2018–19 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

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Wigan Athletic
2018–19 season
OwnerDave Whelan(until 7 November 2018) [1]
International Entertainment Corporation (from 7 November 2018) [2]
ChairmanDavid Sharpe (until 7 November 2018) [1]
Darren Royle (from 7 November 2018) [2]
ManagerPaul Cook
StadiumDW Stadium
Championship18th
FA CupThird round
EFL CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Nick Powell, Joe Garner (8)
All: Nick Powell, Joe Garner (8)
Highest home attendance15,655 v. Norwich City
(14 April 2019)
Lowest home attendance8,848 v. Hull City
(18 September 2018)
Average home league attendance11,661
Biggest win3–0 at Stoke City
(22 August 2018)
3–0 v. Aston Villa
(12 January 2019)
5–2 v. Bolton Wanderers
(16 March 2019)
Biggest defeat0–4 v. Preston North End
(6 October 2018)

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 England Wadebridge 28 67 0 Brighton & Hove Albion 22 June 2018 Loan 2019
23 Jamie Jones GK England Kirkby 35 32 0 Stevenage 7 August 2018 Free 2019
37 Dan Lavercombe GK England Torquay 27 0 0 Torquay United 6 January 2016 Undisclosed 2019
40 Owen Evans GK Wales Newport 27 1 0 Academy 1 July 2017 Trainee 2019
Defenders
2 Nathan Byrne
RB
 England St Albans 31 94 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 August 2016 Undisclosed 2019
3 Antonee Robinson
LB
 United States Milton Keynes 26 24 0 Everton 3 August 2018 Loan 2019
6 Danny Fox
LB
 Scotland Winsford 37 8 0 Nottingham Forest 29 January 2019 Undsiclosed Undisclosed
12 Reece James
RB
 England London 24 44 2 Chelsea 1 July 2018 Loan 2019
21 Cédric Kipré
CB
 Ivory Coast Paris 27 40 0 Motherwell 3 August 2018 Undisclosed 2021
22 Chey Dunkley
CB
 England Wolverhampton 32 86 7 Oxford United 5 June 2017 Free 2022
30 Jonas Olsson
CB
 Sweden Landskrona 41 5 0 Djurgårdens 1 February 2019 Free 2019
Midfielders
4 Darron Gibson
CM
 Republic of Ireland Derry 36 19 0 Sunderland 3 August 2018 Free 2019
5 Sam Morsy
CM
 Egypt Wolverhampton 32 118 6 Chesterfield 28 January 2016 Undisclosed 2021
7 Jamie Walker
LW
 Scotland Edinburgh 30 9 0 Heart of Midlothian 8 January 2018 Undisclosed 2020
10 Josh Windass
AM
 England Kingston upon Hull 30 39 5 Rangers 9 August 2018 £2,000,000 2021
13 Anthony Pilkington
LW
 Republic of Ireland Blackburn 35 10 0 Cardiff City 10 January 2019 Free 2020
14 Beni Baningime
CM
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 25 1 0 Everton 31 January 2019 Loan 2019
16 Shaun MacDonald DM Wales Swansea 35 43 1
Bournemouth
 13 August 2016 Undisclosed 2019
17 Michael Jacobs
LM
 England Rothwell 32 156 29 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 July 2015 Undisclosed 2019
18 Gary Roberts
AM
 England Liverpool 40 53 3 Portsmouth 29 August 2017 Free 2019
20 Kal Naismith
RM
 Scotland Glasgow 32 30 1 Portsmouth 1 July 2018 Undisclosed 2021
25 Nick Powell
AM
 England Crewe 30 97 29 Manchester United 12 July 2016 Undisclosed 2019
36 Lee Evans
CM
 Wales Newport 29 56 3 Sheffield United 1 January 2019 Undisclosed 2021
Forwards
11 Gavin Massey
RW
 England Watford 31 68 11 Leyton Orient 6 July 2017 Free 2019
15 Callum McManaman
RW
 England Huyton 33 133 18 Sunderland 20 July 2018 Undisclosed 2019
28 Leon Clarke
CF
 England Birmingham 39 13 2 Sheffield United 30 January 2019 Loan 2019
41 Joe Garner
CF
 England Blackburn 36 32 8 Ipswich Town 9 August 2018 Undisclosed 2020
44 Devante Cole
CF
 England Alderley Edge 28 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 England ENG Christian Walton 32 0 32+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England ENG Nathan Byrne 29 1 24+4 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF United States USA Antonee Robinson 24 0 24+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Darron Gibson 18 0 11+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 MF Egypt EGY Sam Morsy 37 1 37+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF England ENG Danny Fox 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Walker 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
8 FW England ENG James Vaughan 19 2 6+12 1 0+0 0 1+0 1
10 MF England ENG Josh Windass 39 5 30+8 5 1+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW England ENG Gavin Massey 17 5 13+4 5 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 DF England ENG Reece James 44 2 42+1 2 0+1 0 0+0 0
13 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Anthony Pilkington 10 0 7+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Beni Baningime 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 FW England ENG Callum McManaman 24 1 1+21 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF Wales WAL Shaun MacDonald 2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
17 MF England ENG Michael Jacobs 22 4 19+3 4 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF England ENG Gary Roberts 15 2 10+3 2 0+1 0 1+0 0
20 MF Scotland SCO Kal Naismith 30 1 20+8 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
21 DF Ivory Coast CIV Cédric Kipré 40 0 37+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
22 DF England ENG Chey Dunkley 37 0 35+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 GK England ENG Jamie Jones 14 0 12+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
25 MF England ENG Nick Powell 29 8 24+5 8 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW England ENG Leon Clarke 13 2 7+6 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW England ENG Charlie Jolley 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 DF Sweden SWE Jonas Olsson 5 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 MF Wales WAL Lee Evans 33 0 29+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
38 FW England ENG Joe Gelhardt 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
39 MF England ENG Jensen Weir 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
41 FW England ENG Joe Garner 32 8 17+15 8 0+0 0 0+0 0
44 FW England ENG Devante Cole 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
Player(s) out on loan:
19 MF Portugal POR Leonardo Lopes 3 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
Player(s) who left the club:
6 MF England ENG Max Power 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Northern Ireland NIR Will Grigg 18 4 10+7 4 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF Northern Ireland NIR Alex Bruce 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
26 MF England ENG Callum Connolly 19 1 7+10 1 1+0 0 1+0 0
33 DF England 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 England AM Nick Powell 8 0 0 8
41 England CF Joe Garner 8 0 0 8
3 10 England AM Josh Windass 5 0 0 5
11 England RW Gavin Massey 5 0 0 5
5 9 Northern Ireland CF Will Grigg 4 0 0 4
17 England LW Michael Jacobs 4 0 0 4
7 8 England CF James Vaughan 2 0 1 3
12 England RB Reece James 3 0 0 3
28 England CF Leon Clarke 3 0 0 3
10 18 England AM Gary Roberts 2 0 0 2
11 2 England RB Nathan Byrne 1 0 0 1
5 Egypt CM Sam Morsy 1 0 0 1
15 England RW Callum McManaman 1 0 0 1
20 Scotland RM Kal Naismith 1 0 0 1
26 England CM Callum Connolly 1 0 0 1
36 Wales 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
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 5 Egypt CM Sam Morsy 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1
2 21 Ivory Coast CB Cédric Kipré 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1
22 England CB Chey Dunkley 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
41 England CF Joe Garner 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
5 10 England AM Josh Windass 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
6 26 England CM Callum Connolly 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
36 Wales CM Lee Evans 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
8 2 England RB Nathan Byrne 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
12 England RB Reece James 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
20 Scotland RM Kal Naismith 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
25 England AM Nick Powell 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
12 1 England GK Christian Walton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
8 England CF James Vaughan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
15 England RW Callum McManaman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
33 England CB Dan Burn 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
16 3 United States LB Antonee Robinson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
4 Republic of Ireland CM Darron Gibson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
9 Northern Ireland CF Will Grigg 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 England RW Gavin Massey 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
17 England LW Michael Jacobs 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
18 England AM Gary Roberts 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
22 6 England LB Danny Fox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
13 Republic of Ireland LW Anthony Pilkington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 Northern Ireland CB Alex Bruce 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
30 Sweden 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
 Portugal
Leonardo Da Silva Lopes
 Peterborough United Undisclosed [5]
1 July 2018 GK England Bobby Jones Middlesbrough Undisclosed [6]
1 July 2018
RW
 Scotland Kal Naismith Portsmouth Free transfer [7]
20 July 2018
RW
 England Callum McManaman Sunderland Undisclosed [8]
3 August 2018
LB
 England Ryan Galvin Croydon Undisclosed [9]
3 August 2018
CM
 Republic of Ireland Darron Gibson Sunderland Free transfer [10]
3 August 2018
CB
 Ivory Coast Cédric Kipré Motherwell Undisclosed [11]
3 August 2018
CF
 England Joe Piggott Warrington Town Free transfer [9]
9 August 2018
CF
 England Joe Garner Ipswich Town Undisclosed [12]
9 August 2018
AM
 England Josh Windass Rangers £2,000,000 [13]
18 September 2018
DM
 England Alex Perry Bolton Wanderers Free transfer
18 September 2018
CB
 England Denzel Williams Blackpool Free transfer
1 January 2019
CM
 Wales Lee Evans Sheffield United Undisclosed [14]
4 January 2019
LW
 England Ollie Crankshaw Curzon Ashton Undisclosed [15]
10 January 2019
LW
 Republic of Ireland Anthony Pilkington Cardiff City Free transfer [16]
29 January 2019
LB
 Scotland Danny Fox Nottingham Forest Undisclosed [17]
1 February 2019
CB
 Sweden Jonas Olsson Djurgårdens Free transfer [18]

Loans in

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

Transfers out

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

Loans out

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

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
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
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
 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: EFL Official Website
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

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundH
A
HAHAH
ResultWLDWLWLWWLDLWLLLLDWDLLLLDLWLLWDDDDLLLWDDLDWWDW
Position29128129107387118101416161715151616191919201920201919192019192020192019212120181818
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]

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' Red card 90'
Forestieri 67'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 14,207
Referee: Tim Robinson
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
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
22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) 4 Stoke City 0–3 Wigan Athletic Stoke-on-Trent
20:00 BST
Allen Yellow card 56'
Williams Yellow card 66' Red card 78'
Crouch
Yellow card 71'		 Report Grigg 27', 57'
Massey 32'
Powell Yellow card 66'
James Yellow card 73'		 Stadium:
Britannia Stadium

Attendance: 23,158
Referee: John Brooks
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
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
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 7 Brentford 2–0 Wigan Athletic London
15:00 BST Maupay 24', 63'
Watkins Yellow card 50'
Dalsgaard Yellow card 59'		 Report Windass Yellow card 34'
Powell Yellow card 40'
Morsy Red card 58'
Dunkley Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 9,951
Referee: Darren England
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
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
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
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
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 Red card 56' Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 15,280
Referee: Lee Probert
20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 13 Wigan Athletic 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Wigan
15:00 BST Morsy Yellow card 18'
James Yellow card 19'
Dunkley Yellow card 59'
Windass 74'		 Report Dawson Yellow card 24'
Rodriguez Yellow card 28'
Livermore Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 84'
Barnes Yellow card 48'
Brunt Yellow card 58'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 12,739
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
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
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
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
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
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
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
1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 20 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Wigan Athletic Bolton
15:00 GMT J Williams Yellow card 2'
Noone Yellow card 3'
Buckley 7'
Olkowski Yellow card 74'		 Report Grigg 25' (pen.)
Roberts Yellow card 45'
Kipré Yellow card 67'		 Stadium:
University of Bolton Stadium

Attendance: 15,237
Referee: Simon Hooper
8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 21 Wigan Athletic 0–1 Derby County Wigan
15:00 GMT Naismith Red card 15'
Morsy Yellow card 32'		 Report Marriott 21'
Wilson Yellow card 32'
Bryson Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 10,768
Referee: Gavin Ward
15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 22 Ipswich Town 1–0 Wigan Athletic Ipswich
15:00 GMT Chalobah Yellow card 49'
Sears 67'
Chambers Yellow card 73'
Jordan Roberts Yellow card 84'		 Report Connolly Yellow card 50'
Burn Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 14,640
Referee: Scott Duncan
22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 23 Wigan Athletic 0–3 Birmingham City Wigan
15:00 GMT Burn Yellow card 90+1' Report
Adams 26'
Morrison 45+1'
Maghoma 61', Yellow card 64'
C. Gardner
Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 13,744
Referee: Ross Joyce
26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 24 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Wigan Athletic West Bromwich
15:00 GMT Rodriguez 8', 69'
Gibbs Yellow card 57'
Livermore Yellow card 64'		 Report Connolly Yellow card 17'
Garner Yellow card 28'		 Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,555
Referee: Robert Jones
29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 25 Swansea City 2–2 Wigan Athletic Swansea
15:00 GMT Grimes Yellow card 40'
Naughton Yellow card 52'
Burn 59' (o.g.)
van der Hoorn 81' Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Garner 10' (pen.), 34'
James Yellow card 42'
Massey Yellow card 66'
Naismith Yellow card 88'
Morsy Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium:
Liberty Stadium

Attendance: 18,591
Referee: James Linington
1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 26 Wigan Athletic 0–3 Sheffield United Wigan
15:00 GMT Massey Yellow card 35'
McManaman Yellow card 62'		 Report McGoldrick 40'
Duffy 48'
Stevens Yellow card 52'
Sharp 54'
Fleck Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 13,054
Referee: Andrew Madley
12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 27 Wigan Athletic 3–0 Aston Villa Wigan
15:00 GMT
pen
)		 Report Bjarnason Yellow card 54'
Taylor Yellow card 64'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 13,882
Referee: Tony Harrington
19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 28 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Wigan Athletic Sheffield
15:00 GMT Fletcher 62' Report Evans Yellow card 45'
Kipré Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 22,323
Referee: Peter Bankes
26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 29 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Wigan Athletic Nottingham
15:00 GMT Lolley 19'
Watson Yellow card 27'
Cash Yellow card 30', 48'
Benalouane Yellow card 41'
Guedioura 80'
Colback Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Windass 33'
Morsy Yellow card 58'
Byrne Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,848
Referee: Alan Davies
2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 30 Wigan Athletic 2–1 Queens Park Rangers Wigan
15:00 GMT Windass 8'
Evans Yellow card 21'
Clarke 55'
Kipré Yellow card 83'
Jacobs Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Luongo Yellow card 13'
Osayi-Samuel 75'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,799
Referee: Scott Duncan
9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 31 Rotherham United 1–1 Wigan Athletic Rotherham
15:00 GMT Robertson 28'
Forde Yellow card 88'		 Report Windass 32' Yellow card 67'
Kipré Yellow card 54'
Pilkington Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 9,611
Referee: Oliver Langford
13 February 2019 (2019-02-13) 32 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Stoke City Wigan
19:45 GMT Morsy Yellow card 82' Report Allen Yellow card 28'
Bauer Yellow card 55'
Woods Yellow card 61'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,914
Referee: Keith Stroud
23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 33 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Ipswich Town Wigan
15:00 GMT Naismith Yellow card 12'
Morsy Yellow card 67'
Garner 90+1'		 Report Knudsen Red card 25'
Keane 32' (pen.)
Pennington Yellow card 56'
Kenlock Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 10,835
Referee: Lee Probert
2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 34 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Middlesbrough Wigan
15:00 GMT Dunkley Yellow card 33' Report Ayala Yellow card 21'
Howson Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 12,726
Referee: Stephen Martin
5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) 35 Derby County 2–1 Wigan Athletic Derby
19:45 GMT Johnson Yellow card 41'
Bennett Yellow card 59' 62'
Wilson Yellow card 63'
Tomori Yellow card 71'
Malone 78'		 Report Massey 25'
Morsy Yellow card 37'		 Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Referee: Tony Harrington
9 March 2019 36
UTC
)		 Miazga Yellow card 42'
Swift 45+3'
Moore Yellow card 50'
Barrow 89'
Méïté 90+7' Yellow card 90+8'		 Report Powell 20'
Garner Yellow card 42' 64'
Robinson Yellow card 57'
Jacobs Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 15,401
Referee: Andy Davies
12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 37 Blackburn Rovers 3–0 Wigan Athletic Blackburn
19:45 GMT Graham 39' (pen.), 54'
Conway Yellow card 45'
Williams Yellow card 80'
Dack 86'
Rothwell Yellow card 89'		 Report Olsson Yellow card 42'
Dunkley Yellow card 42'
Garner Yellow card 78'
James Yellow card 85'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
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 Yellow card 3'
O'Neil 62'
Ameobi 80'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 13,664
Referee: Robert Jones
30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 39 Wigan Athletic 0–0 Brentford Wigan
15:00 GMT Robinson Yellow card 51' Report Barbet Yellow card 45'
Sørensen Yellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 9,953
Referee: Andy Woolmer
6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 40 Bristol City 2–2 Wigan Athletic Bristol
15:00 BST Webster Yellow card 32'
Taylor 65'
Palmer 68'		 Report James 37'
Fox Yellow card 40'
Byrne 90+3'		 Stadium:
Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 20,931
Referee: Keith Stroud
10 April 2019 (2019-04-10) 41 Hull City 2–1 Wigan Athletic Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST Kane Yellow card 16'
Campbell 51' Yellow card 90+4'
de Wijs 89'		 Report Powell 41'
Walton Yellow card 68'		 Stadium:
KCOM Stadium

Attendance: 10,827
Referee: David Webb
14 April 2019 (2019-04-14) 42 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Norwich City Wigan
12:00 BST Massey Yellow card 32'
James 45' (pen.) Yellow card 82'		 Report Trybull Yellow card 44'
Pukki 81'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 15,655
Referee: James Linington
19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 43 Leeds United 1–2 Wigan Athletic Leeds
15:00 BST Hernández soccer ball with red X 16'
Bamford 17'
Klich Yellow card 45+1'
Ayling Yellow card 58'
Berardi Yellow card 71'		 Report Kipré Red card 14'
Massey 44', 62'
Evans Yellow card 69'
Walton Yellow card 90+2'
Powell Yellow card 90+6'		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 34,758
Referee: Scott Duncan
22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 44 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Preston North End Wigan
15:00 BST Clarke 11'
Morsy Yellow card 44'
Evans 68'		 Report Nmecha Yellow card 13'
Ledson Red card 34'
Maguire Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 12,496
Referee: Andrew Madley
27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 45 Birmingham City 1–1 Wigan Athletic Birmingham
15:00 BST Jutkiewicz 2'
Roberts Yellow card 71'		 Report Dunkley Yellow card 31'
Powell 45+3'		 Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 23,645
Referee: Stephen Martin
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]

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) Third round West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Wigan Athletic West Bromwich
12:30 GMT Sako 31'
Brunt Yellow card 79'
Field Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Connolly Yellow card 29'
Byrne Yellow card 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]

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 Yellow card 25'
Vaughan 74'		 Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 3,017
Referee: Peter Bankes

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