Morsy  58' Dunkley  89'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,951 Referee: Darren England

Wigan Athletic v Hull City

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 8	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Hull City	Wigan
19:45 BST	Morsy 21' Windass 38'	Report	Bowen 43'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,848 Referee: David Webb

Wigan Athletic v Bristol City

21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) 9	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Bristol City	Wigan
19:45 BST	Powell 52'	Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,192 Referee: Oliver Langford

Norwich City v Wigan Athletic

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	Norwich City	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Norwich
15:00 BST	Vrančić 86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,034 Referee: Gavin Ward

Wigan Athletic v Swansea City

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 11	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Swansea City	Wigan
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,964 Referee: John Brooks

Preston North End v Wigan Athletic

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 12	Preston North End	4–0	Wigan Athletic	Preston
15:00 BST	Barkhuizen 17' Robinson 51' Gallagher 85' (pen.) Burn 90+6' (o.g.)	Report	Gibson  56'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 15,280 Referee: Lee Probert

Wigan Athletic v West Bromwich Albion

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 13	Wigan Athletic	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Wigan
15:00 BST	Morsy  18' James  19' Dunkley  59' Windass 74'	Report	Dawson  24' Rodriguez  28' Livermore  34'  84' Barnes  48' Brunt  58'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 12,739 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Millwall v Wigan Athletic

23 October 2018 (2018-10-23) 14	Millwall	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Bermondsey
15:00 BST	Williams 60' (pen.) Morison 82'	Report	Wallace 45+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 11,190 Referee: James Linington

Sheffield United v Wigan Athletic

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 15	Sheffield United	4–2	Wigan Athletic	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Dunkley 23' (o.g.) Sharp 45', 53', 63'	Report	Naismith 39' Garner 69'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 24,429 Referee: Tony Harrington

Wigan Athletic v Leeds United

4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 16	Wigan Athletic	1–2	Leeds United	Wigan
13:30 GMT	James 6'	Report	Hernández 9' Roofe 46'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 14,799 Referee: Andy Davies

Middlesbrough v Wigan Athletic

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 17	Middlesbrough	2–0	Wigan Athletic	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Hugill 38' (pen.), 44'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 22,207 Referee: Darren England

Wigan Athletic v Reading

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 18	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Reading	Wigan
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,211 Referee: Oliver Langford

Wigan Athletic v Blackburn Rovers

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 19	Wigan Athletic	3–1	Blackburn Rovers	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Roberts 37' Vaughan 54' (pen.) McManaman 86'	Report	Burn 83' (o.g.)	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,777 Referee: Keith Stroud

Bolton Wanderers v Wigan Athletic

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 20	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Bolton
15:00 GMT	J Williams  2' Noone  3' Buckley 7' Olkowski  74'	Report	Grigg 25' (pen.) Roberts  45' Kipré  67'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 15,237 Referee: Simon Hooper

Wigan Athletic v Derby County

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 21	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Derby County	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Naismith  15' Morsy  32'	Report	Marriott 21' Wilson  32' Bryson  76'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,768 Referee: Gavin Ward

Ipswich Town v Wigan Athletic

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 22	Ipswich Town	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Chalobah  49' Sears 67' Chambers  73' Jordan Roberts  84'	Report	Connolly  50' Burn  90+3'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 14,640 Referee: Scott Duncan

Wigan Athletic v Birmingham City

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 23	Wigan Athletic	0–3	Birmingham City	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Burn  90+1'	Report	Adams 26' Morrison 45+1' Maghoma 61',  64' C. Gardner  76'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 13,744 Referee: Ross Joyce

West Bromwich Albion v Wigan Athletic

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 24	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Wigan Athletic	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Rodriguez 8', 69' Gibbs  57' Livermore  64'	Report	Connolly  17' Garner  28'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,555 Referee: Robert Jones

Swansea City v Wigan Athletic

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 25	Swansea City	2–2	Wigan Athletic	Swansea
15:00 GMT	Grimes  40' Naughton  52' Burn 59' (o.g.) van der Hoorn 81'  90+4'	Report	Garner 10' (pen.), 34' James  42' Massey  66' Naismith  88' Morsy  90+4'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,591 Referee: James Linington

Wigan Athletic v Sheffield United

1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 26	Wigan Athletic	0–3	Sheffield United	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Massey  35' McManaman  62'	Report	McGoldrick 40' Duffy 48' Stevens  52' Sharp 54' Fleck  83'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 13,054 Referee: Andrew Madley

Wigan Athletic v Aston Villa

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 27	Wigan Athletic	3–0	Aston Villa	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Morsy  13' Garner  38' Roberts 41' Windass  66' Jacobs 79' Garner 83' (pen)	Report	Bjarnason  54' Taylor  64'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 13,882 Referee: Tony Harrington

Sheffield Wednesday v Wigan Athletic

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 28	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	Fletcher 62'	Report	Evans  45' Kipré  73'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 22,323 Referee: Peter Bankes

Nottingham Forest v Wigan Athletic

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 29	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Wigan Athletic	Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Lolley 19' Watson  27' Cash  30', 48' Benalouane  41' Guedioura 80' Colback  90+1'	Report	Windass 33' Morsy  58' Byrne  70'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 28,848 Referee: Alan Davies

Wigan Athletic v Queens Park Rangers

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 30	Wigan Athletic	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Windass 8' Evans  21' Clarke 55' Kipré  83' Jacobs  90+1'	Report	Luongo  13' Osayi-Samuel 75'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,799 Referee: Scott Duncan

Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 31	Rotherham United	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Robertson 28' Forde  88'	Report	Windass 32'  67' Kipré  54' Pilkington  80'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 9,611 Referee: Oliver Langford

Wigan Athletic v Stoke City

13 February 2019 (2019-02-13) 32	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Stoke City	Wigan
19:45 GMT	Morsy  82'	Report	Allen  28' Bauer  55' Woods  61'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,914 Referee: Keith Stroud

Wigan Athletic v Ipswich Town

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 33	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Ipswich Town	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Naismith  12' Morsy  67' Garner 90+1'	Report	Knudsen  25' Keane 32' (pen.) Pennington  56' Kenlock  73'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,835 Referee: Lee Probert

Wigan Athletic v Middlesbrough

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 34	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Middlesbrough	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Dunkley  33'	Report	Ayala  21' Howson  79'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 12,726 Referee: Stephen Martin

Derby County v Wigan Athletic

5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) 35	Derby County	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Derby
19:45 GMT	Johnson  41' Bennett  59' 62' Wilson  63' Tomori  71' Malone 78'	Report	Massey 25' Morsy  37'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Referee: Tony Harrington

Reading v Wigan Athletic

9 March 2019 36	Reading	3–2	Wigan Athletic	Reading
15:00 GMT	Miazga  42' Swift 45+3' Moore  50' Barrow 89' Méïté 90+7'  90+8'	Report	Powell 20' Garner  42' 64' Robinson  57' Jacobs  70'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 15,401 Referee: Andy Davies

Blackburn Rovers v Wigan Athletic

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 37	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Wigan Athletic	Blackburn
19:45 GMT	Graham 39' (pen.), 54' Conway  45' Williams  80' Dack 86' Rothwell  89'	Report	Olsson  42' Dunkley  42' Garner  78' James  85'	Stadium: Ewood Park Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Wigan Athletic v Bolton Wanderers

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 38	Wigan Athletic	5–2	Bolton Wanderers	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Garner 4' Massey 51' Powell 55' Jacobs 69' Clarke 81'	Report	Lowe  3' O'Neil 62' Ameobi 80'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 13,664 Referee: Robert Jones

Wigan Athletic v Brentford

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 39	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Brentford	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Robinson  51'	Report	Barbet  45' Sørensen  90+5'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,953 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Bristol City v Wigan Athletic

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 40	Bristol City	2–2	Wigan Athletic	Bristol
15:00 BST	Webster  32' Taylor 65' Palmer 68'	Report	James 37' Fox  40' Byrne 90+3'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 20,931 Referee: Keith Stroud

Hull City v Wigan Athletic

10 April 2019 (2019-04-10) 41	Hull City	2–1	Wigan Athletic	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	Kane  16' Campbell 51'  90+4' de Wijs 89'	Report	Powell 41' Walton  68'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 10,827 Referee: David Webb

Wigan Athletic v Norwich City

14 April 2019 (2019-04-14) 42	Wigan Athletic	1–1	Norwich City	Wigan
12:00 BST	Massey  32' James 45' (pen.)  82'	Report	Trybull  44' Pukki 81'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 15,655 Referee: James Linington

Leeds United v Wigan Athletic

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 43	Leeds United	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Leeds
15:00 BST	Hernández 16' Bamford 17' Klich  45+1' Ayling  58' Berardi  71'	Report	Kipré  14' Massey 44', 62' Evans  69' Walton  90+2' Powell  90+6'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 34,758 Referee: Scott Duncan

Wigan Athletic v Preston North End

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 44	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Preston North End	Wigan
15:00 BST	Clarke 11' Morsy  44' Evans 68'	Report	Nmecha  13' Ledson  34' Maguire  76'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 12,496 Referee: Andrew Madley

Birmingham City v Wigan Athletic

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 45	Birmingham City	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Jutkiewicz 2' Roberts  71'	Report	Dunkley  31' Powell 45+3'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 23,645 Referee: Stephen Martin

Wigan Athletic v Millwall

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 46	Wigan Athletic	1–0	Millwall	Wigan
12:30 BST	Garner 15'	Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 10,859 Referee: Andy Woolmer

FA Cup

Main article: 2018–19 FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.^[62]

West Bromwich Albion v Wigan Athletic

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) Third round	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Wigan Athletic	West Bromwich
12:30 GMT	Sako 31' Brunt  79' Field  90+5'	Report	Connolly  29' Byrne  58'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 15,465 Referee: Keith Stroud

EFL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.^[63]

Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic

13 August 2018 (2018-08-13) First round	Rotherham United	3–1	Wigan Athletic	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Proctor 37', 64' Ajayi 42'	Report	Bruce  25' Vaughan 74'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 3,017 Referee: Peter Bankes

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